Dear Government,

Not all middle class citizens are first generation college students. Not all middle class citizens can afford everything. Not all middle class citizens breeze through life without feeling the pinch of not having enough money. Not all middle class citizens can afford the $600 per 3 credit community college class and go to college full time. Not all middle class citizens can pay their taxes without skipping grocery shopping, or fueling their car up. Not all middle class citizens are the same.

So please stop saying we are, and saying we’re better than the lower class and worse than the upper class. Because some of us can’t afford it. Some of us happen to struggle through our lives to get our damn college education and all we want is to give the same to our children, but you’re preventing us from doing so. So please stop giving us more gray hairs, and making us skip eating as we have to pay taxes to you.

Sincerely,

Broke college student who can’t afford class for next semester and can’t get dual enrollment as her mother went to college.