People "age" at different rates- my father just died at 71, and there is really no way he could have worked for the last four years, yet up until 63 he was going gang busters. He had a "desk job" as a newspaper publisher then as a chamber of commerce CEO.
People have to to be forced to understand the futurity of their actions: if you choose to have a difficult job that has a low paying income, then either educate yourself and make more $ or accept that you will have less $. My father had no college education, and served four years in our armed forces, BTW, but he studied with self education programs. I see folks not taking the steps needed to buy the things they want for their family, and then ***** about not being able to afford those things and expect others to buy those things for them. Gov spending starts with folks understanding that YOU yourself need to accept the futurity of your own actions, and the gov is just others like you slogging away thru life with problems just like you. The gov is not a free handout, yet community "leaders" keep telling many groups that it is. The govt needs to stop spending overseas, both military and "aid". We need to protect our own borders, to protect our own businesses, and to stop "paying" folks that have little to no productivity primarily because they chose unintelligent paths in life. The gov needs to freeze spending and cut services and programs. It needs to get smaller, not bigger.