A great addition to the already awesome tips here is having room mates. You’re never too old to shack up with friends or family and save. It’s only logical, it cuts down on waste, and makes you grow to be a better person and communicator in adulthood, something the world could always use more of.
I don’t think the premise holds water.
How can one have congressional support for an issue which actually helps people? Is helping people, in this instance, the most profitable choice for the individual representative? Because they do not care about the betterment of humankind, and they are no longer beholden to the people. The representative at large is a warmongor, an oil baron beneficiary, a gun lobby shill, a two-bit huckster, a thief, and an active erodor of democratic principles. There is no such thing as congressional support among two opposing parties, whose real goals both are aligned against the people, in that, again… If helping people isn’t the number one most convenient, profitable, best way to get somebody else’s ass kissed, it ain’t even a priority. We need to do something about the fascism problem first, then melt the guns into participation trophies for the men who carry them now. Problem solved.