Why the rich get richer

This weekend I had the displeasure of car shopping...I own a truck - I need to get with the times and by a hybrid. I know a Prius is the best to buy so this is my plan. But I cannot afford a Prius. As a teacher I don't make a lot of scratch and my partner is a TA so she makes even less - we have purchased a condo and that is great! However, at the end of the month there is no money left for an additional car payment. I own my truck, so there is no payment - but my point is this - the rich get richer because they can spend money to make money. In the long run I would save money with a tankless water heater and a Prius but I cannot afford to save that money because I don't have the money to begin with. I want to go back to school so I can earn more money but I cannot afford to do that either - I can't get ahead so I fall further behind. The rich they can get ahead and they can stay ahead because they can afford to. Those of us in the middle we cannot even get even because everyday we go back two steps - time is not on our side. No one is, I can't get financial aid for college because I make too much, ha, ha, ha, ha - they need to redefine too much. And in the next year the middle people will be squeezed tighter than a puritan in a chastity belt! We will keep plugging along and working as hard as we can to make it happen. We will try and try to get even so we might even get ahead and have a day or two where we can just sit on our little patio and breathe easy. Until then, I need to get back to work because we need groceries for this week.