This morning, I awoke to a pounding in my forehead worse than an all-nighter spent studying for an organic chemistry test. Even a few hours of extra sleep did nothing to remedy the soon to be full-blown migraine. The culmination of little rest and lots of stress seemed to finally be taking a toll on me. Thus, I went on the search for Advil, Tylenol…anything to help. With scathing realization, I discovered that my medicine cabinet was as empty and dry as the Mississippi river during summertime.

I spent what’s supposed to be the most relaxed day of the week, hibernating in my bed with the lights dimmed, and the water running in a futile attempt to sleep off the powerful headache. Soon, I learned I was just going to have to muster up some energy and drag myself down to a local Pharmacy.

Surprisingly, I made it, albeit a little weary, but I left with a wallet full of lint. $20.00 spent on Advil. Not only that, but my gas tank was demanding to be refilled. $60.00 spent on gas. Anything sound amiss?

When I arrived back home, disgrunted with my thirty minute outing that costs me over $80.00, I noticed my Newsweek lying forgotten on my dark bedroom floor. The headline “U.S. Economy Faces the Guillotine” caught my eye. Oh we are under the chopping block, and the knife has struck it's target.

It’s not just me that’s got a migraine. America’s got one heck of a headache. Obviously, gas, which is a necessity for most, is at its highest prices yet. The oil companies are telling us it’s because of the hurricane and the high demand for gas…blah…blah…blah. Their one motive is the green, lots and lots of green.

With Wall Street in a mad frenzy, and health insurance becoming impossibility for more and more people, the economy has become the number one issue the majority of the population is concerned with. Medicine, another necessity, has reached unaffordable prices. Most American families are becoming simply unable to be sick. Even if it’s just the common cold, there’s a great refusal to purchase any type of medication. America is at a record for loss of jobs, and loss of homes.

I want answers to this problem that is and will continue to affect me, you, and everyone else. This economic recession needs to reach a stopping point, and both presidential candidates need to create an explainable solution. The United States is going to need a little more than Advil to save us from this headache.