Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.
As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything.
Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.

