I graduated in Chicago where, at that time, it had the highest unemployment rate. When I was applying for jobs, I was lucky to get one interview a month because so many dentists lost their offices or lost their jobs. There were over 100 applicants on each Craigslist job posting. And, I had just graduated and I was going up against people who had been dentists for 10 to 15 years. I had to actually work overseas for three years in Singapore. My student loans are still in default, but I’m working on them. That’s how much the 2008 economy hurt me. If Trump is president, I don’t see him bankrupting the country like George W. Bush did.

— Jonathan Moon, 36

Photograph by Chad Batka for The New York Times

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