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Being poor is very nearly a crime in this country. We could all be much, much happier if the forces that run this country stopped making people ashamed to be poor.
I had no idea he had a blog. For those who aren't aware: he's a very entertaining sci-fi writer, if not necessarily as cerebral as others.
Being poor is growing up between the trailer park and the dump.
Being poor is skipping homework to help repair the $600 car so dad can make it to work tomorrow.
Being poor is your mother crying over a $100 invoice for the dental service you just received for the first time in living memory.
Being poor is quitting junior college early, because your Pell Grant ran out, and a $12.15/hr opportunity is over double your fast-food wage.
Being poor is never going back.
Being poor is 3-years-old glasses and squinting from the front row.
Being poor is _definitely_ going to put some money in the savings account next month.
Being poor is getting pulled over just for your car and hair looking ratty.
Being poor is 2 nights in jail because of a clerical error.
Being poor is realizing years later that you still live like you're poor.
Being poor is reading about VCs and ICOs and funding rounds on HN and thinking how huge an improvement just a tiny, tiny fraction of that money could make in your life.
Being poor is very nearly a crime in this country. We could all be much, much happier if the forces that run this country stopped making people ashamed to be poor.
What are you talking about? Which "force that run this country" shames anyone that is poor?
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What are you talking about? Which "force that run this country" shames anyone that is poor?
How about the faction of the Republican party that has the gall to call Social Security and Medicare "entitlement" programs and then act like people who rely on them (after paying a lifetime of taxes in) should feel like they are taking advantage of everyone else?
I find that unlikely, since the Republican party tends to be the preferred party of people collecting Social Security.
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What are you talking about? Which "force that run this country" shames anyone that is poor?
How about the faction of the Republican party that has the gall to call Social Security and Medicare "entitlement" programs and then act like people who rely on them (after paying a lifetime of taxes in) should feel like they are taking advantage of everyone else?
The Democrats' candidate for president was offering Republican style market-based crap like tax breaks for profit sharing and work programs for low cost loans. She didn't even touch on poverty with anything concrete: just words.
Their president from 2008-2016 has as his signature achievement a health care bill that promoted subsidizing private insurers using poor people as the mechanism to do so! The little for poor people in ACA came from things like Medicaid expansion (grossly insufficient) and Independent Bernie Sanders' community health center funding add-ons.
The one before him, in the mid 90s, screwed the poor with welfare reform. Don't tell me how much the Republicans hate the poor. We know. I just wish people who point it out would spend as much time pointing out how badly Democrats do it, too.
It really burns me up when people play this card. As if being poor in this country weren't about catching shit or being ignored by everyone in power. Including democrats.
I had no idea he had a blog. For those who aren't aware: he's a very entertaining sci-fi writer, if not necessarily as cerebral as others.
Both John Scalzi and Charles Stross have been blogging since before they were called "blogs" :) Charlie is even a regular here, user cstross. FWIW, I find Charlie's blog [1] more interesting, because his schtick of taking random ideas and mashing them together to see what sticks makes him come up with insightful perspectives. Also as an ex-programmer (and ex-pharmacist), he speaks our language ;) [1] http://www.accel…
(as for why that name: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/old/antipope.html)
Being poor means being powerless in almost any and every situation, transaction, and interaction.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are you talking about? Which "force that run this country" shames anyone that is poor?
How about the faction of the Republican party that has the gall to call Social Security and Medicare "entitlement" programs and then act like people who rely on them (after paying a lifetime of taxes in) should feel like they are taking advantage of everyone else?