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I sleep in a tent. I have turned down such offers.
I am literally homeless, yet can't identify with a lot that is in this article. This likely explains 90% of my social friction.
I lived this. 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…
This is what living in the SV for 6 years made me forget.
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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?
Look, it ain't just the Republicans you identify that screw the poor. Democrats are in some ways worse because unlike Republicans they pretend to care (sometimes). 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 2008-2…
Being rich is being able to visit your family.
Being rich is having insurance.
Being rich is paying for a monthly phone subscription.
Being rich is hot lunches.
Being rich is risking losing your job in order to negotiate a better contract with your boss.
Being rich is considering having children at all.
Being rich is buying alcohol.
Being rich is looking at house prices.
Being rich is saving money for the future.
Being rich is paying for a haircut.
Being rich is renting a house with a kitchen.
Being rich is making plans more than a few weeks ahead.
Being rich is worrying about North Korea instead of looking forward to blissful oblivion.
I lived this. 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…
Thanks for posting. "Being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop being poor." hit me hard. I didn't grow up poor, but I can understand this sentiment. It's unfortunate that so many people don't take the time to think about societal conditions before placing "blame" on the disadvantaged.
That line is definitely true. After getting into a decent and safe living world, I ran into a situation. I was given advice on how to deal with it, and I swore I was talking to aliens. It really gave me pause and showed me the brutal reality of how different our worlds are. When I told others about the advice, they looked at me and said "wasn't that obvious to you?" Well, no it wasn't. In my experience, getting out o…
Being poor is deciding that it’s all right to base a relationship on shelter. I sleep in a tent. I have turned down such offers. I am literally homeless, yet can't identify with a lot that is in this article. This likely explains 90% of my social friction.
If you have children, and you're a single parent (typically a single mother), then that might not be something you can turn down without a significant reason.
Being poor is deciding that it’s all right to base a relationship on shelter. I sleep in a tent. I have turned down such offers. I am literally homeless, yet can't identify with a lot that is in this article. This likely explains 90% of my social friction.
> I sleep in a tent. I have turned down such offers. If you have children, and you're a single parent (typically a single mother), then that might not be something you can turn down without a significant reason.
(Also: I have a significant reason. I don't know why you would assume that I do not.)
Being poor is deciding that it’s all right to base a relationship on shelter. I sleep in a tent. I have turned down such offers. I am literally homeless, yet can't identify with a lot that is in this article. This likely explains 90% of my social friction.