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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
2. There's a lot of people who can't afford to stay home from work even one day
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 06:08 PM
Apr 2013

This is going to cause a lot of financial hardship if it continues for more than a couple of days, even today is probably going to cause people to get evicted, miss insurance payments and etc..

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
9. Clearly it was an ineffective procedure since they have not found the suspect
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 06:19 PM
Apr 2013

So thousands of people lost a day's wage for something that didn't work.

For some of those people it will make the difference between paying the rent and not paying.

Not that anyone gives a fuck about low wage workers.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
12. And after 9/11 they shut down air travel for 3 days, all MLB games suspended for, like, 6 days
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 06:28 PM
Apr 2013

this is one day.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
8. People will get out and about. I don't plan to change any of my weekend plans. I do plan
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 06:16 PM
Apr 2013

on being aware of what is going on near me, as I always am.

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