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In reply to the discussion: This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps [View all]AllyCat
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This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps [View all]
mfcorey1
Jul 2014
OP
+1 for you and Neo. And a belated welcome to you and a more timely one to Neo. nt
Live and Learn
Jul 2014
#52
And they need to realize that scapegoating makes it easier to screw *all* of us over. n/t
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#25
Although, a lot of poverty is imposed and perpetuated due to value judgements.
Live and Learn
Jul 2014
#55
In my low income childhood, our family drove a series of used Cadillacs and Lincolns
eridani
Jul 2014
#56
Not only that, but we should all realize how precarious our situations are...
Barack_America
Jul 2014
#40
That practically made me cry. "Poverty is a circumstance, not a value judgement."
Hekate
Jul 2014
#19
I read the story, and the author wasn't made a target. She felt guilty. That was it.
Romulox
Jul 2014
#71
How about Koch bros and Limbaugh and Hannity and Oreilly sell everything they have
randys1
Jul 2014
#32
People tooling into the welfare office or cheap market that accepts their EBT card
Warpy
Jul 2014
#35
And there's the difference between being temporarily poor and starting from poverty.
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2014
#66
I know all about the financial scrutiny; went through it for a county nursing home this year. And a
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#64
Being poor in grad school isn't the same thing as generational poverty. Story was bs, imo. nt
Romulox
Jul 2014
#68
WIC is a targeted nutritional program with eligibility to those up to 185% of the poverty line.
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2014
#74