tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post8752422679084005276..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Poverty 101PersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-61590307931017868212009-05-25T20:44:24.690-04:002009-05-25T20:44:24.690-04:00sing lounder!
if i am very very careful, and my d...sing lounder!<br /><br />if i am very very careful, and my dad pays my medical stuff, i have enough money to get through July.<br /><br />i am not allowed to work. haven't been for over 2 years.<br />bread... bread is good. bread can go a looooong way of you work it right. bread ends up being cheaper than ramen, if you do it right.<br /><br />i *do* qualify for food stamps, but only by cheating. see, if you are applying for SSI or SSDI or both, you can get them. thats the *only* way i can get them, even though i am not allowed to work.<br />except you have to go back in for renewal, and these fucking people just do not understand that i am on medication that literally prevents me from going to a morning appointment. and i called to reshedule and gave the reason, so they gave me a new appointment even EARLIER in the morning. so i tried again. and was told that you can only reshecule ONCE - after that, you're shit outta luck and have to go and wait for a worker, and the minimum wait time? 4.5 hours. i can't sit up that long. literally cannot. i can barely watch an entire movie or last through an entire class, and *that* takes extra pain meds...<br /><br />don't mind me i'm just bitching. i have to have another surgery.denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-3942937746479860182009-05-23T22:46:39.352-04:002009-05-23T22:46:39.352-04:00Yer sweet.
Lol, I'm back in two pieces; got out o...Yer sweet. <br />Lol, I'm back in two pieces; got out of the hospital tues.uzzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02494141255401096538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-7734880783919712932009-05-23T07:17:24.321-04:002009-05-23T07:17:24.321-04:00UZZA! you're alive, and in one piece! I can't tell...UZZA! you're alive, and in one piece! I can't tell you how happy I am! I had braced myself never to hear from you again, and that was very sad.<br /><br />Cheers for Uzza!PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-73974408158168038422009-05-22T21:57:46.534-04:002009-05-22T21:57:46.534-04:00I price things in minutes, earned working at minim...I price things in minutes, earned working at minimum wage: a loaf of white bread at the 'cheap' store costs you ½ hr. For wheat, it's 45 min. Either the gallon of leaking milk or the pound of butter costs just under an hour. <br /><br />For an average earner ($28,000) who shops At a Safeway on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda,<br />the wheat bread costs 6 minutes, and A gallon of milk costs 16 minutes.<br /><br />That average bank fee costs the average earner an hour and 48 minutes, the poor person over four hours.uzzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02494141255401096538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-20191386759295976082009-05-22T12:01:47.959-04:002009-05-22T12:01:47.959-04:00Shit! I posted as Quitius again. May I ask you to ...Shit! I posted as Quitius again. May I ask you to delete it? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-68409660032121528632009-05-22T11:58:21.646-04:002009-05-22T11:58:21.646-04:00you know how you make that decision? based on whic...you know how you make that decision? based on which utility will shut you off faster. cable company or phone: within days. water, heat or electric: a couple of months.<br /><br />i have to be careful to time running out of toiletries and cleaning supplies because i can't possibly afford windex and laundary detergent in the same week i buy shampoo and deoderent.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-88670852204710126202009-05-22T11:30:53.334-04:002009-05-22T11:30:53.334-04:00PF: I make too much money for food stamps too, I a...PF: I make too much money for food stamps too, I am just over the limit. I also make too much money to get help with daycare. I am no where near Middle Class for my area, I'm upper low income. I have a house, which is a blessing and a curse at time, but I know people with less. I get by because my ex pays child support. That's it. As much as I bitch about him, I have to admit, he's what helps us get by. A friend of mine's ex stopped paying child support for his 4 kids. She makes $12 too much to get food stamps, and regularly has to chose what bill doesn't get paid that month.<br />There is something wrong with the system when you have to make that decsion.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-20292158805809604542009-05-22T10:41:30.458-04:002009-05-22T10:41:30.458-04:00Having found myself in Dire straights a few times,...Having found myself in Dire straights a few times, I understand perfectly. Another killer is late fees. When you have to go take an odd job after work to get the money to pay the phone bill, it is a back breaker when they add $25 because it took you too long to raise the money.<br /><br />I am blessed to live in a pedestrian friendly town. It is perfectly possible here to get to a good grocery store on foot or by bike from just about anywhere. Admittedly you can't buy much at a time. About two bags each but it is worth it.<br /><br />Still like you said it is still much harder and more time consuming than being able to drive.<br /><br />It is stupid that society will give great respect to a middle class person who becomes wealthy even though that is a path with a lot fewer obstacles than a poor person becoming middle class. An accomplishment which usually goes unnoticed.Rykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424545934239146403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-71059393056547316352009-05-22T10:34:54.035-04:002009-05-22T10:34:54.035-04:00i want to meet these mythic welfare queens. i know...i want to meet these mythic welfare queens. i know people who get food stamps. they get $3 per day, per person. that'll buy you an awful lot of ramen noodles, but not a whole lot of real food.<br /><br />i spend a lot of time in the produce department staring at the lovely fruits and vegetables i can't afford to eat. and i make too much money for food stamps.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-77410853245097632922009-05-22T10:09:07.161-04:002009-05-22T10:09:07.161-04:00People just don't seem to get that, that being poo...People just don't seem to get that, that being poor isn't about being lazy, you work harder than most and get nothing in return. Sure, there are the mythic "welfare queens" out there, but most people I know work hard as hell and are barely keeping their heads above water.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-54610017566744383682009-05-22T09:30:51.395-04:002009-05-22T09:30:51.395-04:00it is so much harder to be poor than rich. more ti...it is so much harder to be poor than rich. more time consuming, more worrisome, and just harder.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-70113899765003327252009-05-22T09:19:40.428-04:002009-05-22T09:19:40.428-04:00That's something that has always bothered me, the ...That's something that has always bothered me, the idea that poor people are lazy. I would love to see these over privilaged people try to live on food stamps.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.com