Poverty

FirstLight

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2. and my real rant is about

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 05:25 PM

Mar 2013

the stupidity of headlines and stories about how wall street is doing or how the congress is talking about social security...

meanwhile me and a few million others are in REAL dire straits.

meanwhile there's the 1% living their life
meanwhile there's the rest of you 'normal' people with bank accounts, average lives and credit and new cars and such
meanwhile your lives go on like the hum of so many drone bees...

i guess me and my ilk are the crippled ones, unable to fly, so we just lay here, at the bottom of the hive, hoping for scraps

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Meanwhile, we just had our Gas shut off... [View all] FirstLight Mar 2013 OP

Long time lurker on DU hypnotist Mar 2013 #1

How many posts do you need? oysterbay Apr 2013 #13

and my real rant is about FirstLight Mar 2013 #2

Are you in California or Nevada? Cleita Mar 2013 #3

Thx for the link FirstLight Mar 2013 #4

Don't blame and beat yourself up. Just look forward to what you can do Cleita Mar 2013 #5

It's tough. My hopes are for you. longship Mar 2013 #6

bless you... FirstLight Mar 2013 #8

There's always DU. We're all in this together. longship Mar 2013 #9

There IS health coverage for poverty...it's called PPACA oysterbay Apr 2013 #15

Be grateful you own your home oysterbay Apr 2013 #14

My thoughts are with you! Been there too many times. Have you considered selling some stocks? Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #7

Do you have a paypal account? My Good Babushka Mar 2013 #10

you ae sweet FirstLight Mar 2013 #12

Been there too many times... Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #11