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Illinois GOPer admits $100,000 wine club fee as Dem opponent tries to live on minimum wage 39 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 32 5516

Today was my last day working for poverty wages. 39 malokvale77 Dec 2015 Feb 2017 62 12746

Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014 35 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2015 57 14462

I would like suggestions on how to get out of debt 35 otherone Nov 2015 Aug 2017 5 20043

I need a new frame of reference (and your opinion) 25 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 21 5414

Paying off the mortgage tomorrow! Yea! 23 Chainfire Apr 2022 Dec 2022 10 3542

This message was self-deleted by its author 21 OhNo-Really Feb 2018 Feb 2018 57 11749

What happens when a motel becomes home 20 rug Nov 2016 Feb 2024 6 10542

We Need To Talk. 19 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 38 4038

Where is Childhood Homelessness Getting Worse? 18 littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 3745

Meanwhile, we just had our Gas shut off... 15 FirstLight Mar 2013 Apr 2013 13 5766

Being poor and FOMO 15 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1427

Miracle...we're actually going to a concert 14 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 20 1363

CEO pay at US’s largest companies up 54% since recovery began in 2009 13 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jul 2015 20 6052

Have been reading up about living in an RV or buying a tiny home 12 Beringia Mar 2019 Mar 2019 3 6271

ALICE WALTON IS WORTH 21 BILLION DOLLARS 11 tomkoop Jun 2012 Jul 2016 6 7867

This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote 11 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Feb 2015 20 6477

Why Is No One Talking About the GOP’s Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty? 11 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Jun 2020 11 16362

“I’m on welfare and so ashamed …” 9 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 20 5246

Cousin, 62. Diagnosed with degenerating spinal disks. Receives some public assistance. 9 3Hotdogs Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 6821

Try #2: I need a new frame of reference (and your opinion) 8 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Feb 2014 10 4712

Number of US homeowners reaches 20-year low 8 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 3134

I work at the US Senate. I shouldn’t have to dance at strip clubs to feed my son 8 unhappycamper Aug 2015 Aug 2015 34 4789

Anyone have advice on getting healthcare? 7 RedRocco May 2012 Aug 2012 1 4460

Maybe our world needs soup lines and 30% unemployment. 7 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Aug 2012 4 3140

GOP Assault on Social Security Could be 'Death Sentence' for Nation's Disabled 7 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Apr 2015 38 3699

Jon Pie: 'Lifestyle Choices' 🇬🇧 7 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 13 2165

Fear of homelessness 7 XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 Sep 2024 6 862

Well America - How's that NAFTA and Deregulation doing for ya? 1 in 2 Americans now Poor or Low 6 Yooperman Dec 2011 Jul 2012 9 4445

Scrooge Republicans prefer Pentagon White Elephants to Food Stamps for Poor Children 6 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 16 3022

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Fox’s Tucker Carlson: Poor people get ‘consumed with envy’ of the 1 percent 6 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2317

Bryan Fischer tells poor people: ‘Kiss the ground’ beneath the richest 1 percent 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 May 2014 3 2566

The Black Hole That Ate Everything 6 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 2238

American Heresy: Why I Don’t Give a Good Goddamn Who Wins the Super Bowl 6 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 3278

‘It’s ridiculous!’ Conservative mother fumes over school assignment claiming GOP is anti-welfare 6 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2844

Punishing the poor: Michigan adopts law to take away families’ food assistance if kids miss school 6 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 9 2951

Sad this group has no recent posts 6 I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2019 Jun 2020 5 4008

Destitution: UK, Jonathan Pie 🇬🇧 6 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2239

Fighting Poverty, Armed With Violins 5 groovedaddy Feb 2012 Sep 2012 3 3065

Rep. Paul Ryan misused data to show poverty programs don’t work, say economists he cited 5 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 15 2844

Homeless man straps GoPro camera to his chest to film his life in tech-heavy San Francisco 5 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2033

Risk of depression is nearly twice as high for unemployed Americans 5 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 5 2514

No City for Poor Men 5 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2353

A Rising Tide Only Lifts All Boats When Everyone Has a Boat 5 unhappycamper Aug 2014 Aug 2014 16 2658

Should U.S. bolster its defense budget? 5 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2182

Why voters don’t care more about income inequality 5 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2293

Did Wal-Mart just move us closer to single-payer health care? 5 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2281

U.S. Wealth Concentration: The Most Accurate Current Estimates 5 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 14 2511

Silicon Valley tech worker fired after blogging about starving while working at billion-dollar food 5 unhappycamper Feb 2016 Jul 2020 11 25251

What are the Causes of Institutionally Created Poverty? 5 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2020 1 6197

Rev. William Barber on the Political Power of Poor People: 'We Have to Change Our Whole Narrative' 5 littlemissmartypants Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 4159

Financial fears as disabled person 5 XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1376

Mich: Homeless Woman Living Inside Rooftop Store Sign, with Computer, Coffee Maker 5 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 12 1473

30% unemployment and soup lines? Na. 4 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Nov 2013 1 3361

Disgusting! America has found many ways to capitalize on poverty, this has to be the vilest! 4 socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 May 2013 10 3237

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, 4 BillyRibs May 2013 May 2013 19 4059

Louie Gohmert: I became a congressman to stop single moms from getting welfare checks 4 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2413

Abby Huntsman wants to lead her own generation into poverty 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 2658

Reaganomics is a cancer, and we've reached its terminal stage 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 17 3188

Ryan Unsuited to Lead ‘Adult Conversation’ About Poverty 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 21 9704

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New Alabama food truck regulations prevent local churches from feeding the homeless 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2179

It's Time To Put America First 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 6 2019

The Most Expensive Warplane in American History Is Too Dangerous to Fly and Just Caught Fire (Again) 4 unhappycamper Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 2389

Rafael Cruz: The ‘average Black’ doesn’t understand why the minimum wage is bad 4 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2152

Low-income renters in Anchorage bitten by another problem: Bedbugs 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 2751

4 Reasons You Should Be Taking America's Inequality Very Personally 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2553

More MIC Welfare Means Less For We The People 4 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 2692

Suck It Up, Proles 4 unhappycamper Sep 2015 Sep 2015 11 3260

The Homeless Raise Issues of Discrimination in Pacific Beach 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 4 3448

When John Edwards, warts and all, spoke of the two Americas 4 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 Dec 2015 6 3595

Is the F-35 our Death Star? 4 unhappycamper Feb 2016 May 2016 6 3055

Iowa to LOWER minimum wage 4 appleannie1943 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 5455

One in five American children is growing up in poverty today. 3 Scuba Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 2448

Starting a thread for poverty activists ... 3 mntleo2 May 2011 Sep 2012 3 2458

What does a $36 cut in food stamps look like on the kitchen table? 3 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 16 3186

Oct29: The Coming Food Stamp Cut Will Hit 900,000 Veterans 3 unhappycamper Nov 2013 Nov 2013 8 2161

Congress cuts Food Stamps, maintains Estate Tax Loophole worth $100 bn to the Rich 3 unhappycamper Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1857

James Melton: The war on poverty is winnable, if we change tactics 3 LuckyTheDog Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1941

Here's the Latest GOP Assault On Food Stamps: Requiring a Photo ID to Buy Food 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1943

LTTE: $12b for an aircraft carrier? Just imagine what that money could buy 3 unhappycamper Jan 2014 Jan 2014 6 2132

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