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Poverty

jtuck004

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7. So it seems if you are getting any of these scraps, meager portions that keep one desperate, hungry,

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2015, 04:03 PM

Sep 2015

kills most any sign of spirit or adventure, and becomes its own insurmountable barrier to escape...

...in other words, if you are getting government assistance, and you aren't a corporation, you are still in an abusive relationship.

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“I’m on welfare and so ashamed …” [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2015 OP

We need the true dignity of a universal stipend. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #1

Ya, past time we did this Hydra Sep 2015 #5

In a country where it has become Unacceptable to be unexceptional I can't imagine the anguish. n/t orpupilofnature57 Sep 2015 #2

Well that is because our society lives in a "in America, yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #3

Well Put . orpupilofnature57 Sep 2015 #8

Recommend.... KoKo Sep 2015 #4

K & R historylovr Sep 2015 #6

So it seems if you are getting any of these scraps, meager portions that keep one desperate, hungry, jtuck004 Sep 2015 #7

oh fer fuck's sake De Leonist Sep 2015 #9