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In reply to the discussion: Social Security and Medicare are on the Republican chopping block [View all]haele
(15,607 posts)For the short term, do you have a local United Way or does your local community have a 211 or emergency assistance hotline you can get to? A council member or state district representative?
If you're a veteran, is there a VA nearby that is active enough to find a short term program to assist you?
If you or a friend belong to an benevolence organization like the Elks, those organizations may also have access to short-term assistance.
Others will point you to some religious organizations that may also be able to help.
It's not begging when everything is falling down around you. We are a community, and we as the collective shouldn't selfishly put strings on helping others because no-one ever knows when disaster can happen to them.
No one is immune to health issues,to potential financial disaster (jobs or customers disappear, investments fail, bills pile up, scammers empty accounts, legal problems happen), or to natural disasters that make one homeless.
You're right, this shouldn't happen to anyone in a country as big and supposedly rich as the US. And greedy, short-sighted, narcissistic assholes are the primary reason we can't all have access to good things in this country.
I hope you can find help. And the strength to carry on.
Haele