More on my friend who lost her food stamps.

[Cleita]

49. I know many who replied don't mean to be heartless, but

the fixes suggested are nothing less than that. This woman, myself and many like us, who are on the verge of walking over the precipice into homelessness and even starvation, need a real helping hand from the Social Security Administration. We worked all our lives, whether in business or in the home raising children. We paid into the system ourselves or through our husbands. Many of the companies I worked for are still around and doing well in the international global market. I like to think they got where they are through all the female worker bees, who kept the honey coming into the company, while they got cheated on wages and benefits.

Suggesting roommates, growing your own food or going out and working at jobs you aren't capable of doing anymore is really not looking at the problem compassionately and with an eye to real solutions. If everyone got as excited about demonstrating to save grandma and grandpa from starvation as they have been about gay rights and women's rights, this is the best way everyone could help.