Living In Poverty: "It's best not to hope. You just take what you can get as you spot it."

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14. oh boy, so much to say...

First, the blog post is spot on in some ways and not at all right in others...but everyone's poverty experience and comping mechanisms are different. That said, I've been living on the edge for the bulk of my adult life and while I haven;t always been on welfare or food stamps, it sure as hell seems like it's been that way. My mom was just lamenting to me how easy it used to be for me to get a job ...I had to point out that she was referring to the 90's when the economy was booming and I was 20 years younger and hotter and could easily walk into something. Now I am 43, partially disabled and overweight...having a great personality and years of experience means dick in this economy.

In thinking of the .001% I have mixed reactions to their extravagance...some of it is jealousy, some of it rage...but mostly I think about how awesome it would be to suck them dry and redistribute wealth to the rest of us...I tried to figure out the math once, I think it cam out to be like half a million EACH. Wow, how much things would change if that day ever happened. and yet, how many of us who have been in poverty would blow the wad in record time on nothing of importance because we are just not equipped to handle it....?

anyway, that's the tip of the iceberg in my thoughts on this...thanks for the links and post.