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17. Whenever I see a jar on a store counter

Tue May 16, 2017, 03:46 PM

May 2017

asking for money for so and so's medical expenses it saddens me that this goes on in the richest nation on Earth. Life is cheap in the USA.

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Couple pays $5,495 owed for lunches at Marysville schools [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 OP

Thanks republicans! Initech May 2017 #1

Hope he gets to travel as he has wished. He deserves a dream! lunasun May 2017 #2

Cool. jeffreyi May 2017 #3

This is trending. Another man raised $24,000 and now a local Phentex May 2017 #4

Imagine if schools didn't charge for lunch? WoonTars May 2017 #6

Message deleted by DU the Administrators LiberalArkie May 2017 #8

The liberal states in India do exactly that IronLionZion May 2017 #9

That's what's so weird... Phentex May 2017 #11

I completely agree with you on this one. LisaM May 2017 #18

Since they don't vote, who cares WhiteTara May 2017 #20

That's crazy talk! progressoid May 2017 #10

Whenever I see a jar on a store counter elmac May 2017 #17

Thanks for posting this story...k and r...nt Stuart G May 2017 #7

Lots of big-hearted people in Washington . . FairWinds May 2017 #12

Wrong. There are plenty of good hearted people in DC DFW May 2017 #13

Thanks for the post. Very heart warming in this day and age. iluvtennis May 2017 #15

Good for the couple. Fuck republicans. Jakes Progress May 2017 #16

Thank you to the Lees and all those who Cha May 2017 #21