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PVnRT
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Fri May-27-11 09:05 AM Original message |
5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor |
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stevenleser
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Fri May-27-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I spent 4 years being poor after being upper middle and it sucks |
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BlueIris
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Fri May-27-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Poor after being upper middle? Could you...post more about that? |
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etherealtruth
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Fri May-27-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I'm (obviously) not the poster ... |
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stevenleser
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Fri May-27-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. In my case, divorce with a simultaneous layoff and inability to find work for a number of years. |
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etherealtruth
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Fri May-27-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I am so sorry |
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stevenleser
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Fri May-27-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That is what this taught me. Unless you have joined the ranks of the wealthy, which I hadnt... |
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etherealtruth
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Fri May-27-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I learned that it is important to NEVER forget what it was like to be poor |
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FreeJoe
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Fri May-27-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Divorce |
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trud
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Sat May-28-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
117. compound interest |
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Carolina
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Sat May-28-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
145. Ditto |
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eridani
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Fri May-27-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. What upper means is that you can recover from poverty much more easily |
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Knight Hawk
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Fri May-27-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
75. That is easy................ |
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maddiemom
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Sat May-28-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
90. Poor? |
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roguevalley
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Fri May-27-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. I was born dirt licking poor and made my way up to the middle class. |
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Capitalocracy
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Fri May-27-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. I was born poor and stayed poor |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-27-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. good essay. whereas folks like gingrich get the "standard no-interest account" for their purchases. |
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Knight Hawk
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Fri May-27-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
76. Yes |
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pezDispenser
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Sat May-28-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
82. I'd like to hear more about that also |
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AngryAmish
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Fri May-27-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Been poor and now well off |
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Fri May-27-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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Exultant Democracy
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Fri May-27-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. yikes that seems a bit cold. Ass kissing aside it is just a lot easier to have a lot of money. |
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Fri May-27-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. +1 Couldnt have said it better. |
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Fri May-27-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. Insecure people need that. |
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bluestate10
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Fri May-27-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Not me. |
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awoke_in_2003
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Sat May-28-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
92. "that they are visibly stunned... |
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Sat May-28-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #59 |
105. Isn't that the truth? |
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Sat May-28-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
94. You won't find me kissing your ass. |
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Sat May-28-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
95. I don't know where you are from originally, but here in the South |
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Sat May-28-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #95 |
114. I don't think he's expecting to get his ass kissed. |
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Sat May-28-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
104. I'm not rich but not poor (knock on wood) |
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deutsey
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Fri May-27-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. I grew up poor |
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phantom power
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Fri May-27-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My grandparents would never spend money, even if they had it, even if it was a good idea. |
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Fri May-27-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Same with my grandparents. I guess they used to remember how really really bad things got. |
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roguevalley
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Fri May-27-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I will never be secure about income and bills. I never will lose that chill. |
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Maru Kitteh
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Fri May-27-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. Been there. When you don't eat your stomach stops hurting but your whole body gets hungry |
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roguevalley
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Fri May-27-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I just looked in my frig for something to take a medication with and |
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txlibdem
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Sat May-28-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
113. Speaking of chill: my parents grew up in the Depression and never paid for heat |
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awoke_in_2003
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Sat May-28-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
93. "the chill of poverty never leaves your bones." |
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phantom power
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Fri May-27-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. These days, when something breaks down, or one of us has to go to doctor... |
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stevenleser
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Fri May-27-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. That's exactly it. Most of us are one event away from being there even if we are doing well now... |
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surrealAmerican
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Fri May-27-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm frequently impressed by the quality of the articles ... |
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svpadgham
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Fri May-27-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. I've been seeing |
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Urban Prairie
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Fri May-27-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. My life has been a rollercoaster of middle-class to poor and vice-versa |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri May-27-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Had similar financial experience during the 80's and like you only thing that saved me was no debt |
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Urban Prairie
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Fri May-27-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No, the only thing that ever occurred to me was that I needed to have |
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littlewolf
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Fri May-27-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. grew up "poor" on a farm ... didn't have much ... didn't need much |
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bvar22
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Fri May-27-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Thats where we are now. |
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roguevalley
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Fri May-27-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I finally can go to a movie and have popcorn. I finally am paying my |
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Alameda
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Fri May-27-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. you were NOT poor....you were wealthy in fact. |
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Cid_B
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Sat May-28-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
91. Everyones got to show how their suffering is the worst one.. |
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pitohui
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Fri May-27-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. you grew up rich on a farm and called it poor, this is hardly the same thing |
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xchrom
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Fri May-27-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. recommend |
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madamesilverspurs
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Fri May-27-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. Underwear. |
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tavalon
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Sat May-28-11 05:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
97. I choose thrift stores |
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fascisthunter
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Fri May-27-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. this is what is so disgusting about those with money telling us how to live |
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Javaman
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Fri May-27-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. My favorite memories from being poor... |
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roguevalley
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Fri May-27-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Hugs, Javaman. Been there hungry wise. Everyone should know |
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uberllama42
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Fri May-27-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
66. Who's Sam Kenison? |
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Maru Kitteh
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Fri May-27-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
74. Well. Sam is dead. |
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trud
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Sat May-28-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
118. I guess I'm going to have to look up who Sam Kenison is n/t |
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truedelphi
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Fri May-27-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes that is very true. |
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coalition_unwilling
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Fri May-27-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. But . . . But . . . Nixon had a 'secret plan' for peace. He even |
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Fri May-27-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Used it in '72 as well. Tricky |
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Sat May-28-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
101. The funny/sad thing is that by today's standards... |
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StarburstClock
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Fri May-27-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Being hungry all the time |
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ChoppinBroccoli
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Fri May-27-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Are You Kidding? Being Poor Is GREAT!!! |
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Quantess
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Fri May-27-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Once you're down, you get kicked |
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1awake
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Fri May-27-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Growing up we were very poor, |
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coalition_unwilling
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Fri May-27-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I would not wish poverty on any child. Your memory of 'government |
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idiotgardener
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Fri May-27-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. I got caught in the credit thing... |
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Capitalocracy
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Fri May-27-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
62. I've never deliberately been in debt |
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idiotgardener
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Fri May-27-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. That's true too. |
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Capitalocracy
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Fri May-27-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. And since I missed the "free chains... I mean, credit cards... for everybody" |
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idiotgardener
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Fri May-27-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. All you need is one |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #77 |
81. The point is that it shouldn't be that way! |
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trud
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Sat May-28-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #81 |
146. actually, you're using their money |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. The point is, |
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idiotgardener
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Sat May-28-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #81 |
147. I know... |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. What needs to be done is |
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idiotgardener
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Sat May-28-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. Yup. And less secrecy |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. It is BS. |
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idiotgardener
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Sun May-29-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. I was just listening to a guy saying that on the radio |
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Sun May-29-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. that's a great line! Someone should make that into a bumper sticker |
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Fri May-27-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. You can be a drunk and still get rich. You just have to fuck people over. |
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Sonoman
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Fri May-27-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Or just get lucky. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Fri May-27-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wow. American financial institutions fuck the poor way way WAY worse than Brazilian ones. |
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Capitalocracy
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Fri May-27-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. It's worse than they say in the article |
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Quantess
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Fri May-27-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. That article was pretty funny, actually. |
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svpadgham
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Fri May-27-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. John Cheese is pretty funny. |
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Sat May-28-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
88. it made me laugh :) |
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Fri May-27-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Jesus, I think I have a clone. |
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Fri May-27-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. kr |
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Alameda
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Fri May-27-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. there are a lot more things people don't realize about being poor |
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Bucky
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Fri May-27-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Middle class is the new poor. Various "poverty taxes" utilities & banks charge now reach more people |
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Fri May-27-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. holy crap, that's supposed to be a humor site |
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Fri May-27-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. Let me tell you there are many people who don't have any troubles and are |
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FreeJoe
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Fri May-27-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. Being poor was one of the best things that ever happened to me |
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Fri May-27-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. being poor destroys almost everyone one, glad it worked out so well for you, barbara!!! |
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Fri May-27-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Don't dismiss a person so easily. |
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Quantess
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Sat May-28-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #68 |
80. And after the family fixed up the place, |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. I've had that happen. |
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Quantess
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Sat May-28-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. That happened to my parents, before I was born. |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. So I've heard. |
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bluestate10
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Sat May-28-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #83 |
109. Your landlord was a bastard. And almost surely, a republican. nt |
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xmas74
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Sat May-28-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #109 |
124. I don't know about political affiliation |
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Sat May-28-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
141. My friend who recently let me stay with him had that happen... |
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bluestate10
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Sat May-28-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #80 |
108. I don't know. I watched from afar. They seemed to have owned the place. |
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WillyT
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Fri May-27-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. HUGE K & R !!! |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Fri May-27-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. indeed! |
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GreenEyedLefty
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Fri May-27-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. Being poor is expensive as hell. |
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Urban Prairie
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Fri May-27-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. So true, esp b/c of the for-profit health and dental insurance bullshit in the US |
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Sat May-28-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
98. Could a health clinic refer you to a specialist at no cost or on a sliding scale? |
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Sat May-28-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #67 |
106. Get the attorney! |
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JonLP24
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Fri May-27-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
70. I love Cracked articles |
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udbcrzy2
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Fri May-27-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
78. I hate being poor too |
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Raksha
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Sat May-28-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
85. K & R - Anyone who thinks this article is an exaggeration hasn't been there, |
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Sat May-28-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
87. When my kid was little, I had to work three jobs to keep a roof over our heads. |
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Sat May-28-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
89. I was expected more! |
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tavalon
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Sat May-28-11 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
96. I was raised in three different brackets |
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Sat May-28-11 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
99. I grew up .. |
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bluestate10
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Sat May-28-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #99 |
120. You are right about the governments of China and India. As well as |
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sendero
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Sat May-28-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #120 |
129. Not only that. |
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Eddie Rek
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Sat May-28-11 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
100. best song that sums up what is being said here......... |
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Sat May-28-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
102. I was poor when I was young |
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Sat May-28-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
103. Yep, ironic but being poor often means you pay more |
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mntleo2
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Sat May-28-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #103 |
112. My Somalian friend Margaret would tell you different |
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Sat May-28-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
107. I learned all that about being poor when I was a kid. I decided I didn't want to live that way. |
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bluestate10
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Sat May-28-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #107 |
115. I was born and raised dirt poor. My place of birth is prominently listed |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Sat May-28-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #107 |
150. Yep, people are poor because they lack the determination. |
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slackmaster
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Sun May-29-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #150 |
155. That's not what I wrote, CPD. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Sun May-29-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. And thank you for upholding the long-standing tradition on DU... |
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The Backlash Cometh
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Sat May-28-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
110. You don't have to be poor to be fucked. |
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bluestate10
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Sat May-28-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #110 |
116. True. And you don't have to accept being fucked. The last statement is the key. nt |
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The Backlash Cometh
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Sat May-28-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #116 |
127. You make it sound like it's easy to bring balance into your world. |
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xpertanalyst
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Sat May-28-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
111. I grew up poor, was poor for decades, now I'm rich |
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bluestate10
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Sat May-28-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #111 |
119. The bootstrap argument does not sit well with some on DU. |
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mntleo2
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Sat May-28-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #119 |
125. TY Blue State! |
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lunatica
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Sat May-28-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #111 |
121. Well bully for you |
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smokey nj
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Sat May-28-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. +1 |
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Sat May-28-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #111 |
123. Piss off with that "only in America" crap |
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Sat May-28-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #123 |
126. That caught my eye |
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Sat May-28-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. Plus government small busisiness incentives, etc. |
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Sat May-28-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
135. It's a different world now.... |
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Sat May-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. They're only bad decisions when you're poor. When you're rich, it's called "risk taking." |
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Sat May-28-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #137 |
142. Word. n/t |
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Sat May-28-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #111 |
136. Your story is an example, but not proof |
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Sat May-28-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. There's probably not much difference between using a check cashing place and having a checking |
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Sat May-28-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #111 |
143. what decade did you start your business? what kind of business? |
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Sat May-28-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #111 |
151. Oh, look, another Galt. |
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Sat May-28-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
128. Good article, but he doesn't even go into the host of problems that come with not having a car. |
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Sat May-28-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Excellent point. Even in areas with "good" public transportation, getting around |
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Sat May-28-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #130 |
138. Or if the bus schedule and the work schedule just doesn't line up. |
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Sat May-28-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. And, if something happens to fuck up the bus schedule, then you're really screwed. |
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Sat May-28-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. and, if you have just enough to HAVE a car and the slightest thing goes wrong |
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Sat May-28-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. That aspect is well-covered in the article. |
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Sat May-28-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
133. I've gone through periods of poverty |
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Sat May-28-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
144. I LIVE on craig's list - free |
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