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Working Poor

Skittles

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2. yes it is

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 09:58 PM

Oct 2015

I donated money to a neighbor who was in a vicious circle of paying a rent penalty simply due to when she was getting paid in her new job after a period of unemployment - when I asked the office to waive it for the poor gal (a single mom) so she could get caught up they said they could not - essentially corporate would not let them (the office workers did seem very sorry about it).

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It Is Expensive to Be Poor [View all] madamesilverspurs Oct 2015 OP

It sure is! nt 2naSalit Oct 2015 #1

yes it is Skittles Oct 2015 #2

excellent article :-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #3

Let me count the ways w0nderer Oct 2015 #4

-you drive clunkers that gobble gas and require constant maintenance. Stardust Oct 2015 #5

K & R historylovr Oct 2015 #6

"Poverty is a shortage of money." Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #7