2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can someone explain to me why POC [View all]Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)The boss likes it that way - they prefer paying overtime to paying benefits or giving another person a job.
I grew up beyond poor and my husband was so poor that their xmas gifts were few and then from a Goodwill.
So shall we pity you or are you one of those who believes people just have to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and move one.
You do realize there are people who due to illness or disability can't "just get over it".
Oh wow so you are asian and you were poor - you my friend were not alone. Many of us here were poor and suffered horribly.
Clinton doesn't care about any of that......
She would like to "bring us all to heel" and than do what she wills.
EDITED TO ADD: and as a single mother I got food from the dumpster to feed myself and my child - didn't get welfare - didn't get free aid. Worked two jobs and hoped things would work out. So you were poor...so what - that does not win any argument you have made today.