walleye26
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« on: April 19, 2021, 08:43:19 PM » |
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One of the biggest things I can say I really didn’t understand until a few years ago is just how much being poor f***s you over. Literally everything about being poor causes your life to suck. Did you guys know you have to pay for filing bankruptcy? That makes sense. You know, you’re out of money, so you have to pay money so you don’t owe any money. Then, you have to eat complete sh***y food because you live in a food desert and the only thing you can afford is Chef Boyardee and Ramen noodles for 8 nights in a row. I’m not even bringing up how bail can screw you over, or how one simple accident can destroy everything in your life if you’re poor.
Like, growing up relatively middle class, I never realized just how dangerous life is for poor people in our country. You can’t afford to take a sick day, because if you don’t have paid sick time you literally can’t afford to. Covid exposed that so much for so many. I learned to be much more empathetic to people in poverty.
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