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JNelson6563

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22. As a member of the working poor

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:07 AM

Nov 2012

I can relate. I'm just glad my kids are grown up and things were a bit better when they were younger.

To be poor in America is quite an experience. To hear people flippantly talk about going to movies, out to eat, buying stuff they don't need at stores that treat workers like crap, well it's always astounding to me.

I always do the math...for the cost of a movie I could by this much gas or some food...for those $100 jeans I could've paid this bill and bought this much in groceries...stuff like that.

While it's great to post on-line about this stuff where it really matters is out in the world.

Any great progressives do anything for the less fortunate today?

Bad off as I am I still manage to do little things to help those who have even less. That is a message we need to get out there.

Julie

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Tonight on FRONTLINE: "Poor Kids" "...the economic crisis through the eyes of children..." [View all] Up2Late Nov 2012 OP

Notice the Total Lack of Response Iggy Nov 2012 #1

I was to busy watching it! Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #5

I think a lot here are still pissed off at FRONTLINE for the show from a few weeks ago... Up2Late Nov 2012 #6

"A Lot Here are Still P***ed off at Frontline for...." Iggy Nov 2012 #20

Dude, I was talking about the lack of response to a post about FRONTLINE. Up2Late Nov 2012 #27

Thanks for the Clarification Iggy Nov 2012 #35

I just watched it... snacker Nov 2012 #2

My daughter cried as she watched this. NiteOwll Nov 2012 #3

Yup, really puts things into proper perspective, huh. Up2Late Nov 2012 #7

I posted in the Lounge about it. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #4

The most heart-breaking moment for me was the young girl who coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #12

The kid talking about his short window to play football brought it home for me too. Up2Late Nov 2012 #15

I think overall, the feeling I got was a speechless rage and coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #16

And how important those dreams are to kids in those situations. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #17

For us, it was the conversation between the mother and daughter NiteOwll Nov 2012 #21

Those children were so clear-eyed and direct. The overwhelming feeling I got coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #24

FRONTLINE; The Betrayal of Democracy upi402 Nov 2012 #8

This one may be in line with that one. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #9

It's hard hitting too upi402 Nov 2012 #29

Just finished watching it on PBSSoCal (Ch. 50). I can say with near coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #10

You are not only preaching to the choir, but to one raised just like that. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #14

Kick for more exposure. Thanks for posting - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #11

k&r RainDog Nov 2012 #13

Here's a Web Only Extra that is hard to watch, but this girl is something else. Up2Late Nov 2012 #18

Shit, I wish she were President right now. The world would be a fuck coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #19

As a member of the working poor JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #22

Julie, I hope at some point in your busy life you get a chance to take a college-level coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #26

Thank you friend! JNelson6563 Nov 2012 #28

What I find so disturbing ... ParkieDem Nov 2012 #23

I grew up poor (on a farm) and the only way to describe it is that it sucks. There's coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #25

It was that stigma that made me fight to go to school, get ahead. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #33

I DVR'd it and watched with my family tonight. mzmolly Nov 2012 #30

Thank you... Posted it on Dallas Morning News w8liftinglady Nov 2012 #31

You know it really ticks me off that the "Moral Right" cares so much for the unborn, then Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #32

Exactly. Up2Late Nov 2012 #34