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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:12 AM Original message |
How are people supposed to live on $623 a month? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. They're not |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No, it's not. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That's not how I understand it |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. What does it say about SSDI and SSI? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I have never disagreed that it's a paltry sum |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Have the rules changed? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. With SSI, a portion of the wages earned |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. The truth is yes you can make an extra $750 and still stay on SSD |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Not true. You can retain medicaid benefits...but you dont receive money |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. They can still get SSI... |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. That's correct. I know someone who is on SSI ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. You're absolutely right, Cleita! It's such a bummer that so many don't know even the basics of |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. If you become disabled and haven't worked enough quarters, |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. C'mon, you'd have to replace slavery and addiction as the organizing principles of society... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I have been going through a learning process helping a |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. once she's receiving SSI she's be eligible |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
70. You DO know, I hope, that many Section 8 apartments no longer even have waiting lists? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Unfortunately, the war will continue to eat up the budget. We're looking at 1 trillion dollars eaten |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I never really appreciated Ike until now although he was |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. on the day when the kids health care was denied.... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. We can afford lots of things; it's a matter of priorities. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Does Buchanan know SCHIP would be funded with a tobacco tax increase? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. yeah, Buchanan said the working stiff... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Every time I hear RW nutjobs like Pat Buchanan mouth off about |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. If we didn't toss money out the window for stupid wars |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. wow. Someone should read that to congress when they discuss war funding bills. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
72. So, is that an excuse? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. A lot of the clients I have do. Not on SSI or SSDI, but on timeloss |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. WA State L&I |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Actually, Washington is better than a lot of other states, though I agree |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. I truly believe |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. This is so true. |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. see post 33 |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I think you're right. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
73. "the system wants people in this situation to kill themselves." |
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lancer78 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. People on SSI... |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. My adult son gets $603/mo in SSI. |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. I think they are talking about legal aid which is the same as 'if you cannot |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Legal Aid hardly does anything anymore. |
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Rocinante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You got conned? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 06:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Not to mention those Cadillac-driving welfare queens! Tell us about them again, won't you please? |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
85. I've Never Seen One Of Those |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. You know lots of them? |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Someone can carry a 150 pound deer... |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. please don't generalize about SSI recipients |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. They get subsidized housing if it is available. Sometimes there is a |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
77. Many waiting lists have been shut down. Many times it's much more than 2 years waiting. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. About all those freebies. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
44. Oh do tell us more. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. did you know there's a five year wait for housing assistance? |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. So, what are you saying? |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
63. You should try doing it |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. Ronnie, is that you? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
74. And, this is your "liberal" assessment? |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. My son gets Medicare and Medicaid, so between the two |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 05:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The RWing does not believe in any Social Programs. |
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Cookie wookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Isn't that what they did in New Orleans already. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I live in California and I squeak by but it's getting harder and harder |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. "Those people" are supposed to move in with friends & family |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That's fine if you have friends and family. Also, families need |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That's how Harold ended up in my friend's home.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. "Many homeless have become weird living on the streets " |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. I was a foster child growing up... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. I'm all for it. |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. Cleita, I am one of those people living on SSI Disability |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. There are so many stories like yours even here on DU. |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Sometimes I think that the only way change will come |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I fear you are right and I fear economic collapse too because |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
79. I absolutely agree with you! Until the muddleclass falls and experiences |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
45. That would be more than twice what I get now. |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Well, don't you know that disablities are only represented by what can be seen? n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. The poster is diabled with an inability to see and feel. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
87. lancer78 and rasputin1952 are ill in their own regards |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Thank you for your kind words! The words of those posters you mention slices like a knife, |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. The problem with Congress... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I know people in my community who are working, not collecting |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. They can't, and as observed, sometimes don't |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R.... |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. How do they afford to live in the DC area |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Don't talk to me about greedy, heartless landlords. We |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. The joys of "Compassionate Conservatism"... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. That's such a nice copout. I'm so sick of liberals blaming the RW for it all. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. But the RW IS responsible for the mess we are in at this time... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Perpetuating this copout enables the suffering to continue. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. There are times when people must suffer, unfortunately, it is the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Well, thank you. I hope my death is gratifying for you. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-05-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. YOur passing would hurt me dearly, just as the passing of each |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Your tone has been cold since your first post, and YOU must realize |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
89. I live on $789.00 a month |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
90. they are not |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
91. I can't get SSI |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
92. this is what i've been wondering a long time |
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