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Originally Posted by Drolefille
This woman could have saved every spare dime and received every fancy thing in her home as charity or gifts, and after being out of work for a year be down to the last straw. Or she could have been living paycheck to paycheck and is now just barely managing on public assistance/unemployment/with help from others.
I'm horribly bothered by people who think that poor people should never have nice things, should cook all their food from scratch, and should basically be 'better' people than the person spouting such beliefs.
"Hey, k_s, why'd you buy a hummer if you were struggling with money?" vs "You irresponsible bastard, I hope my tax money never goes to help you out. You probably bought that car with my money in the first place so now I, personally, get to dictate how you should act. If you don't sell your car and ride a bicycle to go look for a job then you're not really hurting."
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^^ No one is talking like that Drolefille, but if that's what you are getting out of my posts...well, than my message is coming out wrong.
There's nothing wrong with cooking your food from scratch, I prepare 90% of my meals from scratch and I wouldn't have it any other way. There is a difference between nice things and excess, if you make $20,000 a year your ass shouldn't be sporting a $500+ purse and $300 sunglasses. You can get a nice purse and sunglasses at Target for about $50. It sounds to me like you want people who live in poverty to live like people who are middle to upper middle class. Very noble of you but unrealistic.
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