"What is riskier than being poor in America?"

[edhopper]

Melissa hits it with passion and honesty.

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Watch at the 8 minute mark.

[ananda]

1. GOP meme:

"Victims are being turned into the cause of their own suffering."

[nanabugg]

2. What is riskier than being poor in America is being black and poor and/or disabled in America. nt

[edhopper]

5. I guess you didn't listen to her?

When she said "just because they are a different color."?

[pintobean]

3. Being poor in a 3rd world country. /nt

[edhopper]

4. Thanks for missing her point.

[rbrnmw]

6. Let me tell you something there absolutely is a work requirement

I take my next door neighbor to work everyday as janitor of county offices she gets 650.00 a month she has to work 156 hours a month for it she has 2 months left of her lifetime limit She isn't stupid or lazy she has a degree she ran out of her unemployment I know for a fucking fact nobody on welfare CAN get it and not work if you miss one day they Sanction you. I get real pissed over this issue

ETA: She is white all of her kids have the same father who walked out on her and his children because at 35 he decided he needed time for himself His time for himself was a 20 year old he worked with