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onecaliberal

(32,786 posts) Sun Oct 18, 2020, 10:52 AM Oct 2020

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8 million more people have slipped below the poverty level since MAY.

Please vote out every last Republican. Our nation is doing nothing to help people through this crisis.

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8 million more people have slipped below the poverty level since MAY. (Original Post) onecaliberal Oct 2020 OP

I think I might be below the poverty level. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2020 #1

I'm so sorry... onecaliberal Oct 2020 #2

Thank you but I am fine. I haven't ever lived much above leftyladyfrommo Oct 2020 #4

This just crushes me. CrispyQ Oct 2020 #3

Hello up there! Newest Reality Oct 2020 #5

leftyladyfrommo

(18,866 posts)

1. I think I might be below the poverty level.

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 10:54 AM

Oct 2020

My little pet sitting side business is pretty dead.

onecaliberal

(32,786 posts)

2. I'm so sorry...

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 10:58 AM

Oct 2020

leftyladyfrommo

(18,866 posts)

4. Thank you but I am fine. I haven't ever lived much above

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 11:00 AM

Oct 2020

the poverty level. It's just me so it doesn't take much to survive

CrispyQ

(36,424 posts)

3. This just crushes me.

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 11:00 AM

Oct 2020

I went through a rough spot, financially, when I was in my early 30s. It was unbelievably stressful and unimaginably difficult to dig myself out.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

5. Hello up there!

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2020, 11:13 AM

Oct 2020

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