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In reply to the discussion: Over Two Million Desperate Americans Are Being Thrown to the WOLVES by Congress RIGHT NOW! [View all]hollysmom
(5,946 posts)My brothers are both married - one is on disability with a yet diagnosed problem that keeps him from walking but he is deeply in debt and he and his wife hate each other. The other (a Limbaugh fan) has been in and out of work and has a nice life, but has 2 kids who expect to go to college, always lives over his means, and an odd relationship with his wife (they snipe at each other) but is in manufacturing and has lost several jobs when the factories closed down, he has one now, but for how long??? It just is something I expect to happen sometime in the future since our sister lives many states away.
This has just been a fear of mine since my mother died and they have both stayed with her off and on one when he fought with his wife and the other between wives before this one where they had kids (talk about going into debt). In the mean while, my niece has stayed here when her parents fight too much for some peace and quiet. She can't afford to live on her own yet.
I do have several friends who are financial in trouble and out of work and I do worry about them but they have managed so far. I do worry about people out there without any support.