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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Half of Americans Are Effectively Poor Now. What The? [View all]lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)16. This Gen X'er started out homeless
Will be able to look back proudly on a body of compassionate work I poured my heart and soul into.
And will be a homeless retired person living in WalMart parking lots and rest stops in an RV.
All the years of earning an "above average" income? Worthless in a society so incredibly leveraged for the super rich, rendered inert after getting mugged and requiring many surgeries pre-Obamacare and kicked off my Blue Cross plan for failing to return a time-sensitive form... ahem... WHILE I was HOSPITALIZED. Cost me my entire lifetime retirement savings just to go back to work.
Oh, Driver, do I ever know the one step forward, two back.
I've watched it happen ever since Reagan.
And still these MAGA idiots idolize the rich.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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But, the stock market is at an all-time high, employment is the highest it's been in 50 years,
sop
Jun 2019
#4
Sorry to hear this regarding your situation. I just talked to a friend in his 50s, same predicta-..
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#19
Good. Creeps deserved it (getting screwed). It is hard to combat. Got to prove it ...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#36
Shaking my head in sadness. It's too bad that you couldn't have taken a prolonged leave of leave...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#37
I suspected as much...a very difficult place to be...my best friend is an only child and he went...
SWBTATTReg
Jun 2019
#40
Trend that will continue until we can get Faux Noise Faithful to wake up to the facts that
lambchopp59
Jun 2019
#13
Yet we are constantly barraged with media accounts of how great the stock market is doing.
Snarkoleptic
Jun 2019
#14