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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not now, but I was for the past 5 years.

The last 3, I was working full-time, but I'm single with a kid and I was making less than $25K. Last year, I was unemployed for 3mo due to a move and I made $18K total. I got everything back, plus the EITC. The money helped me pay off debt and get back on my feet.

I also qualified for daycare assistance, WIC and my son qualified for Medicaid his 1st year and CHIP until I got my current job. I qualified for Medicaid during my pregnancy and immediately afterwards. Then I went 2yrs without insurance, which I'm paying for now as I left things untreated (mainly my teeth).

I'm white, raised in an UMC family, and I have a BA. I also made the mistake of marrying a deadbeat, although I wised up when DC was 8mo and divorced him. We lived in a very conservative area where jobs were scarce and didn't pay well.

In the past 18mo, I've more than doubled my income and I'll be paying income tax this year. I have no problem paying, I'm grateful there was a safety net and help when I needed it and I hope that others are able to get that hand-up that I received. I'll be voting for Obama in Nov. [/quote]

Maybe you should have made better decisions with who you married and decided to have a child with.[/quote]

Sure. Let me just go hop in that time machine I've got in the closet and fix that.  :roll:

People make mistakes and stupid decisions. Mine resulted in a kid and $20K of legal debt. I'm not whining about it or playing the victim, I took the help I qualified for and used it to fix my mistake and make a better life for myself and my child.

Attitudes like yours are why people like me give up. When all you hear is "well you shouldn't have done that in the first place, you idiot. You deserve what you get" it's really discouraging. When you're working your ass off to make ends meet and all you get is shaming, it's demoralizing. It's humiliating to apply for GA and admit that you can't afford to feed your kid without help, trust me, I don't need any help with feeling shame and guilt. A little compassion would go a long way. How about you take a second and thank your lucky stars that none of your poor decisions had lifelong consequences? [/quote]

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