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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what 21.38/23.34's problem is, besides being a troll.  Poor people don't live in luxury off their food stamp benefits.  They live.  Period.

If you really want to see what a snippet of what its like to be poor in America, you can check out the episode of 30 Days where Morgan Spurlock and his gf lived for 30 days on minimum wage.  The rules for the *experiment* they were only allowed to start with one weeks worth of pay at minimum wage each, no credit cards, no health insurance, and no back up savings.  Here's part 1.  The rest you can find linked after the end of the video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yloNmBTKNIE[/youtube]

If you're having a hard time making ends meet, then you need to cut back.  End of story.  We're lucky in that we own our home and 2 cars out right:  We inherited our house and our cars are 5 and 12 years old.  One's a compact for me and the kids, the truck my husband needs for his job.  Times were hard this year for us because there wasn't alot of work for DH and I had to stop working a few years ago when we realized our sn son would need full time care (that we couldn't afford).  We cut coupons, buy everything on sale/used (for the kids, I can't remember the last time I bought new clothes for myself), freecycle, and we've been renting out rooms in our basement.

I'd love to take vacations, upgrade to a bigger car so that I can take the kids around on play dates (my car only fits 2 car seats so if I host it's our house or nothing), start a college fund for the kids or even go back to school.  But we can't afford that right now.  [/quote]

Thanks for posting this, hadn't seen it. These two had everything going for them and none of the baggage and still have trouble making it to the end of the month - on two full time incomes and no kids.   [/quote]

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