I'd forgotten that bit about the Dads, Bobert. And I here I was, thinking fondly of the 'glory days' of being poor in the good ol' US of A!

Still, there were the Title XX programs, and the odd grant money here and there, and no co-pays for medical care or prescriptions with Medicaid. Somehow or other we grabbed a bit of yarn here, a nylon cord there, and maybe over here not much more than a thin bit of cotton thread. From those different little bits of string, we managed to tie enough knots to together to have a social safety net. I admit it was awful low to the ground, and there were definitely spots where a body might break on through, but it was there. It's gone now, or so full of holes as to be worthless, mere flotsam.

Now I wanna hear your case study.

Janie