The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99746   Message #2011680
Posted By: Bobert
30-Mar-07 - 08:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
Well, first of all, I agree with Wordsmith's post with the one exception... Food Stamps *cannot* be used to by beer... But, yeah, you go to innercity mom 'n pop grocery stores in the poor neigfhborhoods and there isn't much actual nutrition to be found in 'um... So when yer choices are limited to this junk food or that junk food yer more than likely going to end up buying, ahhhh, junk food...

As for "anger"... Oh, boy... I kinda need to talk about this because it is a very real danger for anyone working in the human services field... But I don't have time this mornin' to get into this... And I'm not too sure how I want to approach it without makin' some folks angry with me... So let me think about it today as I play "equipment operator" and push dirt around... Hopefully by tonight I'll work up the right way to talk about this and the courage to talk about it but...

... it is very real as it relates to those who have made a decision to except lousy pay to do some of society's *dirty work*...

Later...

Bobert