Tag: poverty
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don’t donate disposable diapers
“They came knocking at my door asking for money to buy disposable diapers. I didn’t give them any. If they used cloth diapers like I did, they wouldn’t need disposables,” the mother of many children exclaimed. Having put in her time wrestling wiggling children into a diaper as she poked a diaper pin in place,…
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Not really broke
As a family man with a young son, the cable tech, an acquaintance, personally knows the battle to pay every bill on time with enough left over at the end of the month for food and maybe a bit of fun. But, not every cable television subscriber prioritizes as he does. All too frequently when…
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Christmas crisis
With a year of lay-offs, shut downs, plunging stock market prices, wage freezes, cutbacks and any number of other income depleting tricks, all the Whos down in Whoville are waking up to the Grinch’s attempt to steal Christmas. Be wise like the Whos. Don’t cry and commiserate, regroup and remember that presents, decorations and the…