Wow you all better brace yourselves for universal health care for everyone when we are paying for the addicts and their MRSA infections and rehab treatment and all.
Whew what a load of generalization on this subject! Maybe this mother in the article did not have a car. Maybe she has a panic attack when she gets on the subway, I am shocked at how judgmental you all are.... really, we have no idea what is going on in that single mother's life.
The young mother is trying, she is training or has a job....for the record I was 21 when I had my first child and we were on food stamps for a brief period of time. So what, I am a productive tax paying citizen, who raised three tax paying productive daughters. But you know what, my youngest daughter's husband has a degenerative eye disease and if they qualify for assistance I will encourage them to get it..... actually she is on WIC right now and her husband is in the military, probably will be medically discharged.
Another thing if you read the article closely:
Sylvia Ford is one of them. The $135 she gets each month lasts two weeks, leaving her dependent on food banks such as Bread for the City. A year ago, the single mother of four grown children could afford lemons. Now it's only lemon juice. Gone are the occasional treats of shrimp or crabmeat. Instead it's stews or soups that she can string out over several days.
Repeat: GONE are the occasional treats of shrimp or crabmeat.
Sheesh, and I'm a Republican.....
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