re #29....
I feel the same way. I look at when I was younger..like 19...just had a baby..married, and made 12,000 dollars that year. I look back...
I had...no cell phone, no cable tv, black and white pos tv, no home phone, no internet, no nothing. I didnt have any of that stuff because we had to eat, pay the electric, keep the heat on, and put gas in my car so I could go to work. I didnt have health insurance...and never got a dime from anyone.
figured it was my fault for knocking up my girl friend and not finishing college. It was what it was, and I never got a dime from anyone.
If you dont work you starve..period.
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