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It's expensive to be poor. It's ironic but true. You get charges and fees for everything. Higher interest rates. Overdraft fees. Late fees. Having only enough to buy what you need right now instead of buying in bulk. Losing your job because you can't afford to get your car fixed. Losing your car because you don't have a job. Even your mental faculties are drained, as you are forced to continually eat low-nutrition foods, "sleep" in miserable conditions, and be exposed to toxins and lack of medical treatment. The lack of liquidity wipes you out. Life really does kick you while you're down.
You can't tell someone trapped in that vicious cycle to "just" get a job or "just" make responsible decisions. Sometimes, no amount of good decision-making can stop the vortex sucking them down. So the next time you are tempted to place moral judgment on someone who lives in poverty, think twice.
Signed, someone who has been both a Have and a Have-Not.
I hate to do this, but I need to ask for help for me, my wife, and my two young daughters. We are desperate. When I wrote the post above, I was doing well and trying to stick up for people down on their luck, because I knew what it's like. Now things have flipped. I've been unemployed since February, and the gig work I was supporting my family with since then has dried up too.
I'm in the final stages of the interview process with a major tech company, which will fix everything, but I'm out of money *right now*. Our electricity will be cut off in 5 days. Our car will be repossessed in a week or 2. We have taxes we can't pay that will lead to our house being taken. That first paycheck won't come till after we lose everything and go hungry, assuming I even get the job. Please send us a few dollars if you can spare them. Every cent counts. Boost if you can't send money. Advice is welcome, too. Thanks, all, in advance. It means the world to us.
https://paypal.me/AaronHosford
https://venmo.com/u/Aaron-Hosford-42
I didn't get the job. I still need help while I continue the search, if anyone is able.
@hosford42 Hey man, I really hope you get the help you need ASAP. Really really sorry you're going through this, but things will get better I promise. I have paypal so will see if I cann donate. Stay strong my man, everything will be just fine.
@ZBennoui Thank you so much!
@hosford42 I’ve transferred a little through PayPal. I hope you get enough donations to help you through this awful period in your life. Wishing you and your family the best!
@tanyakaroli Thank you so much! You and others like you are literally feeding my children through this time. I don't think I can thank any of you enough for that.