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In reply to the discussion: I feel like people (other than on DU) don't get that the grid keeps you off once you're off [View all]2naSalit
(87,483 posts)162. Oh cool.
She's so informed and I am glad to see she's still writing about how it really is for so many.
Didn't know about that book, I'll have to read it. Thanks!
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Recursion
Dec 2014
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a kick to go with my rec.. Because only one who has been pushed into the mud of
annabanana
Dec 2014
#1
And often that overdraft is a consequence of banking fees hidden away in the small print.
hunter
Dec 2014
#62
Sorry, Dreamer, it's true, it happened to me. I had an adverse closure when someone on my family
DesertDiamond
Dec 2014
#47
There is nowhere in this country where one can open an account only with $5.
Gormy Cuss
Dec 2014
#96
It's funny. I took to eating at a church soup kitchen every Tuesday and Thursday night.
Recursion
Dec 2014
#60
Try walking into a bank, post Patriot Act with nothing but $5 in your pocket
Glassunion
Dec 2014
#20
What am I denying? That it's unfair and expensive to have a bank account without a lot of money?
Dreamer Tatum
Dec 2014
#83
How does a banking/credit professional not know that banks just don't hand out checking accounts
kcr
Dec 2014
#122
Totally wrong. Banks use verification clearing houses to check past banking history.
Lochloosa
Dec 2014
#117
Yeah. In fairness if I had realized the world of shit I was getting into, I would have moved faster
Recursion
Dec 2014
#53
When I moved to NY, I had a valid CO license. They wouldn't give me a new NY one.
jeff47
Dec 2014
#34
Well, you hear "homeless vet" and you have this image; it took me months to realize that was me
Recursion
Dec 2014
#54
Even on DU, people try to tell you you didn't experience what you experienced
malthaussen
Dec 2014
#17
It's what we call "denying the realities of the oppressed" is social justice circles.
Odin2005
Dec 2014
#80
k and r. thank you for sharing this with us. amazing how blithely ignorant so many are about
niyad
Dec 2014
#19
Don't you have to be looking for work to collect UI? Going to college would
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#39
BU had laid off their vet rep position three years before and didn't refill it until two years later
Recursion
Dec 2014
#61
Great post. Personal experience provides a keen understanding that can't be found elsewhere
think
Dec 2014
#37
I've seen young people drive without car insurance because they couldn't afford it,
Zorra
Dec 2014
#50
Then they start selling drugs to pay the fines, are busted, and become prison slaves.
Odin2005
Dec 2014
#93
Exactly. Ironically, I was taking Relativity that semester and we studied the event horizon
Recursion
Dec 2014
#70
My brother, who is on Social Security, had a medical emergency when he was at a bus stop
panader0
Dec 2014
#87
This is what so many don't understand. Unless you have a ton of money, it doesn't take much
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#88
There was a similar one I remember: "under capitalism, man is oppressed by his fellow man"
Recursion
Dec 2014
#136
Tow companies and impound lots are vultures. I went to get my car once, and like your story, the
Stardust
Dec 2014
#166
I would recommend this to anyone thinking those in poverty are there due to a moral failing.
pa28
Dec 2014
#120
It's interesting that there more than a few people questioning the validity of your life story
PersonNumber503602
Dec 2014
#134
"I learned about 25 ways to cook rice and beans" - even that's not a great idea anymore
progree
Dec 2014
#140