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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:25 AM
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1. Well,
As someone who is highly educated, raised a wonderful child, and who is now unwillingly disabled and collecting disability, I find that really insensitive and heartbreaking.

And believe me, it's not easy to get a disability determination under the bush regime.

I'm not obese anymore, but that's because I've lost about 60 pounds so far due to disability. It's so easy for others to judge when they haven't been there.

And I've been caught in the unemployment trap too. When 1,000 people get laid off from a company that goes belly up, and hundreds of us are competing for the same jobs, the odds are not good for even getting an interview.
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