tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post1696853329667823520..comments2023-09-12T10:44:43.115-04:00Comments on I am the working poor.: "Is This What We're Reduced To?" or A Conversation OverheardI am the working poor.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12459981991615916464noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-45193753565433197522010-12-25T14:14:25.498-05:002010-12-25T14:14:25.498-05:00I read this column on msn and followed it to this ...I read this column on msn and followed it to this blog. <br />It was such a relief to read this column, as it is what I am experiencing also. Hearing on the news that "the recession is over"...I had begun to wonder if I was the only one whom it had bypassed. Thanks for your candor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-67645254342438934672010-12-21T05:36:51.466-05:002010-12-21T05:36:51.466-05:00This is just more proof that the economy is in the...This is just more proof that the economy is in the toilet! So sad and so discouraging.<br /><br />I have been 33 many times but I thank God every time I drop a paper that A/I have the physical ability to carry newspapers and B/I have the opportunity to work, even at 2 AM.<br /><br />Keep writing, dear one. The desperation this crummy economy has brought on needs to stay at the top of peoples' awareness. Unless we are informed, things cannot change.<br /><br />I personally believe we are ONE with each other...whatever happens to one of us happens to ALL of us.<br /><br />May everyone feel love and warmth during this Christmas season and into the New Year.<br /><br />~Mother ConnieConnie Baumhttp://foodstampscookingclub.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-21416421097127263772010-12-19T23:51:12.028-05:002010-12-19T23:51:12.028-05:00Diane, Lyza, I wish I had made up these stories. I...Diane, Lyza, I wish I had made up these stories. I really wish I had.<br /><br />Anonymous, I hear of people in your situation every day. I know it won't make you feel better just to know you have company in an awful situation. Just hang in there and know we're thinking of you.<br /><br />Sandy, Aloysa, Frugal Scholar, yes I too am grateful to have a job. It's not exactly where I want to be and many days I am miserable but I'm still grateful.<br /><br />Jacq, you are right that there have been a few positive points to the recession. You have to look hard but they are there. A renewed sense of family and community in a disconnected world, empathy, and a resurgence of thriftiness in a spendthrift society. Any others?I am the working poor.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459981991615916464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-31637815602740177612010-12-19T17:11:27.027-05:002010-12-19T17:11:27.027-05:00No safety net in this country...I will never stop ...No safety net in this country...I will never stop being scared. Thank heavens I have frugal skills.Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-10618372384604551572010-12-19T16:59:36.802-05:002010-12-19T16:59:36.802-05:00I am with Sandy@Yes I am Cheap. I get scared easil...I am with Sandy@Yes I am Cheap. I get scared easily. I am grateful to have job. I am sooo grateful! Just last week my friend's husband lost his job. Right before Christmas!Aloysahttp://aloysaskitchensink.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-73811874093782590932010-12-19T10:42:10.979-05:002010-12-19T10:42:10.979-05:00WP, I am conflicted about the recession in a way. ...WP, I am conflicted about the recession in a way. We went through a deep (and I mean deep) recession back in the early 1980's where I live. That recession came on the heels of a huge boom in the oil and gas industry. Many young guys I was going to high school with quit school to go work in the oil patch. Building was crazy all over - and then the government set up a program to control oil prices and instantly we were in a recession with double digit unemployment that lasted for 10 years. You could apply to a job and have 250 applicants also vying for it. And not a great job either. I went and worked up north for awhile myself in a remote camp just to have work.<br /><br />Most people I know that lived through that period have come out more conservative with their finances. They know the bubble could burst at any time without notice. I constantly think that myself even though we're not experiencing a recession where I live. But I still fear that mortgage rates could go up without notice since they're more national or tied to US rates. I fear that inflation will occur and am prepared to drop my own spending down to essentials if that happens. I save more out of that fear.<br /><br />So I don't know that the recession we went through was entirely a bad thing?Jacq @ SMRMhttp://www.singlemomrichmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-59506937823856701212010-12-19T00:44:24.668-05:002010-12-19T00:44:24.668-05:00Every single time I hear these stories I clutch my...Every single time I hear these stories I clutch my job that much closer. Sure, I'm underpaid. Sure I work for no OT. But it's a job and the check never bounces. We do what we have to when we're pressured.sandy @ yesiamcheaphttp://www.yesiamcheap.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-87891848233112673282010-12-18T08:56:44.564-05:002010-12-18T08:56:44.564-05:00Well I am 54 and have been unemployed for 15 month...Well I am 54 and have been unemployed for 15 months now. Good thing my husband still has his job and we are living on our meager savings to make ends meet. No unemployment for me because I wasn't at that last job long enough to collect any and before that I had quit my job to take care of my Mom who had cancer and dementia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-6890348894537168712010-12-17T10:11:06.385-05:002010-12-17T10:11:06.385-05:00My goodness, those stories just break my heart.My goodness, those stories just break my heart.Lyzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111350698240105498.post-29851234540791333922010-12-17T08:18:47.692-05:002010-12-17T08:18:47.692-05:00Desperate times indeed.Desperate times indeed.LindaDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294943030690495591noreply@blogger.com