There's really something very wrong with a person who can write a story like this, unless it is meant as satire.
It's an annual Thanksgiving tradition. Trotting out sad sack stories to point out how "evil" Republicans are.
Perhaps I've become to cynical. "I'll be eating no turkey," , what is cheaper than turkey? When I heard on the news that the feds were going to stop paying the motel bills (that, of course was postponed) I realized that we have been paying these peoples rent since long before Katrina, and will continue to do so ad nauseum. It's called a job. Get one. Or two like me.