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For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach ['What's Going To Happen To Us?' ..........]
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Posted on 07/18/2008 11:44:51 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach

by Yuki Noguchi

All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars.

Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver's education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class.

Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family.

Nunez's van broke down last fall. Now, her 19-year-old daughter has no reliable transportation out of their subsidized housing complex in Fostoria, 40 miles south of Toledo, to look for a job.

Nunez and most of her siblings and their spouses are unemployed and rely on government assistance and food stamps. Some have part-time jobs, but working is made more difficult with no car or public transportation.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: learnedhelplessness; obesity; stupidlazyignorant; therealobamagirls; welfare
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To: Sub-Driver

The old man built cars for 45 years but they cant fix the Van...


21 posted on 07/18/2008 11:59:25 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Sub-Driver
Hey big mamas,push yourself away from the table,loose about 150 pounds,stop feeling sorry for yourself and stop depending on the taxpayers to support your fat a$$. Screw what NPR says and reports,there are jobs out there.
22 posted on 07/18/2008 11:59:31 AM PDT by 4yearlurker
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To: Sub-Driver

If your meat’s out of reach, it was time to go on a diet anyway.


23 posted on 07/18/2008 11:59:42 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: redstateconfidential

Sorry,..all of OUR Poor People are FAT!


24 posted on 07/18/2008 12:00:11 PM PDT by redstateconfidential (If you are the smartest person in the room,you are hanging out with the wrong people.)
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To: NativeNewYorker
They're even bigger than that ;-)


25 posted on 07/18/2008 12:00:52 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Sub-Driver
Nunez's van broke down last fall.

It must have screamed, "NO MAS!"

There really aren't many vehicles that could carry both of those women at the same time.

26 posted on 07/18/2008 12:01:17 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Moonman62

[People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child. “A lot of people have told me, ‘Why don’t your daughter have a kid?’” ]

Losers.

How do people live like this?


27 posted on 07/18/2008 12:01:42 PM PDT by KansasGirl (It is absolutely ridiculous that we have to fight congress for our own survival.)
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To: Sub-Driver

“Thar she blows!”


28 posted on 07/18/2008 12:02:10 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (Gruntled)
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To: redstateconfidential

I was a meat cutter in different supermarkets for about 15 years. I could always tell who the welfare/food stamp bums were. All fat slobs!


29 posted on 07/18/2008 12:02:22 PM PDT by 4yearlurker
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To: DarthVader

While the rest of the US starves to death in the coming apocalypse these two sisters will survive and become the ruling class.


30 posted on 07/18/2008 12:03:32 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
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To: Sub-Driver

What’s going to happen to them? Ask T. Boone Pickens and the Democrats on the Hill. They seem to have the energy market sown up. Maybe their heating bill will go up when Pickens starts diverting natural gas to automobile use - all subsidized by the U.S. government.


31 posted on 07/18/2008 12:03:32 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Boycott Washington D.C. until they allow gun ownership)
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To: Sub-Driver

There's always Soylent Green...

32 posted on 07/18/2008 12:03:41 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Sub-Driver

Why does it never occur to folks to leave the sh*tholes they’re living in to go find jobs elsewhere?


33 posted on 07/18/2008 12:03:45 PM PDT by Redbob ("WWJBD" ="What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Moonman62
People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child. "A lot of people have told me, 'Why don't your daughter have a kid?'"

There is a problem with this solution. Finding a man willing to impregnate her would appear to be far more difficult than finding a job

34 posted on 07/18/2008 12:04:51 PM PDT by mort56
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To: Moonman62
"A lot of people have told me, 'Why don't your daughter have a kid?'"

Based on the picture, because there ain't enough beer in Milwaulkee to make those goggles.

35 posted on 07/18/2008 12:05:10 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Sub-Driver

“People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child.

“A lot of people have told me, ‘Why don’t your daughter have a kid?’”

They both reject that as a plan.

“I’m trying to get a job,” Hernandez says. “I just can’t get a job.”


36 posted on 07/18/2008 12:05:10 PM PDT by fishtank (FIRST defeat Obama. ------------------ THEN resist McCain. ---------- A good plan.)
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To: Moonman62

I can venture a guess as to why she isn’t able to get pregnant...


37 posted on 07/18/2008 12:06:44 PM PDT by Doohickey (SSN: One ship, one crew, one screw.)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

38 posted on 07/18/2008 12:07:56 PM PDT by fishtank (FIRST defeat Obama. ------------------ THEN resist McCain. ---------- A good plan.)
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To: fishtank

Dayum!!!


39 posted on 07/18/2008 12:09:06 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Coffee200am

Macaroni and cheese, probably. Cheap. Tastes good. Lots of calories. There is even a “macaroni and cheese index”: The economy is tanking the purchase of macaroni and cheese goes up.

One of the problems of being poor is that you don’t buy good food like fruits and veggies. You buy processed stuff like mac ‘n cheese.


40 posted on 07/18/2008 12:09:36 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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