I am 29 and have worked since I was 14. Paid taxes, medicare, unemployment, fico, etc., my whole life. I am now unable to work. I applied for unemployment but do not qualify. I have not been unemployed long enough to qualify for food stamps, so I was denied. I asked for housing assistance, but was denied. I applied for state medical benefits and was denied. Because I am a single white male, I do not qualify for 80% of assistance programs. I have no family to rely on, and now no home, no healthcare, and no food.
My neighbors downstairs from me, who I absolutely love, have come here from Mexico. They do not have citizenship, and are not here legally. They applied for, and recieved foodstamps, housing assistance, free childcare, and healthcare.
Does any of this make any sense? I went to the food bank for food ,and they gave me bread and canned green beans. The family downstairs goes to the same food bank, and because they have children they get milk, vegetables, bread, meat, butter?
2006-07-28
19:00:31
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