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  • Sep 26th, 2011
    Someone from Antioch, TN writes:
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    you will be surprised at how little some people manage to live on and how ignorant of how they do it you are
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  • Sep 26th, 2011
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    Someone from Poulsbo, WA writes:
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    welcome to my world.
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  • Sep 26th, 2011
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    Someone from Cookeville, TN writes:
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    Most of you in congress have never even spent an hour with a poor person. Most are not lazy, and most are not educated but most all would tell you that they have tried many options and have come to a dead end. Why because of the poor started off with good teachers but family placed little value of education. So like father, like son. Some of the poor have health, physical and mental issues. Some had very little guidance in choosings a job that fit their personality and abilities. Yes , some broke the law as a young person and can never erase that even after paying their debt. They keep on paying , and paying. And some made wrong choices. For that they are suffering their own conquences. But most of the poor are in the above catagories. So the next time you want to build a bridge to nowhere, use the Gov. jet to tour Europe on "business", go to lavish coperate functions as just a "guest", provide a pork barrell project so you get votes, remember the poor in your district.
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  • Sep 26th, 2011
    Someone from Marina Del Rey, CA writes:
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    Could you walk in our shoes for a month? Even a week? No health care. No expensive clothes, hair does, no food and so forth.... You couldn't and wouldn't do it.
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  • Sep 26th, 2011
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    Someone from Seattle, WA writes:
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    I played this game for real almost exactly 2 years ago. Only recently have i been making enough money to get off of food stamps, and I was on welfare for a month over Christmas 2010. I was employed as a Journeyman Glazier previously, so it is not for a lack of skills. I fell victim when i lost my job to a sales company in my industry that drained the rest of my savings before i started my current job as a temp worker at minimum wage. It took me 2 years to work my way up to shift supervisor, i consider myself very lucky. Even so, i have almost no possesions now and i save every penny i can.
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    Someone from Ontario, CA writes:
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    Two kids, lost my job after six years with the same employer, almost homeless.
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  • Sep 25th, 2011
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  • Sep 25th, 2011
    Someone from Elk Grove, CA writes:
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    I'm a registered voter and I suggest we get a list of all the Members of Congress who have played the game so I can vote accordingly.
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  • Sep 25th, 2011
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    Someone from New Orleans, LA writes:
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    It's morbid fun to play the game. But is it as fun to watch your constituents suffer?
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  • Sep 25th, 2011
    Someone from Yorktown, VA writes:
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    I helped my Food Bank with the "Hunger in America" census in 2010. Many, many people face these choices every day.
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