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Eva Marie Woywod
mauston, WI
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Eva Marie commented on the article |I'm still trying to figure out if I am inspired by this post, or saddened...
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Eva Marie commented on the article |Wow - amazing...
The problem is there is just so many homeless nowadays from the very young to the elderly -
Good question...where is the outrage?
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Eva Marie commented on the article |I don't believe I ever said there needed to be more "entitlements"
And as for the choice to stay, go or commute, then I take it you have good transportation or a way to access it...and that you have the funds to start off somewhere else without worry about the kids you're carting off to somewhere new and whether or not you can afford housing when you get there...
As for making a dollar stretch...I bet there are many on food stamps that could give you a run for the money on that one...me included.
There are so many assumptions and generalizations being made here..it's stereo-typing if you ask me.
Perhaps if the title of this blog was something more like...Poverty equals less opporunity for healthy diets ,,,then the tone would be different and there would be more likelyhood of an exhange than could find a commonground...
I am currrently organizing in my community a grassroots effort to start an organization to meet the needs of our homeless community...
In doing so, I am running into attitudes of
Poverty + Homeless = System Abuser ..or Drunk..Lazy....or Drug User.
While there may be some who are in fact one of the above, or all of the above people are focusing on the negative aspect...that sum total...rather than looking at the root cause...the poverty..the fact that it itself is the disease that needs to be addressed...while the rest are the symptoms of it's existence...
Same, I believe, is true for the topic in this blog
That's all I am trying to say...
Oh and ...if anyone knows someone I could sell my house to...I'd be more than happy to get out of dodge!
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Eva Marie commented on the article |
If it's just about being healthy, then we also shouldn't assume every overweight person is less healthy than those who are of average weight.
I've seen some thin people sit on their couch snacking on the those salty chips as they drown themselves with either a beer or sugar laden soda...
There's alot more to take into consideration when it comes to being healthy or not than waist size
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Eva Marie commented on the article |
Here's the thing that I think gets to me about this entire conversation, that there's this underlying message that poor people are stupid and don't know what is good for them...maybe I am taking it the wrong way - but when I read certain posts that's the message I walk away with
An Us ...Them...attitude -
Any good mother out there wants to feed her children healthy -well rounded meals....financial status doesn't dictate that.
And I think most would agree with that.
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Eva Marie commented on the article |
I agree. In many rural areas your choice is the one store in town...or a gas station. I also find it funny that when someone speaks up about what it is like to be in a position where there is economic hardship then they are considering being in a "victim" role.
And as far as healthcare crying out for workers...well the ONE hospital in my county isn't...but then I guess some on here would say "move" ...as if that is as easy as one, two three...
We're living in a different time, the current poor no longer come from generational cycles of welfare living - now they are former executives applying for 8 per hour seasonal employment at waterparks, and other tourist spots...
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Eva Marie commented on the article |
This entire issue is so more complex than a few simple steps, and I think many who've commented would agree with that.
With poverty comes depression and quite frankly what I've seen in so many is...they just don't care anymore. It's not because they are lazy but more so exhausted.
As a nation right now we're so focused on the size of our neighbor rather than if that neighbor is making a living wage..
If we can improve the quality of life for those who are trying..working..or attempting to find employment then improvements in other areas of life will follow..
Let's care more about whether or not that poor person can find a job at a living wage rather than their waist size...
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Eva Marie commented on the article |
Wow, thank you for that.
I read about the gardening - and all I could imagine was trying to add that to my schedule last year when I did work 2 jobs (before layoffs) ...gone 12-14 per hours a day...the only parent to my children....and wondering just how that would all come together while trying to make sure that the two boys I was raising stayed on the straight and narrow...out of trouble....so that I could break a generational cycle of alcoholism that runs on both parts of their family (my father...and their father)...and all I could muster up was..........CALGON TAKE ME AWAY!..oh wait...damn...I cannot even afford the Calgon!
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