WORKING POOR?

THIS 13TH IS MY UNLUCKY DAY. MY 98WINDOWS COMPUTER DISK EARNED ITSELF A SECTION 8 FOR PHYSICAL INCOMPETENCE. IT LOST MY BLOG. I DESERVE A SECTION 8 FOR DROPPING THE BLOODY THING. ON IT I WAS BLOODY ENRAGED OVER AN ARTICLE TRUMPETING BLEEDING HEART REPORTING ABOUT 'THE WORKING POOR.' THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE INVOLVED ANOTHER SECTION 8.

SECTION 8 IS A SUBSIDY PROGRAM UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHICH PAYS 70% OF RENT AND UTILITIES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES FOR A HOUSE OR APARTMENT. MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS, YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE INVOLVED, ALTHOUGH WASHINGTON WOULD NOT GET PERMISSION TO USE MY MONEY. THIS LOCAL STORY CONCERNED A STRUGGLING MOTHER SERVED WITH AN EVICTION NOTICE FROM HER HUD HOUSE BECAUSE OF A GREASE FIRE.

HER LIFE REJECTS THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOMS AND CONGENITAL COMPULSIONS I'VE EMBRACED - THAT CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME, A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED, THAT I WON'T BUY WHAT I CAN'T AFFORD, THAT NEITHER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER WOULD I BE, THAT I SHOULD REMEMBER TO SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY, THAT MARRIAGE IS A COMMITMENT FOREVER. BLAH, BLAH. OLD HAT. FURTHERMORE, AS A RECOVERING WALLFLOWER, ( LIKE AA'S ONE IS NEVER CURED), I WOULD BE ASHAMED TO HAVE MY MORAL AND MONETARY MESS PROFILED IN A NEWPAPER. I WOULD BE MORITIFIED TO DEATH (FORGET THE OXYMORON) TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED. WELL, THIS MOTHER IS NOT LITERALLY ON WELFARE, BUT SHE GRAPHICALLY TELLS ITS SHAMEFUL TALE OF NOT FARING WELL. AND I KNOW WHY.

SHE IS 7 YEARS IN SUBSIDISED HOUSING FOR WHICH SHE MUST PAY A MERE $185 A MONTHLY HOUSE PAYMENT, BUT SHE IS "JUST SCRAPING BY." SHE RACKED UP $5,000 OF DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE BUT SHE NEVER THOUGHT TO OR COULD AFFORD TO REPAY. SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN, 2 FATHERS, SPORATIC CHILD SUPPORT, A DIVORCE IN THE WORKS, 2 JOBS AND IS HEAVILY PREGNANT. SHE IS BEHIND ON THE BILLS EVEN BORROWING $200 FOR THE BILL AT AN EXTENDED- STAY MOTEL , A STAY PROVIDED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS, SCHOOLS AND CHARITIES. SHE SAYS HER TEEN BOY HAS "LEARNING DISABILITIES?" I KNOW WHY.

LIFESTYLE AND LIFECHOICES HAVE EARNED THIS WOMAN A SECTION 8 FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL INCOMPETENCE. I BLOODY WELL KNOW WHY. IN THE THIRD SENTENCE OF THE PROFILE, THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER " WHILE PREPARING SHRIMP... ....ACCIDENTALLY STARTED... A FIRE" THERE YOU HAVE IT. SHRIMP. SHRIMP OUGHT NEVER BE ON THE MENU OF FRUGAL, HARD-WORKING, SENSIBLE, MORALLY RESPONSIBLE PARENTS WHO WISH TO INSTILL THE PROPER PERSPECTIVES INTO THEIR OFFSPRING. SHRIMP IS TOO EXPENSIVE ( AS MY ABSTINENCE WILL VERIFY). WOULD LYNDON JOHNSON BE PROUD OF THE CHILDREN WHO BENEFITED FROM HIS WAR ON POVERTY IN HIS GREAT SOCIETY ?