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To: Ilaine who wrote (1764)	12/22/2005 12:02:37 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 2253

It's hard CB, to know and hear that, and yet, the rational part of ourselves, just has to ask the question again....it seems there are opportunities to take any number of jobs in the area. (or at least there were) I can't understand how poor people won't or can't work if work is available. I just can't. My own Grandmother was poor as well, as I've said before. BUT she always said there was always soap and water, and no excuse for not using both of them. She was industrious. She had no education beyond 8th grade. Her mother abandoned 5 children, and she was raised for a few years in an orphanage. Her father worked as a 'gandy dancer' driving spikes in the railroad ties, and helped to support the kids while they were in the orphanage. Grandma's family was never under the same roof again, and the kids were adopted by several different people across the country. A wonderful couple adopted her when she was a teenager. Grandma taught us many things, and one of them was "God helps them who help themselves".....we must have heard that at least 25,000 times <ggg> Because she did succeed in the best, and lawful way, she could, and raised my mom with those same attributes, my siblings and I would hardly know that that was their heritage. All of us have worked hard, and have been incredibly fortunate in our lives, even if some of the days was filled with the doom and gloom of life. Knowing what she went through, and what she did, really makes me wonder how people can continue not working and making a living for their families, when I know what can be done. Especially when there is business and industry where the people could get jobs if they wanted one. Surely there must be some way to teach these folks to understand they could have a decent way of like, if they would only reach out and earn it.

To: Ilaine who wrote (1764)	12/22/2005 1:04:14 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2253

but not much in the bank and living paycheck to paycheck. That describes me as well, except I have my 401K and a lot of home equity (but no flood insurance). I imagine it applies to a lot of people who have income and wealth beyond what we would normally consider "working class". (Which I've understood to mean lower middle class, possible with the addition of the upper lower class "working poor" who have regular full time jobs.) If something like what happened in New Orleans hit Fairfax County, I might have to declare bankruptcy since I'd have to pay a mortgage without having a house. Tim