Lower Income May Mean Higher Stress. I find this difficult to believe. I’ve always found the choice between paying bills and buying groceries to be delightfully freeing. Nothing leaves a person footloose and fancy free like destitution! It’s like that sitcom that gets pitched in The Fisher King—homelessness is wacky! You’re not homeless; you’re Home Free!
I feel like I should write a serious post about this, mentioning why this feeds into the necessity of a living wage, and how it can be tied into everything from healthcare to illegal immigration, and how the Bush administration has categorically failed to address the needs of the poor, instead moving increasing amounts of wealth further and further up into the clutches of those who are the least in need. But would I really be able to say anything new, anything we haven't discussed here a thousand times? No.
Fuck Bush for a whole new reason: He's made me dull and repetitive.
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