Originally Posted by ngdawg

Now it's MY turn to go on a rant, re: those who think people aren't paying their own way.

My husband makes about 60,000 a year. This has included overtime.
This past year, the overtime has been almost non-existent. I finished school and, because I worked there as workstudy, lost that job and it took me seven months to find a seasonal retail job, giving up my hopes of finding something in my field.
I contacted a credit counselling service. We have an income of $3100 a month. Sounds good, right? Well, our bills are $3800 a month now, with student loans due.
We're considered middle-class and can't pay our heating bills. How DARE you think these people should just buck up and get a job!!! Pretty damned presumptuous of you.
We eat cheap, haven't had steak but once all year and only because our kids were away. I don't buy uneeded things for myself-don't even have enough clothes for work without being creative. My son has 4 pairs of pants that fit and he is still growing.
Instead of lambasting people you don't know and making assumptions, be grateful you aren't the one standing in line asking for help. Some of us work our asses off and still have to.
The nerve......