Where do the **** end.. THAT is the question
HUNGRY people in Ohio!
All Things Considered, July 17, 2008 · A generation ago, the livelihood of Gloria Nunez's family was built on cars.
Her father worked at General Motors for 45 years before retiring. Her mother taught driver's education. Nunez and her six siblings grew up middle class.
Things have changed considerably for this Ohio family.
Nunez's van broke down last fall. Now, her 19-year-old daughter has no reliable transportation out of their subsidized housing complex in Fostoria, 40 miles south of Toledo, to look for a job.
Nunez and most of her siblings and their spouses are unemployed and rely on government assistance and food stamps. Some have part-time jobs, but working is made more difficult with no car or public transportation.
Low-income families in Ohio say they are particularly hard-hit by the changes in the economy, according to a new poll conducted by NPR, The Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. Two-thirds of lower-income respondents, or 66 percent, say paying for gas is a serious problem because of recent changes in the economy. Nearly half of low-income Ohioans, or 47 percent, say that getting a well-paying job or a raise in pay is also major problem.
'I Just Can't Get A Job'
Nunez, 40, has never worked and has no high school degree. She says a car accident 17 years ago left her depressed and disabled, incapable of getting a job. Instead, she and her daughter, Angelica Hernandez, survive on a $637 Social Security check and $102 in food stamps.
Hernandez received her high school diploma and has had several jobs in recent years. But now, because fewer restaurants and stores are hiring, she says she finds it hard to find a job. Even if she could, she says it's particularly hard to imagine how she'll keep it. She says she needs someone to give her a lift just to get to an interview. And with gas prices so high, she's not sure she could afford to pay someone to drive her to work every day.
People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child.
"A lot of people have told me, 'Why don't your daughter have a kid?'"
They both reject that as a plan.
"I'm trying to get a job," Hernandez says. "I just can't get a job."
Hernandez says she's trying to get training to be a nurse's assistant, but without her own set of wheels or enough money to pay others for gas, it hasn't been easy.
'What's Going To Happen To Us?'
Most of their extended family lives in the same townhouse complex. The only employer within walking distance is a ThyssenKrupp factory that makes diesel engine parts. That facility, which employs 400 people, is shutting down and moving to Illinois next year.
The only one with a car is Irma Hernandez, Nunez's mother. Hernandez says that with a teenage son still at home, the cost of feeding him and sending him to school is rising, and she can no longer pay for the car.
She's now two car payments behind.
"I'm about to lose my car," she says on her way to pick up one of her daughters to take her to Toledo. "So then what's going to happen to us?"
So Nunez and her daughter are mostly stuck at home.
The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer bags of groceries — $100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now it's more like seven or eight. So they cut back on expensive items like meat, and they don't buy extras like ice cream anymore. Instead, they eat a lot of starches like potatoes and noodles.
PEEP THIS - THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE HUNGRY FAMILY IN QUESTION:
Where do the **** end.. THAT is the question
How about you take a fekin' walk? Hard times would do these people good. Bright side to everything.She's now two car payments behind.
"I'm about to lose my car," she says on her way to pick up one of her daughters to take her to Toledo. "So then what's going to happen to us?"
If they were educated enough they would know about the Great Depression and the true hardships people had to endure back then.
for probably one months gas, they could buy a bike at wal mart, then the cost would be lower, and they will be healthier.
I live in OH and I am embarrassed. Clearly the people passing out food stamps have never seen those receiving the stamps.
oh boo hoo
So food prices are rising? Fine, I guess you'll have to cut back on the twinkies and ice cream. Whatever shall we do without our twinkies and ice cream?
Brilliant idea. Hey, if you need more money from the government just have a child, no big deal!People tell Nunez her daughter could get more money in public assistance if she had a child.
"A lot of people have told me, 'Why don't your daughter have a kid?'"
Honestly, people are so lazy. If you live in a city I highly doubt that there wouldn't be any jobs within walking distance unless you consider more than a few feet beyond walking distance.
I wouldn't really consider walking beyond 2-3 miles at most for a job, not because the distance is far but because i'll be fairly tired and possibly sweaty once I got to work.
OMFG I'm so fucking angry right now. These people, these fucking people... Ah nevermind...
OMFG I'm so fucking angry right now. These people, these fat people... Ah nevermind...
I know what you're thinking
I hate Ohio. It's like a landlocked Florida.
For probably one month's McDonalds, they could rent a limo to look for work.Originally Posted by wildcat12
They should just feed on their own fat. They would be fed for a long time.
My guess is somewhere between chin number seven or eight just below the belly... button?
your guess?
<P>They are morphing into manatees.</P>
Harpoons. Someone man them.
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