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Friday, May 11, 2007
10:10 PM
I had no health coverage from work and could never afford any on my own. At that point I happened to really need to go to the doctor.
But the county health care system draws a line at $500/month income, so I did not qualify as a charity case. That was an incentive to get fired from my job and stop being productive for society, though I didn't.
I can't express how sad it is to feel cast out from society when you're taking every step to work hard and try to make a living. So many people feel like that, like the system is stacked against them more and more every day.
being almost broke can be worse than having nothing
I drove pizzas for a while. I made about $800/month after taxes. I rented out the living room of my 1-bedroom apartment, so I only had to pay $500/month for rent. (This $1000/month palace was beset by crack dealing pimps with automatic weapons living downstairs... it was the cheapest neighborhood in town.)I had no health coverage from work and could never afford any on my own. At that point I happened to really need to go to the doctor.
But the county health care system draws a line at $500/month income, so I did not qualify as a charity case. That was an incentive to get fired from my job and stop being productive for society, though I didn't.
I can't express how sad it is to feel cast out from society when you're taking every step to work hard and try to make a living. So many people feel like that, like the system is stacked against them more and more every day.
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