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moniss

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4. One of the toughest times in my life was a

Reply to Stargazer99 (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 01:12 AM

Oct 17

homeless stint. If you drive by the restaurants after they close you'll find people going through the dumpsters for what got thrown out. In the land of plenty or so the saying goes. Plenty for a few I guess and nothing for a whole lot of others.

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To night I see another young person camped by McDonald's Resturant with no home to go to [View all] Stargazer99 Oct 16 OP

my late mom would say ,, welcome to the meaist place on earth. AllaN01Bear Oct 16 #1

America is one tough town. usonian Oct 17 #2

Elon needs more money. Gaugamela Oct 17 #3

So do the corporations who make $100 billion in profit a quarter. Initech 13 hrs ago #12

One of the toughest times in my life was a moniss Oct 17 #4

Hard times in the land of plenty DFW Oct 17 #5

Yes indeed but do remember that the wealthy moniss Oct 17 #6

Agreed, but the masses are not forced at gunpoint to eat it up DFW Oct 17 #8

Yes the effect of propaganda is to make one believe moniss Oct 17 #9

Decent wealthy people BaronChocula Oct 17 #7

There some decent wealthy but the self centered are more in number Stargazer99 13 hrs ago #10

It's fucking insane that the billionaires are stealing all of our money. Initech 13 hrs ago #11

We place willful obstacles in front of the people who need help the most Torchlight 13 hrs ago #13