You are very very lucky. I would love to not panic about it constantly. I've already had to file for bankruptcy once due to medical bills. I had insurance at the time. It's just that insurance doesn't cover everything. $25,000
This Is Coming To Most Neighbourhoods/People Across America —We’ll Need To Backup And Support Each Other By Any Means We Can. We The People Together Are What Makes/Built America And American Values.
You have this EXACTLY right.
My grandma always said how much regular people helped one another out during the Great Depression. It's totally what we're gonna need to do now.
I was paid $1.00 an hour. If I didn't get paid for my time, I went without. My mom would never have helped any of my clients because she needed me to work. That was the way.
So glad these actions are still among us, America was great—helping, being kind & thoughtful to other Americans! this was lost starting in 2016 in the madness when the bigot, selfish, hateful, greedy 🤡 white supremacist 💩trump came down that escalator!
MAGA would read this and think this family is weak. Crinkle their nose like they smell something. And they think God is behind them, not people who would do something like get a struggling single mother's water turned back on.
You're right, we shouldn't. But it's what we have to do for the time being, until we have the revolution and take our nation BACK from the 1%. Pick up where FDR and LBJ left off.
American "Christians" would have left, posted how irresponsible she is then tweeted about how much they love Nazi-like billionaires Trump and Musk
In America, Christianity isn't a religion, it's a drug people use to feel good when they're recovering from other drugs
In one of the richest places in the world you can get all your utilities cut off. While one of its citizens has a yacht so big it couldn’t pass under a bridge. Most people don’t choose to be poor.
Yes but in most nations water tastes like shit. In America, you can literally drink water out of the faucet like it’s nothing. We put a lot of money into cleaning that water. You should watch how our water is cleaned on YouTube. It’s actually pretty interesting.
“Most”. why is it that the reading comprehension just sucks when you feel offended or disagree about something? How well traveled are you? Do you know Africa is a continent? I need to know the levels of your intelligence
Even funnier. The other 49 states’ water doesn’t compare to New York City’s (not the state) water filtering systems. So I want you to tell me how many countries have even half of what New York has.
This is great community support, but what are all our tax dollars for if not to hel ... nevermind I forget this is the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps and stop being lazy" land of the free ...
Musk is ... was immediately blocked by me!! Heartless excuse of a man!!! Millions of people are living without running water, electricity, heating, beds, roof over their heads, food for tomorrow etc!!
Yea. I think free handouts should go for people in need and then with education in parellel, so they learn how to get more self sufficient. I think that is the only way to help people out of their misery. Basic education courses could even be organized with YouTube videos in private settings.
We have no idea about her situation. Maybe father abused/been thrown out/threw her & baby, died, left, vanished, cheated etc etc. The hatred against poor, whatever the reason, is enormous. NOT among my followers. Maybe ask what she needs, except water!
Exactly.
When I learned from my daughter's 2nd grade teacher that SHE had gotten picked to be a mentor to a classmate who had social issues, maybe autism?, because of "your daughter's wonderful empathy"...I couldn't be more proud.
I got a last minute call to cat sit a special needs cat starting Christmas Day. International student, barely any furniture, pours all their money into this sick cat who needs a ton of care and expensive food. The cat needs twice the care but I cut my rates in half for them. Both such sweet souls.
This gave me lumpage. If you've experienced it - I think you know what it is. If you haven't, I dont think I can explain it to you. There are good peeps everywhere- of all ages.
Humans are driven by two opposing aspects. Self interest and compassion. Corporations are driven by one singular aspect of self interest. Greed. When people say run the government like a business they lose the humanity necessary in government. Be humane not a business.
Precisely, I work in public service and ex corporate staff come to work for the government thinking financial profit is a motivator. Government “profits” need to be focused on an educated, healthy,happy society.
That's exactly what the oligarchs would say as they force a teenager to work for free while they underpay the single mom. Don't get complacent with this kind of stuff when people like Musk and Bezos could be the ones fixing this situation with their pocket change if they weren't so greedy. 🤷🏻♀️
Sometimes we repair the world one person, one family, at a time. One does what one can, without judging whether the other is worthy of our help. It’s the Starfish Story.
Charity should not have to cover for bad public policy but under the current circumstances, regular citizens have to pick up the slack with their generosity.
Sometimes I want to pull my hair out with all the evil on earth then there are times I just want to cry from the kindness some people display and I'm crying right now
This is the America I was raised to love! Nice job😁
Putting others before yourself has become a thing of the past Great job raising your kids! Kindness goes along way 💖
Whew... Chile. This brought tears to my eyes. I feel my heart hardening and my empathy slipping away. I am so angry and resentful so much of the time now. Acts of kindness are a salve. Hug your daughter for me.
I guess they need to work, I'm guessing baby sitters don't get paid much in America?
If she lived here she'd get payments as a single mother and rent relief
No they don't. Many will only hire teens because a young adult would "cost too much" "what do you mean you want more than $5/hr? When I did babysitting, i was lucky to make that much" literally what my kid was told by someone who hired them to babysit.../1
Their kids after school. They wanted to pay my kid $10/day to be at their house after school for 2 hours each day. Minimum wage is $15/hr where we live. These people weren't poor either, drove nice cars and live in a wealthy part of our city. They didn't want to pay..../2
Couldn't agree more. The point I was trying to make, perhaps badly, is someone in that situation likely has insufficient means to feed themselves and their child. Paying for a babysitter wouldn't even enter their minds.
Why are you making that assumption? I come from a very humble background, I often wonder how my wonderful parents managed financially. As I said in another reply, paying for a babysitter in those circumstances just doesn't add up. No money to feed themselves. Babysitter is a luxury.
I'm getting frustrated by replies like this. I have said a few times on this thread that the only judgement I am making is that the original tweet is made up. I did a quick search and found the same tweet on COMEDY websites back in 2022.
But you need the babysitter to go work and make money. Are you okay…? If she knows she’s gonna go work and make x amount of dollars she would then come home and pay the babysitter a portion of what she made that night and still have some left over for food then it makes sense to get the sitter…
If she can’t afford furniture or to pay for water, it’s unlikely her salary would be higher than the cost of a babysitter. It’s a cycle that’s almost impossible to break out of.
That too but I’m not gonna assume she was just going to not pay the sitter. some money is better than none when you have a kid to care for. giving when you have extra should be everyone’s goal. we’re not well off and we still help who we can when we can how we can.
Why are you making the assumption that they don't have money to feed themselves when nothing about food was mentioned? Or that the bb sitter was hired for a luxury reason? Also not mentioned.
I'd imagine not having any furniture is a big clue? If this is a true story, I have nothing but compassion for the single mom and admiration for the young lady. Problem is that I just feel that it is made up. Social media is full of nonsense. By the way I looked for the original post both here and X
That handle doesn't exist on either. Maybe it's on another one. Too many people posting anything for engagements. I wouldn't dream of posting anything about my kids on social media. In my opinion, and that is all it is, is that the post is fake. It was never about judging the poor.
What a great kid. The only reason we survive as a nation and as a species is that the good people still outnumber the bad. If that ratio ever changes we are truly doomed.
Or get onto the local Freecycle community, and do the legwork since the single mom is already overwhelmed.
The first time I heard of Freecycle was an affluent but environmental person had almost new fridge, had bought new one...gave it to a single mom whose old fridge had just died. WIN-WIN
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So say we all.
No worries about these things. Don't have to worry about getting sick. We all do at some point.
My grandma always said how much regular people helped one another out during the Great Depression. It's totally what we're gonna need to do now.
In America, Christianity isn't a religion, it's a drug people use to feel good when they're recovering from other drugs
https://open.substack.com/pub/biggovernment/p/anne-frank-and-the-meaning-of-life?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1vj4ca
Great anecdote of basic human decency but truthfully, turning off the water? WTF?
Maybe if people could afford to fix things themselves we wouldn't need heros to save them. I think.
He likes to piss on other peoples good deeds.
Don't be like Jeff. 🖕
More than ever
Thank you for not being heartless.
a “ DROP the MIC…I kicked ass as a parent”
kind of thing!
Thank you😎
So wrong
When I learned from my daughter's 2nd grade teacher that SHE had gotten picked to be a mentor to a classmate who had social issues, maybe autism?, because of "your daughter's wonderful empathy"...I couldn't be more proud.
These are two of them.
Nice diversion from what they are trying to make it into.
In the end only kindness matters
Send her out into the streets, and then arrest her for being homeless.
Thoughts and prayers.
Putting others before yourself has become a thing of the past Great job raising your kids! Kindness goes along way 💖
This is the cycle of poverty:
I need a job, but getting a job costs money, but I have no money because I don't have a job.
If she lived here she'd get payments as a single mother and rent relief
A single mother is one person.
If your mother had a job interview, your dad could watch you.
A single mother doesn't have the father around to do that.
Think a little.
#kindnessmatters
Teach your kids to care!
Your daughter for President!
" And a child shall lead them."
The first time I heard of Freecycle was an affluent but environmental person had almost new fridge, had bought new one...gave it to a single mom whose old fridge had just died. WIN-WIN
Should have let the lady pay her though - dignity is important.
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Good kid, btw.