I am poor in the US. My family is on Medicaid. Depending on household size, a family qualifies for Medicaid based on household income. Renewal is a pain in the ass. We always get denied initially, then have to fight for reinstatement. It’s scary. I have a kid that depends on medicine to stay alive. I’m working on growing my side business to pull us out of the poorhouse but it’s a dance. I have to time the growth to occur between renewal periods. I could grow enough to get kicked off Medicaid for good but not enough to afford private insurance. So I have to either stay poor or have phenomenal growth in a six-month period. If I fail, I could lose everything and my kid could die. Poverty: 0/5 stars.
In a perfect world, yes, but at least where I live it’s easier to get rid of something by making it expensive and drowning it in red tape and tax code. People love their freedumb.
A) this is the western view
B) I first read “sin free” as “free to sin” which actually made more sense to me since the biggest assholes I know are highly devoted Christians.
This pleases me. I hate how Jeopardy introduces people by explaining what they do for money. Why not “father of two,” or “avid gardener and birdwatcher,” or “television enthusiast.”
I’d rather my part of the public money go to help an alcoholic neighbor than to subsidize a certain Coastal Elite’s habit of buying golf courses and ballrooms.
I think we’ll be seeing more about him someday. Many pieces perhaps.