Coping With Welfare Equals Losing 13 IQ Points

[salin]

41. K & R - excellen graphic and OP. Even more insightful discussion thread.

I hope many read it and pass on the graphic and insight in a multitude of places.

I work with many families (well teens - and through them, their families) for whom this is the daily reality. It is true - that to most of us this is invisible and unknown.

It certainly is unseen and unknown by most in the top seats of the three branches of the federal govt. and the langauge of "makers and takers" in the 2012 election (now oft repeated by rightwingers) - has hardened the conversation. I honestly think that most folks have *no* idea. And if confronted with this reality - and then the magnitude of this reality (the multitude within the population) - a critical mass would grow. Sure the hard Rush or Faux newshead probably isn't going to do anything but read through a harsh narrow scope of blame (as they have been trained to do after nearly 2 decades of propaganda) but that is just a slice of our society.

We need to keep having this discussion. Several years ago there was a DUer who worked tirelessly to bring the realities of poverty and create a current of understanding and push for action per creating political action around poverty issues. You would have to search the archives for those posts her name was Sapphire Blue. Sadly she past a way a couple of years ago. Great loss to the DU community.

This thread is worthy of Sapphire Blue - and the conversations she began. Thank you for this thread. Thank your for in the course of the thread making what is invisible become very visible and visceral.

It sounds so trite to say that I hope that you turn a corner and the SSI comes through - or some other turn comes that changes your circumstances and allows you to be able to take more control/command (but when there are 0 resources, that just isn't feasible - you just have to survive). Being far away - I don't know what else to do but be trite (and which that you are able to turn a corner).