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[Lib Grrrrl]

No, not at the moment. I certainly have far less than I'd like, but not in dire need.
I live with my mom, and she isn't about to throw me out, so I have a roof and food. I am on Medicaid, and am temporarily disabled, due to depression, so I get a small stipend from the County ($130 a month) and I work part time as a mystery shopper, and earn up to $200 a month doing that.

My only bills are cell phone and car insurance. And I need the cell phone for my mystery shopper business. Student loans on forebearance.

I'm also enrolled in an online course for Medical Transcription, seeing a therapist, I have prescription coverage thru Medicaid because I'm also on cash stipend, so I can get my anti-depressants.

Additionally, I'm working with my state's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, they will be helping me to obtain some decent interview clothes, mock interviews, and resume preparation. Currently, they are monitoring my progress with the class, to make sure I'm keeping up with it thru my depression.

They will also be helping with job placement assistance once I finish the class. Additionally, the school thru which I am taking the class will give me one year's worth of job placement assistance, once I graduate.

I don't like living the way I am, but no, not in dire need. There ARE folks out there who have it worse. I'm just wondering when the shitstorm is finally going to end...and hoping no one does anything to make my recovery even harder - like dumping 11 million once-illegals into the legal job market, and creating additional competition, and a downward drag on wages...because, the more workers available for fewer jobs means wages come down.

So, things could be a lot worse...and I'm just hoping our lawmakers will, for once, take the interests of the born Americans first and foremost. Our economy cannot absorb 11 million more people into the legal job market at this time. Not to mention how many more will come once they learn that they, too, can become legal.

There just aren't enough jobs around for that sort of thing.

Although, I do believe that, as a welfare recipient, there are certain incentives to businesses to hire me, once I'm able, as part of the welfare-to-work program.

I just need to get over this damned depression enough to where I can function well enough. Making progress, but it's slow going. I've suffered depression all my life, but this is about the worst it's ever been for me.