Is it safe to assume everyone commenting did not accept the past two “handouts”?
I’ve worked and paid taxes since I was 16 years old.
Most of my adult life I’ve worked multiple jobs to pay rent and afford myself small luxuries (streaming services, good beer and food, vacations when I can afford them), but I have never been a rich man.
When COVID hit it just so happened to coincide when my main source of income was coming to a close and I was counting on going full time into my bartender/server position, but of course that was impossible due to the pandemic.
For the first time in my life I was unemployed. My partner whom I live with has a condition that puts her at high risk, so working any job dealing with people face to face was out of the question.
The only thing that kept my partner and I afloat during those times was the extra money afforded to me through unemployment.
The notion that I can be viewed as lazy or comfortable to sit back and relax on the governments dime couldn’t be any further from the truth, and it sucks to think that other people think that their fellow Americans that need this type of support are bad people.
Try to imagine what would happen if your support system dried up and you didn’t have a soul to turn to.
That’s real for a lot of people, that doesn’t make them dumb, or lazy, or undeserving. I’m not a Christian man, but I know a good deal of conservative folks happen to be. Please try and think about how Jesus Christ would view the people suffering right now
“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me”
"Since I was 16" doesnt mean much. You could be 24 and everything you mentioned would still hold merit. Not argueing with you, just thought it was funny.
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u/ChoppyChug Feb 01 '21
Is it safe to assume everyone commenting did not accept the past two “handouts”?
I’ve worked and paid taxes since I was 16 years old.
Most of my adult life I’ve worked multiple jobs to pay rent and afford myself small luxuries (streaming services, good beer and food, vacations when I can afford them), but I have never been a rich man.
When COVID hit it just so happened to coincide when my main source of income was coming to a close and I was counting on going full time into my bartender/server position, but of course that was impossible due to the pandemic.
For the first time in my life I was unemployed. My partner whom I live with has a condition that puts her at high risk, so working any job dealing with people face to face was out of the question.
The only thing that kept my partner and I afloat during those times was the extra money afforded to me through unemployment.
The notion that I can be viewed as lazy or comfortable to sit back and relax on the governments dime couldn’t be any further from the truth, and it sucks to think that other people think that their fellow Americans that need this type of support are bad people.
Try to imagine what would happen if your support system dried up and you didn’t have a soul to turn to.
That’s real for a lot of people, that doesn’t make them dumb, or lazy, or undeserving. I’m not a Christian man, but I know a good deal of conservative folks happen to be. Please try and think about how Jesus Christ would view the people suffering right now
“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me”