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While there's certainly an issue around working conditions at Amazon and more broadly with the US social safety net this story doesn't feel "real". A quick goo

by ig1 12y ago

While there's certainly an issue around working conditions at Amazon and more broadly with the US social safety net this story doesn't feel "real". A quick google reveals the authors bio "I taught ESL in South Korea for more than two years, traveled Asia, been around the Caribbean and zig-zagged the U.S. I worked at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the Chicago Brauhau." - she also has a degree in Journalism with a focus on news editorial It seems hard to believe someone with that background would be unable to figure out things like food stamps.

regency 12y ago
Must be pretty cozy up there in your ivory tower. You've never been faced with the stress of imminent homelessness, I take it. I have. There's a million things coming at you at once, all the while you're trying to keep a straight head while gripped in depression and fear. Please, get a clue.