Stories tagged welfare

poor

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it's the third of the month2 installments of $100i put down my groceriesand hand them my welfare cardi have on a pair of jeansthat someone else worelast yearit chips away at my soullittle by littlei know i'll not be richbut i have my IQand looksi smile at that

The New World Act

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It was said that in order to decrease population— and thus poverty, crime and the growing uneducated workforce in Etherage, New World— they needed to limit, if not abolish, the Social Reform Act of 2013 that provided government assistance and aid to famil

BASED ON TRUE STORIES

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Leaving Heaven to tour Hell felt like leaving college to look for a job and ending up at the Bluebonnet Cafe in Kerrville, Texas, waiting tables at three a.m. Karli grimaced. For the first time since dying Karli wished she was back in her bed in the Secti

Making the Grade

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Because of a new state law his failure to maintain at least a C average for the nine-week grading period meant his mother’s monthly assistance check would be reduced by thirty percent.

An ESSAY *A Story* Written In Real Time

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Do some research you lazy shit. But def mention your own experiences with it.