"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:57:26 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
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>> America - the country with the most billionaires in the world.
>> Logically, I guess that means all the poor/homeless ppl there is just
>> a fallacy.
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> It's not. The poor are increasing while the middle class is
> decreasing. Do you really have *THAT* hard a time understanding the
> concept? Stay on your little island, it's a good place for you to be.

It is very noticeable here. I just got finished reading a book that was the
true story of one boy/man who was for the most part homeless in Seattle and
then San Francisco after he was asked to leave Seattle. The time frame
there was the 1980's and one of his friends was done in by the Green River
Killer.

I do know that we had homeless people back then. I do know that they have
always been around. But at that point in time, the only place we saw them
here, or saw them as being obvious was in Seattle. They seemed non-existent
out here in the suburbs.

But now they are everywhere. I see them everywhere I go. People out
begging for money.

People I know have been laid off or the business they worked for closed.
They may be employed but they are very much underemployed.

I also see the dance studio taking a big hit. There were fewer kids overall
in the recital this last year and it is particularly noticeable as those
kids get older. We never did compete and really there was only perhaps one
or two years that we could have afforded to do so. As the kids get older
they are expected to travel to more and more competitions. To NY, Las
Vegas, perhaps even Canada. That in and of itself is not cheap. But at to
that 14+ hours of dance each week, all the shoes, costumes, makeup,
headshots and recital pics plus the require conventions and master classes
and it's just not cheap.

We are lucky that Angela can stay in dance. She will only be doing ballet
and tap, by choice and she has very expensive tap shoes that hopefully will
last her for many more years to come. Her feet are done growing. But I
well remember the expense of replacing all the shoes each year. Ballet,
tap, jazz and foot thongs that only last a few months. Also tights that
last perhaps 3 months if you're lucky.