Diaper crisis among poor families endangers children, study finds (unemployment rate, military, top 10)
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States dont use food stamps and how do you classify a state as Red
So clever, reminds me of my ex-husband who would argue about anything. More people in "red" states use food stamps. Red states are those WHOSE VOTERS vote Republican. Happy now?
So clever, reminds me of my ex-husband who would argue about anything. More people in "red" states use food stamps. Red states are those WHOSE VOTERS vote Republican. Happy now?
Btw my mom used to wash cloth diapers when I was a baby. We weren't poor at all, not sure if disposables were around. As it turns out when my brother was born a few years later disposables came on the market and my aunt worked for one of the biggest diaper companies so my parents got diapers for free.
Does that cost under $100? That was the point A couple of people here were claiming that 1) you can pick up a used washer for under $100 (which is true) but 2) that low income housing USUALLY has a washer hook up. That's NOT true. If you don't have a hook up for a washer, you can't very well put in a cheap used washer. If you can't afford diapers, how are you going to come up with $219 for a portable unit?
My only point with this whole thing is that you guys don't think. You believe that people have problems or struggle only because they're LAZY, and that the answer is always some kind of simple, knee jerk response. Some people ARE lazy, but there's a big chunk who are in tough situations through no fault of their own--illness, job loss, divorce--you name it. In the original link, they mentioned a disabled woman with a young child who was having a tough time affording diapers, but the start up costs of going to cloth diapers was prohibitive, along with the cost of way more trips to the laundromat. Why is that so tough to understand?
The VAST majority of low income families who claim they can't afford to use cloth diapers are NOT in that category. Why is that so tough to understand?
LOL... You're actually trying to cite policymic.com as a legitimate source, with a straight face? A site run by a bunch of 20 somethings who still live in their parents' basements?
Such citations may be acceptable in High School Sociology class, but such biased sites don't pass muster in the real world.
Up until 1962 my aunt had no running water (nor electric) in the house and she raised 3 children.
My great grandmother had no running water or electricity and no disposable diapers and she raised 13 children. She also had no car, no vacuum cleaner, made her own soap, grew her own vegetables and canned, butchered her own chickens. She would have washed homemade diapers out by hand.
My neo-hippie niece makes homemade diapers from old rags that people would otherwise just throw away.
LOL... You're actually trying to cite policymic.com as a legitimate source, with a straight face? A site run by a bunch of 20 somethings who still live in their parents' basements?
Such citations may be acceptable in High School Sociology class, but such biased sites don't pass muster in the real world.
How did people make it through the depression without dying?
Grit, determination, and most importantly, self-reliance and self-sufficiency.
I believe it's something everyone is capable of. Unfortunately nowadays self-reliance and self-sufficiency aren't characteristics that are respected and encouraged as they should be. The spread of Liberalism has encouraged too many people to become dependants.
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A couple of people here were claiming that 1) you can pick up a used washer for under $100 (which is true) but 2) that low income housing USUALLY has a washer hook up. That's NOT true. If you don't have a hook up for a washer, you can't very well put in a cheap used washer. If you can't afford diapers, how are you going to come up with $219 for a portable unit?
