I don’t like Being Poor
There was a time we weren’t poor. But life changed after my husband lost his job. Then the government did away with his pension. The PBGC, the government branch that takes over company pension plans that are bankrupt. He gets 10 cents on the dollar. He was fifty when he lost his job. People don’t hire people that are 50 years old. So he went back to school….for another degree. We are without health insurance. My husband has diabetes. We try to get samples from the doctor or stretch the pills. His toes are numb. I work as a maid cleaning rooms in a hotel. Life is not good.
