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  • From: <eureka AT hctc.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Politics
  • Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:27:10 -0600

Lynda wrote:

Those who are disabled would not get spousal support if the spouse was capable of earning a living.

In our small town of 49 people, we socialize with two delightful couples our age. We are all middle class, getting the squeeze from the economy. In both cases the husbands are disabled; one, a former draftsman, has glaucoma and epilepsy (and more recently, cancer) so bad he cannot drive and the other, a former social worker, Parkinson's and a stroke where he cannot drive (or sometimes even walk). These men do as much as they are capable of doing around their homsteads and manage to keep their spirits up. Both wives (a former flight attendant and an early childhood specialist) are capable of working but have had to seek part-time local employment (minimum wage) in order to have the time to drive their spouses to numerous out of town doctor's visits. Like many of us, their kids live in other states. These women also have to take care of ailing parents or in-laws (physically and financially) and most of the homestead chores. They are just "getting by" and the women are exhausted.

All of us moved here for a better quality of life, can no longer afford big city real estate, or the gasoline to commute us to higher paying jobs (many that prefer a younger or more technically savvy workforce). I am fortunate enough to be able to do my work through an Internet connection and that my husband is not disabled. I'm not sure what would become of our friends under Lynda's presidency.

--Sage
Way Out in Texas




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