Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-21-09 05:01 PM
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Suddenly, on the brink of homelessness
Edited on Sun Jun-21-09 05:05 PM by Liberal_in_LA
Another example of medical bills throwing people into poverty. I don't mean to kick them when they are down but isn't that an odd choice? Moving 11 people because 3 are going off to college? They have been better off letting the older kids go into the dorms on student loans. IMHO
The Reynolds family, from left, Shawn, 20, Lacey, 18, Becky, 12, Steven, 20, Scott, 23, their mother, Christine with Mallory, 4, and their father, Russ, with Justin, 3, and Jake, 12, in front, pose in their Las Vegas home on Thursday, June 18, 2009.
By Abigail Goldman (contact)
Sun, Jun 21, 2009 (2 a.m.)
The homeless shelter is as near as next month’s rent for Christine Reynolds, who has enough money to clear one more payment and after that — no clue.
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Like many middle-class families facing homelessness, the Reynoldses were hit with problems that came at them quickly, one after another. The family moved to Las Vegas from California just over a year ago. The three eldest children received grants to attend UNLV and switching states was cheaper than paying for dorms. Besides, the family wanted to stay together.
In November, Christine was diagnosed. She doesn’t have health insurance. Nobody in the family has health insurance, in fact, except for Mallory, who is on Medicaid.
Despite this, Christine and her husband, Russ, say they’ve had to pay tens of thousands of dollars for Mallory’s health care — huge bills that racked up and weren’t always paid on time, destroying their credit.
In Nevada, they found a rent-to-own home big enough to fit the 10-person family. Their rent is $3,000, and their other monthly expenses total about $2,000. This wasn’t a problem until Russ’ job, finding actors extra work in Hollywood, took a hit after the writers strike slowed or stopped production on movies and TV shows. And Christine, who had worked with her husband, wrangling extras on studio sets, was no longer able to help because of her illness.
Russ’ business is starting to come back, but not fast enough. So now the family is stuck between a rock and their rent. Christine figures if the family can just somehow come up with enough money to stay in the home for three more months, they will be through the rough patch and on the rebound.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jun/21/suddenly-brink-homelessness/
Hmmm, let's see...healthcare crisis...check
Employment crisis...check
Foreclosure crisis...check
Educational crisis...check
Adult children living at home...check
Shouldn't this be a poster-family for the DUmp???
But...OOPS!!!
Oh, NOES!!!!! Too many kids!!! ARE THEY FUNDIES?????
rocktivity (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-21-09 05:22 PM
Response to Reply #2
11. The adults in the household are simply going to have to just say no to college for a while
Edited on Sun Jun-21-09 05:46 PM by rocktivity
and get jobs.
If the grants they got weren't enough to cover campus living expenses, they should been working at least part-time anyway.
rocktivity
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-21-09 05:30 PM
Response to Reply #11
13. Illogical.
This is short term thinking not unlike the current corporate philosophy which is how we got into our current national financial straits. They had grants to go to college. In this day and time, only a idiot would turn their back on a college grant.
Get real, rock!! Personal responsibility is never the answer on the DUmp.
northernlights (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-21-09 05:27 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. I realized after I posted
Edited on Sun Jun-21-09 05:43 PM by northernlights
I hadn't read the whole article. I can't help but wonder if it wouldn't have turned up on an amnio. Somewhere I have a table of the diseases that result from the most common meiosis errors, and it sounds very familiar...
Ah, and I've found some info on it. Instead of XY, she's XO. Most conceptions spontaneously abort early on.
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-21-09 06:09 PM
Response to Reply #7
20. Some sort of bizarre reproductive beliefs and practices, it seems.
I guess we should be glad they don't have as many as the Duggars......
Oh, NOES!!! One child is imperfect and they didn't kill it!!! That's it, no sympathy or government help for these Fundie whackos. Let 'em STARVE.
