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Government policy is shaped, influenced and implemented by those elected to office.

The worst part of it was (and still is) that Gen X was dwarfed in number (and made irrelevant by the greedy Boomers), so we never had a…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

I'm really disappointed in you for this response, Michelle.

When we were young, we had much better access to reliable birth control and abortion care if it was needed than what Millenial and Gen Z…
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Jacqueline S. Homan
Republican Lawmakers Stopping the FTC From Protecting the Public Are To Blame For Unaffordable Cars…

Republican Lawmakers Stopping the FTC From Protecting the Public Are To Blame For Unaffordable Cars…

Ray Shefska, a 72 year-old retired car dealership manager and his 28 year-old son, Zach, have a growing YouTube content creating…
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Jacqueline S. Homan
Government Refuses To Help Americans Harmed By Rip-Off Car Dealers In League With Lenders

Government Refuses To Help Americans Harmed By Rip-Off Car Dealers In League With Lenders

Used and new car prices have skyrocketed between 40% to 50% since the COVID pandemic and have not come down closer to pre-COVID levels, and…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

The Poorest Got Thrown Under the Bus Again

Yes, a debt ceiling default would have instantly flushed the whole country straight down the hopper. But in the US, 500 poor Americans DIE…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

That's what the more fortunate say about poor struggling food delivery gig workers when we complain…

Some of us have no other options available to us for earning any income just to barely to survive and try to keep ourselves housed. There's…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

If only more people, especially the gatekeepers to jobs/economic opportunities, thought like you.

Being bullied and socially rejected for being fat doesn't end with high school graduation—it carries over into adulthood with much higher…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

No One Should Have To Pick Out a Cremation Urn For Their One and Only Valentine On Valentines’ Day

No 55 year old disadvantaged widow should be neglected and destitute from falling through holes in so-called safety net programs for the…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

MIT economist Peter Temins said in an interview for The Atlantic almost 10 years ago that in order…

Long before being made an instantly destitute widow at age 55 this past February when my husband of 20 years died and his social…
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Jacqueline S. Homan

"And certainly you have a better shot at not being poor if you understand the things that rich…

First, understand that opportunities were never distributed equally and fairly in this country. I struggled unsuccessfully to re-enter the…
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