Where We Are Today is because of Choices

[OneEyedDiva]

Some yes...others not at all. Some people did everything right but fell on hard times due to unexpected job loss, chronic medical issues that insurance stopped paying for (either themselves or their children). Some people work three jobs but still can't make it in this expensive environment. I read about a homeless couple in my state who lived with several others in a tent city that the city was getting ready to demolish so the people would have to move on. They both had high paying careers and in fact had become millionaires. I believe they were self employed so I imagine either they were under insured or their insurance dropped them when her husband had a catastrophic medical issue. Another man I read about was also a millionaire...forgot what happened...he wound up living with his father. Some people had been living the American dream. Good jobs, nice cars, beautiful homes and along comes a natural disaster which wipes them out. In the case here in N.J. several homeowners are still not back in their homes 5-1/2 years after Superstorm Sandy and the money promised to them by insurance companies and the Gov. Christie has not been forthcoming. So I agree with what others have said about it not always being a case of the choices we make.