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Some people never have a chance. A guy who worked for me a couple of years ago was a year out of prison and doing odd jobs, didn't have a car or a place to live. In the course of working with him one day I asked him about his family. He said, "I never knew my dad." I asked how about your mom and he very matter-of-factly said, "She sucks dick over in Indianapolis." I was in a bit of shock, but he explained, so someone not of the streets would understand. "She's prostitutin'." Last time he saw her was about 8 years ago, when he was 16.
He took the route of so many men in his situation and hooked up with a woman with section 8 housing and kids from other men. It was a place to stay. He told me he was disgusted about having to have sex with her, but it was a free place to live. He was a hard worker and obviously intelligent, but ignorant of so many things you need to know to get by.
He got a job at a place that hires felons for well under going wage, but he has stuck with it for over 2 years now. He bought a car at a Buy Here Pay Here place that he lives in when he can't find a bed. It was an old Toyota Highlander, worth about $10,000 but he'll pay $24,000 for it by the time he pays out his contract. This is a place where the poor really get screwed. He can't get a loan anywhere, and if he wants a car, this is his only option. I haven't seen him in a few months. I hear he got an apartment. I wish him well. He started life in a deep hole and he seems to be managing to claw his way out.
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