Selling Plasma for financial help

Selling plasma to make ends meet? This article is on msn.com, and it makes me sad. I could never do that, as I have a fear of needles. My fiancé/husband has done this before when our family was in a crisis. I feel really bad for this woman, and all the other people in this world who are unemployed and cannot make ends meet.

Something that really angers me is how all these famous people, (Brangelina for example) go to foreign countries and help the homeless and starving people there, but nothing is done here. I have no problem with them helping people in need, however, why do not they start here, in their homeland, the United States of America? The land of the increasingly homeless and starving.

I am not as broke as even some of my friends, but we are barely making our bills right now. Groceries are actually a luxury, and yet I can still find it in our budget somehow to give to my friends and family when they are in need. That is what it is about. I may go hungry another day, but my friend or family member will not lose their home, or the electric, or whatever. Helping people is important, especially helping those close to you. I do not think that I could live with myself if I were to, say donate to Unique, when I have family and friends right here that need my help as well.

This poor woman in the article is looking at having to live in a run down RV because she was fired from her job more than two years ago, and cannot find employment. She states that she cannot even get a job at a hotel as a housekeeper. That is scary folks. I sit here in my little world counting the minutes till I can quit what I call my day job, knowing that due to my skill set and education, I will find another job without a doubt. Then I read this article and think, maybe not.

Our great nation has come under some significant changes economically here in the last few years. Most of it started with the previous President, and is being blamed on the current President. I really do not care whose fault it is, I just want some one to fix it. Stop giving money to the companies that pay out millions of dollars in bonuses. Heck, most people do not make a million dollars in their lifetime; distribute that money to people who can really use it.

Oopsy! I got on my soapbox again. I will step off, however, in the spirit of the season, remember this: There is always someone out there worse off than you are. If you come across that person, help them out. It could be you one of these days.