Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Why there are so many people out on the street all day, not working

Who are these people? At any given hour on any given workday, well, it turns out it's not a workday at all. Not for these hordes roaming free, anyway. I didn't doubt that the packers had sound explanations. I just wanted to hear them.Alan sat 20 yards away, but his nose was in a short-story manuscript. Once he was a writer in the multimedia industry, but then he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. That was 14 years ago and he's been on disability ever since. There are days when typing is exhausting and walking across the room impossible. Today, however, he was out in the sun."What? He gets government handouts for being lazy? Hey, Uncle Sam! I'm tired too. Give me free money so I can quit my job and walk around the park all day.



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