Will Work for Food

Several years ago during another economic downturn, Jim and I had just left Wal-Mart. We didn’t have a lot of money, so we had carefully selected enough groceries for the week. We stopped in a line of traffic waiting to pull onto Highway 50. A scruffy looking man carried a sign that said “Will Work for Food.” Several cars in front of us rolled down windows and handed the man money.Jim said, “Roll down your window, Honey.”Jim was a generous sort of man so I thought he was going to give the guy some money. We knew what hard times were firsthand....

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