“We are the nobody specials, yet we are the backbone of this so-called great county”
May 29, 2008 | employees | Comments (6)This letter, published today in Ohio’s Marion Star, speaks for itself.
Dear Editor:
I am nobody special, just a small voice in a world of many. I travel 40 miles a day to and from work because the economy in my town is very repressed. I, among thousands of others, have had to choose between food and gas for work, while our elderly choose between medicine and food. Our bills need paid also: housing, utilities and transportation. There are times in our lives when disaster strikes. It could be the death of a partner, getting sick when you don’t have healthcare, car repairs, getting hurt at work. I was one that got hurt at work 4 years ago and I have been paying for it ever since. I worked at a youth prison and went to the aid of one of my fellow officers. I received 13 stitches above my left eye and a brain concussion. That was nothing compared to the fear, anxiety, nightmares and helplessness that I have suffered since that dreadful day.
The worst part of it – my finances. The two credit cards that I could not pay quadrupled. My credit went down the tubes and I cannot even get a loan for a candy bar. Why are there not any regulations safeguarding us against the banks who give us the credit cards? Why are their rates and collection costs not being capped or regulated? Could it possibly be that the government makes money off of these banks and nothing off of the payday loan companies? Well, my customers and I have thought of it, but who are we? We are the middle class. The go-to-work-and-live week-by-week people. We do not have stock in the oil companies or the banks. Our jobs are going overseas, our monies are being taxed and retaxed, the freedoms are fewer and fewer. The hope is low and it seems the end is near.
We are the nobody specials, yet we are the backbone of this so-called great county. Our fathers, brothers and grandfathers have died for our freedoms that our forefathers said we would always have. Living as extended families once again is now a necessity.
Who am I? I am the one that now has to turn people away. Whether they need me once a year or twice a month, they are grateful that I am there for them. Now we cry together and console each other. When will the government start helping us instead of hurting us? Where have all our freedoms gone? I am the payday loan company. I am the voice of many. Is anyone out there listening?
Karen Miller
Marion
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AMEN SISTER!!!! I could not have said it so eloquently.
Kudos to you Karen!!
VERY WELL SAID!
Thank you for speaking for all of us!
Karen, Yes! Many of us are going through this at our stores as well. It’s heartbreaking having no answers for those who have come to depend on us being there.
This has got to be one of the saddest times of my life.
We feel your pain, what you said was amazing and meant allot to everyone going through this with us, workers, customers and fellow Ohioans!
Amazing and moving.
You have a gift for putting into words the honesty of your heart.
Turning away people that I have built relationships with for the past few years has been a devestating experience. The feeling of defeatism is common and depressing on my side and theirs. This job that I have loved and been proud of in the past has become a huge and troublesome burden. I dread coming to work everyday and I used to love it.