[ “At the same time recent reports indicate that there has been an explosion in “vehicular homelessness” in the US, workers at places like Amazon are living in their cars because they cannot afford housing costs on their current wages,” he added. ]
After losing a small fortune ( he admits to self-indulgent foolishness ) my long time friend D had a hell of an experience living in his broken down 20 year old Lincoln Town Car . D is ironically connected to the prominent Alpert family for whom the Brown University medical school is named .
I have been able to help D only modestly but at least now he is not homeless. D is very much sympathetic to Socialism. The two of us gathered signatures for the Socialist Workers Party ( USA ) back in 1976 .
D remembers his medical doctor grandfather treating poor people for free. He recalls witnessing a blind lady being denied a doctor's appointment because she was a few minutes late.
After being treated for some health problem in Chicago ( D gets around ) D was rudely escorted out of the hospital. They told homeless D that it was " not a hotel ".
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