Shep and Nutso Are The Only Superteam

Wailin' maybe?

SINGING MY LIFE WITH HIS WORDS

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I think this is something most of us know but haven’t really spent much time thinking about.

The one-bad-break test states simply that you can tell a lot about a society by what happens when its economically vulnerable members encounter a majorly bad break. That bad break can be anything — an injury, the sudden need to take in and care for an ailing relative, an unexpected layoff — and the effects of a single bad break vary tremendously depending on who you are, where you live, and what resources you have access to. (Rich people hit bad breaks too, of course, but they generally have far more capacity to handle them than everyone else, so I’m restricting this discussion to those who lack those resources.)

In societies that function well, there are various safety nets in place to prevent a bad break from leading to a tailspin for particularly vulnerable victims. Compared to many other rich nations, the U.S. is not such a society — all too often, when vulnerable Americans encounter a bad break, there’s nothing underneath them to stop their slide. Instead, devastation follows, sometimes in the form of bankruptcy and addiction and death.

(cont. NYMag)

It’s pretty sobering to realize how many people you know that are just a couple of paychecks away from being homeless.  Do a quick thought exercise:  If you got fired right now, what’s your game plan?