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Message: <blockquote data-quote="35years" data-source="post: 2518477" data-attributes="member: 60822">I grew up way below the poverty line.Parents did not believe in government handouts.Dad became blind, they had 11 children.I am very grateful for the living UPS has given me.But if push came to shove, our family could survive on half of my income.Many "necessities" are truly luxuries.Can't put a price on seeing my daughter's first piano recital, or my son's pitching debut.I could have attended neither working 12 hours.But I do understand working your butt off to give your kids more than what we had.</blockquote>