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[Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel

Firstly, Thank you for all your hard work with ToriOS and related
projects, very much appreciated.  You need to take care of yourself
family and try and hold on, and hope something improves very quickly.

I really hope the situation improves for you and everyone else in this
situation. this is a really sad state of affairs to be in, especially in
what is meant to be the richest country in the world and the land of
'opportunity'.

I hope Joe Biden gets in, and can start sorting things out from day 1.

Good luck for the future and hopefully things will improve, you have
strength in your family,   Which can help keep you going.

Regards

Paul





On 23/08/2020 15:14, Israel Dahl wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> As many of you know I live in America, and I am part of the lower caste
> of society here.  I have lived in poverty for many years, and this was
> part of my drive to help with ToriOS, as it can revitalize computers
> that people like me use, and people in countries with much more intense
> poverty need.  Over the course of the pandemic it has become
> increasingly clear that the US does not care about people like me, and
> does not really care about the pandemic.  I am currently in the
> situation of many Americans where I do not know if I will have housing
> very soon.  As a poor person, I have no savings, no college degree, and
> of course very little work (the pandemic has wrought havoc on many
> jobs).  I have had to pick and choose what bills to pay, and now have
> many things that I cannot pay for.
> 
> It would be really unwise for me to commit any time to ToriOS for the
> foreseeable future, as I cannot reliably commit that I will live inside,
> or have internet.  I think I will be able to afford rent this coming
> month, but work has slowed to a crawl for me.  I had worked in the
> restaurant industry last summer, managing the back of house,  as well as
> cleaning windows.  My wife had also worked as a baker, house cleaner, a
> potter, a seamstress, and a few other things.  She lost her job due to
> our son having a fever and her boss being one of those QAnon people that
> think the pandemic is made up.  My wife was fired because she thought it
> wise to stay home when our kid had a fever and there was no way to get
> tested (that was back in March... I think).
> 
> Unfortunately, I need to figure out how to pay for basic things (find a
> different job in a pandemic when there are so many less jobs?), and I
> have to focus on continuing to have fun with the kids.  The government
> does not give us any money (ineligible for unemployment, since I have
> not lost my self employed job), and has stalled every effort to help the
> poor, during this global crisis.  We cannot, in good conscience, send
> our kids to a public school, so only one of us can work at a time.
> 
> Anyhow, sorry to tell everyone how bleak it is for impoverished
> Americans, but I have to try to explain why I must take an indefinite
> leave from all these types of self-enrichment pursuits.  I hope the best
> for you, and I am sad that I am saying all of this...  Sorry again to
> everyone, but life in America is probably not going to get better,
> rather October is right around the corner and my country is trying to
> recreate the 1918 pandemic response nearly verbatim.
> 

-- 
Paul Sutton
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