Punishing The Poor Has Been Very Productive For Us, So Pat Yourself On The Back America!

Richard The Chwalek
20 min readNov 17, 2021

When you are down and out, wealthy Americans are there to kick, and knock you about.

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In mid 1974, seven months after my father lost his job, we were all a few weeks away from living in the street, Dick and Dot, myself and my four sisters. Thankfully, dad did get six months of severance pay, at 60% of his salary…

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Richard The Chwalek

Mostly serious stuff w/ bits of sarcastic fluff. I wish more could be told yet bios have room 4 short & bold. You’ll see less length isn’t my greatest strength.