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Re:Opioids and the Labor Market (2018) by chillwaves on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:06PM (#19373996)
> family, community, religion or charity

If these are not enough?

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Re:Opioids and the Labor Market (2018) by chii on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:17PM (#19374072)
People still got by in the past before govt welfare existed. What happened today?
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Re:Opioids and the Labor Market (2018) by lenticular on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:35PM (#19374171)
They didn't, actually. Severe poverty was widespread on a scale we don't really see today. Not having SS, especially, lead to extreme destitution being common among the elderly.
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Re:Opioids and the Labor Market (2018) by walshemj on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:37PM (#19374187)
They did not "get by" they died or where incarcerated on workhouses.

Many of the BBC who do you think you are series have terrible stories of peoples ancestors in workhouses.

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Re:Opioids and the Labor Market (2018) by matthewmacleod on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @07:35PM (#19374174)
I mean, many of them died. Or ended up in the workhouse.
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