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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.flame
Subject: Re: Women/men and the consumption of toilet paper
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 04:00:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  3 04:00:13 1985
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> 
> 	I was unemployed for almost 14 months during which
> time I fortunately was able tolive with friends since single women
> in the county are not eligable for general relief housing assistance
> as men are. If I had a child or was pregnant however thatwas another 
> story as ADC takes care of that. The best I could hope for
> was $65.00 a month in food stamps which would have to be paid
> back as soon as I found a job.
> 
> 	A friend of mine tried to get insurance on her car but the
> insurance companies (3 of them before she said to hell with it) 
> refused to consider her for low cost insurance because her husband had a
> marginal driving record (2 tickets in 6 months after 12 years without
> a single violation)
> 
> jeanette l. zobjeck
>  

AAACK!  This sounds extremely illegal.  How do they get away with it?
Has anybody ever sued the county or the insurance company over these
policies?
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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