Choosing between a paycheck and your health
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 14 May 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi there, is the Mayor, Marissa Lang with the Washington Post. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, it's Dossie, I want to pick your brain on the platform. |
| 0:11.0 | Hi, my name's Jenna Johnson. |
| 0:13.0 | This is Post Reports. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Martine Powers. |
| 0:18.0 | It's Thursday, May 14th. |
| 0:22.0 | Today, choosing between a paycheck and your health, |
| 0:27.0 | the story behind Obisobaura's testimony, and what to read. |
| 0:36.0 | So Holly Bailey, National Political Reporter for the Post. |
| 0:39.0 | Who is Terry Nider? |
| 0:41.0 | Terry Nider is 64 years old. |
| 0:44.0 | She lives in Lone Tree, Iowa, which is a small town of about 1,400 people |
| 0:49.0 | in far southwest Johnson County, which is basically the Iowa City area in Iowa. |
| 0:55.0 | And she's on social security, but she works at a gas station a few days a week, |
| 1:00.0 | just to make ends meet to help repair rent. |
| 1:02.0 | I've watched my grandson three days a week, and then I also worked at Casey's, |
| 1:07.0 | three days a week, eight hours shifts. |
| 1:10.0 | So I'm actually the sub-maker at Casey's. |
| 1:14.0 | I also used to make pizza, so I help with that. |
| 1:17.0 | You should have the pizza maker needs help, then I help with that. |
| 1:22.0 | And I just, you know, I don't make enough on my social security and semi-retired. |
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