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former middle class lifestyle

Downward spiral

May 23, 2017August 6, 2009 by shay subscriber

A few days ago I had to make a call I dread making….a call to the Internal Revenue Service. Like many Americans I have a healthy fear of the IRS but unlike most Americans my fear is not based in fiction but reality. Thanks to several years of self employment the Spousal Unit and I …

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Categories Money, Random babble Tags financial insecurity, former middle class lifestyle, IRS tax woes

Guest post: What Is This? Bizarro World?

May 23, 2017August 4, 2009 by shay subscriber

Today’s post is brought to you by Deacon Blue of Holy Shit from Deacon Blue, he answered the call I put out a few weeks ago to hear from folks who are being impacted daily by this crazy economy,what follows is raw and open and a place I think many of us are in if …

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Categories Money, Random babble Tags demise of the middle class, financial woes, former middle class lifestyle, middle class blues

Dispatches from the Formerly Middle-Class

May 23, 2017June 11, 2009 by shay subscriber

Its been a crazy week so while I wanted to write this post a few days ago, I only just found the time to actually sit down and do it. If you are a regular reader to my blog, you know that I regularly write about my financial woes. I know there are some who …

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Categories Current Events, Money, Random babble Tags economic crisis, financial free fall, former middle class lifestyle




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