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hard economic times

Bang bang…you’re dead

May 23, 2017April 6, 2009 by shay subscriber

This past week has been fucking crazy in America, folks are just losing their ever loving minds. Last week and if I am wrong, please let me know..we had the fellow in  NY state who killed 13 before taking his own life. I was still reeling from hearing about that when I heard of the fellow …

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Categories Current Events Tags gun ownership, hard economic times, mass murder USA 5 Comments

Driven to steal

May 23, 2017March 24, 2009 by shay subscriber

I hesitate to post this because while I am not breaking any issues of confidentiality, as the director of the center I work at, I should probably keep my trap shut. However we are living in difficult times and well I think as times get rough we will see folks doing some desperate shit despite …

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Categories Money, Random babble Tags hard economic times, poverty, stealing

A New Reality

May 23, 2017March 1, 2009 by shay subscriber

I had not planned on blogging this weekend but reading this piece in today’s NY Times really left me needing to vent. In this piece the Times spoke with former executives who were used to earning decent salaries (70K and up) who now are having to take on survival jobs. One fellow went from earning …

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Categories Current Events, frugality Tags financial insecurity, hard economic times, NY Times
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