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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:33 PM Original message |
For someone making 80K going down to minimum wage is a shock |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. What's going to happen to these people when Peak Oil hits harder, and climate change |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Think about the great depression |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I hate to say it, but.. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. They are going to freak out and then die off for the most part... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. do you (or your company) pay your employees a living wage...? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes and No.... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've been in the taxicab business for 20 years |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. With her attitude |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. How much do you want to bet she voted for Bush twice? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I can appreciate |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. uh, yeah......... |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I agree. My first impression was that it 'smells' a little contrived also, but... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Remember the movie "Fun with Dick and Jane"? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. It reminds me of.. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Could this be that article? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yes, that's it! |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. She was by no means on welfare |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I never said she was. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. See my post below: 2 items. There are those people out there....n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. Hard as it is to believe, some people are caricatures. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
67. I'm a mid-level manager also (although not in retail) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. it's either not true |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. It does. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. thank you, alittlelark |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
103. sure they did. Right after their 4 tours in Iraq |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. I can't comment on the OP, but just over a year ago, hubby and I were in the same place |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. There are quite a few in the same place.....BUT, |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. well on that $600 car payment thing.... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. The issue w/ the OP's tale is the woman complained to her |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. $80k would be pretty high on the hog around here. |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. I just have a question |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. the one I already owned was a gas hog POS |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Ok |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. here's the car I bought two years ago for $1400 |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. That looks |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. LOL a Durango was what I traded in in 2000 |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. I love the |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. mine too and it was fine when I was only commuting 15 miles a day |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. I misspoke, it was a 2000 Durango I traded in in late 2003 |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. Reeks of propaganda for who? What are you TALKING about? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
83. Huh? There is nothing odd, 'strange', or remotely conservative about this OP. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #83 |
101. I'm sure there are many (as I stated multiple times).... |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. She at least needed a lesson in how to interview and possibly a resume class |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. (soft a) live one way live another... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sounds like you encountered a rethug snob POS. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. "A Period Of Adjustment" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Getting rid of the car would still leave her paying the difference |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. You must be a really shitty interviewer |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Feel better now? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
80. Deleted message |
readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. What 'filthy' comment? The person just said "who cares". Why are you so defensive about this? |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. This story is complete bullshit. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #90 |
99. I can't 'back up' an anecdotal story. No one can. It's an anecdote. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. ... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
86. Thanks |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
82. It's difficult to believe because it's bullshit |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have news for you. 80k may SOUND like living high...but I was just getting things |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. thanks for that sojourner |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
72. As hard as that is, you are lucky. I am now living on less than half of what I used |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. You must live in the midwest or the south... |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Agreed. 80K a year for 2 in my part of NC would put you up there. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
54. yup, $80K in the NYC suburbs will get you a one br place to live in a so-so neighborhood |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. And it can also be a shock to apply for those jobs and not even get interviewed |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I agree with you. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's about market demand |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. "giving a powerful person a bj" |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Incompetent sex workers can make a great living. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Thanks for the education! |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Especially since it's Repubs, Fundies and high-powered money men |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. Someone in New York might disagree |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Nah, Spitzer wasn't going to a Dom. Dom customers are often Republican or at least Libertarian. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
88. As a former dominatrix, let me tell you: I miss the job immensely. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Very interesting. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. I enjoyed it immensely. Probably because I'm not into S&M at all. Just a little class warfare to me. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. You do make it sound rewarding! |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. IMHO |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. Excuse me. But we are constantly being sold the myth of the |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Man, it's stories like this that make me glad I'm a nurse |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. There are two separate threads in your OP |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. The jist of it |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sorry, but threads like this really big me. |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
40. 2 items |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
42. ... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. Hungry, Desperate & will work cheap to survive = Cheap Labor Conservatism |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
46. In 2001 I had to work in a convenience store for $6.50 an hour |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
48. Wow... |
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drexel dave (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
49. then she needs to start tricking out that ass.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
50. i call bullshit and you may eat my socks |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I agree, sounds like BS to me. nt |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Thirded... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
52. she has a $600/month car payment, which should tell us a few things |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. agreed---no one needs to pay $600/mo on a car, even a new one |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. see that's what people are trading (stuff that is) |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. creek dog, i hate to tell you, but ronald reagan made up the "welfare queen" cadillac story |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. i don't believe such people exist and I didn't suggest that this person was |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
62. this is one of the things wrong with this country. That |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. I would be disappointed if you had hired her, after finding out her attitude. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. What further proof do we all need that the good paying jobs are GONE? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. sing it!! |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
93. Personally, |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
94. For someone making 80K, a sudden drop to minumum wage is bankruptcy. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
97. I know. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
98. The shock is completely understandable. When someone feels like |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
104. The real question is |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
105. So I guess a lot of you are Bitter... |
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