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Old 10-12-2009, 09:47 PM
 
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Return of the Depression.

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Old 10-12-2009, 09:49 PM
 
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Can't be. The recession is over.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Appalachian Trail Homeless, USA
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Can't be. The recession is over.
People are saving money for the future uncertainty. The psychological wound/scar recover way much slower than economical wound/scar, I guess.

I am saving every dime, my friends around me are saving every dime too. All the middle class fear and fury.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:55 PM
 
Location: 38°14′45″N 122°37′53″W
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Hard to believe that so many people were not convinced of their friends and neighbors really being "2 paychecks away from being homeless" for the past few years...sadly, this is proof.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:56 PM
 
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This may be one of the better parts of health reform fiasco. When the guy can't afford to buy health insurance, he can move from his cold wet tent to a nice warm prison.
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Old 10-12-2009, 10:01 PM
 
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Hard to believe that so many people were not convinced of their friends and neighbors really being "2 paychecks away from being homeless" for the past few years...sadly, this is proof.
Been that way for hundreds of years.
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Old 10-12-2009, 10:14 PM
 
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Can't be. The recession is over.
Yeah - will someone please tell these tent squatters to go back to their homes now?
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Old 10-12-2009, 11:00 PM
 
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Yeah - will someone please tell these tent squatters to go back to their homes now?

Perhaps all these economists will:

//www.city-data.com/forum/polit...sion-over.html
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Old 10-12-2009, 11:14 PM
 
Location: 38°14′45″N 122°37′53″W
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Been that way for hundreds of years.
You've been keeping tabs that long eh?
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Old 10-12-2009, 11:16 PM
 
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For some reason, I've got the sudden urge to go camping this weekend. Hope the weathers good.
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