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pipoman

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3. What part?

Reply to LisaLynne (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 11:02 AM

Dec 2013

She spent her savings and retirement for a 5 bedroom house in Colorado and still ended up with a mortgage for what appears to be 3 people. I am guessing it was a very nice home. Maybe not. Job options increase for people who don't have huge debt.

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Salon: How I Lost my Working Class Life [View all] LisaLynne Dec 2013 OP

people as a whole in the US pipoman Dec 2013 #1

I didn't take that away from this at all. nt LisaLynne Dec 2013 #2

What part? pipoman Dec 2013 #3

That part. LisaLynne Dec 2013 #4

Bad stuff can still happen even if you make good choices. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #6

Yeah, but too many people point to the "mistakes" that others ... LisaLynne Dec 2013 #10

This was from 2010. She had four adopted children and a good paying job in Colorado in 2008. haele Dec 2013 #11

A suggestion to the OP - kiva Dec 2013 #5

Eh, sorry -- too late to edit I think LisaLynne Dec 2013 #8

I've felt struck lately that snot Dec 2013 #7

Yeah, it's like none of them have ever had to face ... LisaLynne Dec 2013 #9