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k8conant

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4. Only better off because...

Reply to CommonSenseDemocrat (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 07:29 PM

Feb 2016

1) I filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
2) Managed to pay $50,000+ worth of medical insurance and bills.
3) Now eligible for Medicare
4) Husband getting raises and overtime

Still can't find a decent IT job and would like to have back the $30,000 in retirement accounts we wiped out.

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Compared to January 20, 2009, are you? [View all] CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 OP

At the salary I was making in 2008, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1

Not an easy one for me to answer. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2016 #2

I'm overall better off, but it's not due to politics n/t arcane1 Feb 2016 #3

Only better off because... k8conant Feb 2016 #4

Not applicable. Massacure Feb 2016 #5

Better off. Stand and Fight Feb 2016 #6

The recession forced me to retire a year early, these have been the doc03 Feb 2016 #7

I was stuck in a horrid job due to the economy (and my own fear r/t economy) etherealtruth Feb 2016 #8

My bank account's larger, I'm still in my own house, and I drive a slightly nicer car. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #9

There is no inflation and I just got a letter Downwinder Feb 2016 #10

I am retiring on my 48th birthday later this year. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #11

Better Off Bigredhunk Feb 2016 #12

Not sure how to answer this. noamnety Feb 2016 #13