‘Doubling Up’ in Recession-Strained Quarters

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‘Doubling Up’ in Recession-Strained Quarters

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — For the three generations of the Maggi family crowded into a recession-beaten three-bedroom ranch house here, the tension from living on top of one another for the last 10 months sometimes erupts at unexpected moments.

A nudge from Kathy Maggi for her 26-year-old daughter, Holly, to clean her room sparks a blow-up; an offhand comment by Jim Maggi about the way bills come in “month after month” to his daughter’s fiancé, James Wilson, causes days of smoldering; a bite of a chocolate bar from Grandma to 21-month-old Madison leads to frustrated chatter behind closed doors about “Nana” and “Pawpaw” spoiling her.

In February, after being evicted from their Gainesville apartment, Holly, James, Madison and their good-natured pit bull, Caley, moved into a cramped bedroom in the house where Holly grew up. Neither of Madison’s parents had been able to find work for more than a year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/us/29families.html

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1. I can only imagine the burden that is being shifted on mainstreet so wall street can feel good.....

To bad this burden that was created by the tax cuts has to create such hardships for families.... It should not have to be this way.....