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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor (Original Post) libodem May 2014 OP
WAT Rod Beauvex May 2014 #1
it's cracked.com. Just another one of their lists, like Doctor_J Jun 2014 #5
All of that is absolutely true. Warpy May 2014 #2
And they didn't even touch on... AnneD May 2014 #3
C'mon, let's get this on Greatest! recd. nt raccoon Jun 2014 #4
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
5. it's cracked.com. Just another one of their lists, like
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 04:21 PM
Jun 2014

top 10 Kardashian moments and top 15 celebs who shouldn't have gotten plastic surgery.

Warpy

(111,261 posts)
2. All of that is absolutely true.
Tue May 27, 2014, 04:07 PM
May 2014

Another thing nobody tells you is that it's boring. With your only entertainment outlet the public library and that library discarding books in favor of computers, you start to go a little bonkers.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
3. And they didn't even touch on...
Tue May 27, 2014, 05:15 PM
May 2014

the two tier's of justice in this country. If you are poor you pay for court costs, fees if you miss a payment, bail (rich get out on their own recognizance).

Get with a credit union if you can. I would like to see a Poor Peoples Credit Union to take a slice out of the predatory bankers.

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