http://www.sandiegometro.com/2010/10/poverty-just-ain%e2%80%99t-what-it-used-to-be/ Providing 24 years of Quality Journalism Thu, 02 May 2013 07:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.sandiegometro.com/2010/10/poverty-just-ain%e2%80%99t-what-it-used-to-be/#comment-3132 Erik Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:08:10 +0000 http://sandiegometro.com/?p=4569#comment-3132 Mr. H. is living in the 1970s when a microwave cost $500 ($1500 in today’s money). You can get one now for $40, $15 for a used one. Price of a half dozen loaves of bread. How poor do people have to get. Same with a VCR (do they even make these anymore)? I know people who use old phones ($5?) as cameras but don’t have a phone plan. Go shopping yourself sometime please.

]]> http://www.sandiegometro.com/2010/10/poverty-just-ain%e2%80%99t-what-it-used-to-be/#comment-3117 43.6 Million Americans Now Live in Poverty | GovSpend.com Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:45:21 +0000 http://sandiegometro.com/?p=4569#comment-3117 [...] suprising statistics in this article. More here Posted in US Government Waste « Washington State to Cut 516 Million Dollars From Budget. [...]

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