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Working Poor

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1. Thank you for this post.

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 07:39 PM

Dec 2015

I'm sharing it with quite a few friends, and it should be required reading for every legislator and other elected official. People don't get it.

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Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all] madamesilverspurs Dec 2015 OP

Thank you for this post. PatrickforO Dec 2015 #1

LOL w0nderer Dec 2015 #3

I always wanted to see a w0nderer Dec 2015 #2

Will post in GD. madamesilverspurs Dec 2015 #5

Hahaha! babylonsister Dec 2015 #6

that's kinda my thought w0nderer Dec 2015 #9

Hellfighter hose ready w0nderer Dec 2015 #8

I thought I had prepared for my old age NV Whino Dec 2015 #4

which one now makes more w0nderer Dec 2015 #14

Simply put, it cost money to save money Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #7

Yup Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #11

Makes sense Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #13

northern europe w0nderer Dec 2015 #16

-10 F a heat pump will do nothing for you w0nderer Dec 2015 #15

Many heat pump systems have an auxiliary electric heating coil. FSogol Jan 2016 #22

Yes! rpritchard93 Jan 2016 #18

I struggle day in and day out. rpritchard93 Jan 2016 #19

Sometimes it helps to know we're not alone, yes? madamesilverspurs Jan 2016 #20

Yes. rpritchard93 Jan 2016 #21