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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:24 PM
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I was at the store tonight, and an acquaintance was talking about
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how hard it is to make ends meet. The price of gas was high, etc.
She went on to talk about the price of gas and how they are going to trade their vehicles in for something that gets better gas mileage.
She said she was barely making it. She is a single Hispanic mother with two kids in college and one in High School. Trying to eke out a living and a better life for her kids.
She then said that she felt sorry for the people who live on credit cards because the payments have gone up.
She said she only has two cards that she uses for emergencies, but everything in the last month has been considered an "emergency" because of high gasoline and high utility bills.
I really don't know her politics...but she was representative of what we, the members of the Democratic Party, need to embrace and fight to change.
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