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If You???re Not Poor, Can You Teach Your Kids What It???s Like to Be Poor?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

During the recession in the ’80s, he was unemployed for nearly 2.5 My mom was an at home day care provider. We got our clothes as hand me down from older cousins or from thrift stores. When I was old enough for a car, my mom bought me a beater, and I paid her back in monthly installments.

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