Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 8, 2014

In 2008-2009 when we had the credit crunch and recession, there was at least one day when stores were not accepting credit. We took a day trip to a small town in our area several years ago with our grown son and daughter-in-law. Cash is almost universally accepted. That day the entire credit system nearly collapsed.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

I graduated from State U with a liberal arts degree in the early 1970s – when there was a world wide recession followed by stagflation. I’m not sure that my two daughters-in-law would agree that you can get to the status of working as an RN without a 4 year degree (BSN) in nursing. My newly won degree brought no lucrative job.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 7, 2014

During the recession in the ’80s, he was unemployed for nearly 2.5 The Obamas Want Their Daughters To Work Minimum Wage Jobs. I read recently that the Obamas want their daughters to work minimum wage jobs. Sasha and Malia are daughters of a U.S. While I was growing up, my family didn’t have much money.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

HPV Vaccine Effective in Men - for those of you with kids, you may have taken your teenage daughter to get her HPV shot last year during some campaigns. Research is now showing that your sons might benefit too. No wonder we had a recession! Could that money not go to better use, like feeding the hungry? apparently yes.

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