Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 23, 2017
Those affected by our recent Great Recession have had the benefits of saving reinforced as well. As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. But, in college, I spent my summer earnings – on clothes, on a used car and on school activities.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 7, 2014
While I was growing up, my family didn’t have much money. During the recession in the ’80s, he was unemployed for nearly 2.5 We got our clothes as hand me down from older cousins or from thrift stores. My dad worked first as a meat cutter and then at a factory. My mom was an at home day care provider.
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