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I think the impossibility of real recovery is illustrated by people like me. I’m completely flat broke. I can’t afford a hamburger at McDonalds or a tee shirt at Walmart and its been forty years since I’ve been this pinched. Nor am I a feckless consumer; my house is paid off and my only debt is my car payment. I got wiped out by medical bills and the horrific heating costs of last winter. The cost of everything (okay not gasoline but that’s probably just temporary) is going up and my salary hasn’t increased in years. Four dollars for a jar of peanut butter? Are you kidding me? There isn’t any ‘cheap food’ left. If I’m tapped out just imagine the financial distress of people who have credit card bills and multiple installment payments. If fiscally prudent mature people like me can’t make retail purchases then this economy is in real trouble.

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