I am a working poor schlepper. I am one of Obama's "..and Fathers compete with their sons for less than living wages(sic)..." new economy workers. But it wasn't always this life for me and my family. Just a few years ago, bounced checks and bottom scraping were concepts worth fighting for, but still had a distinctly foreign feeling to it. I had no idea why there were so many check cashing places, and their relationship to banks was non-existent right? I mean, come on, those pay day loan places had huge rip-off rates posted at the counter! Who would go to those places except the lowest of the desperate? Now I know the rest of the story.........
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