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It would be nice to have a job.

By Matthew Rutledge on 10/20/2009

Just because stores are still open­ing and just because cranes are still moving down­town doesn’t mean we’re not having a tough time. I am a qual­i­fied, compet­ent, smart person with 8 years of work exper­i­ence, and I can’t even get a single call back. In a city that’s supposed to be recession proof.

How I […]

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Economizing is the new frivolity!

By Matthew Rutledge on 09/13/2009

I have had a hard time “going lean” as an adult. Part of that stems from the fact that, from the age of 18 on, I was making decent money relat­ive to my age — my first job in 2000 made $12.50 an hour, and it only went up from there, at regu­lar intervals. […]

Posted in Americana, Stagflation | Tagged cola, economizing, economy, fiesta mart, food, recession, shopping, thrift, unemployment, wal mart | 2 Responses

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