So... I'm actually curious about this whole mess with the economy and how it is effecting anyone else...
For me, it put my parent's 26 year old marriage in jeopardy, destroyed my mom's credit, made the bills to the house I live in currently so incredibly high, the house has to get sold and we are moving soon, laid my dad off all winter, so we had to file for government help until a few months ago, and has my mom afraid to even miss one day of work because she could get fired. I'm not getting a class ring, we budget shop, and the only member in my family not working is my 11 year old brother. Both my parents, my sister (17), me (15 almost 16), and my brother (19) are all working. It's been hard. We really can't do anything because even paying for gas is too much, and we live in a place where the closest store is 8 miles away. And thats a Walmart....
So what about you guys? How has the economy effected you if at all?
Also do any of you watch 20/20? It plays on ABC news... It's sorta what go me wondering about how the economy is effecting other ppl... I encourage others to watch it, this specific episode was called "Life on the Edge" and was the episode they played the first day of Spring.
Here's a link to the video:
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/fep/player?i=1&aff=&partner=comcast&show=166626&episode=191252I REALLY think anyone who passes this topic should watch this, whether you're "living on the edge" or not...