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Poverty in America

How bad is the U.S.  economic situation?  It's so bleak that people are having to decide whether or not to continue paying for satellite television.  It's cliche to say, but true: This article reads like something out of The Onion.  Here we go:For families like the Ferrells, however, who were already just a car repair or an appliance breakdown away from falling behind, even a modest step down can bring hard choices.The furloughs meant a roughly 9 percent reduction to Mr. Ferrell?s $72,000-a-year salary as an industrial hygienist, in which he evaluates health hazards in the workplace. The couple and their two sets of twins ? the older twins are 7 and the younger are 20 months ? have had to make do with about $450 less per month.Should they cut the $315 a month they were spending on ballet lessons for the older twins? What about the $55 a month for the satellite television service they had because they could not get regular cable in their semi-rural home here about 40 miles outside of Sacramento? Yes, that's how bad things are in America...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).