To the Editor:
While the economic downturn has surely been hard on many, including Mark Cooper and the other subjects in this article, they are merely experiencing what many Americans have been living through for the last few decades.
The period of economic abundance skipped over the vast majority of Americans. The working poor. Business owners and the self-employed with no health insurance. Families, one illness away from bankruptcy. College graduates unable to find work above minimum wage.
It is ironic that those recently unemployed from their well-paying jobs are suddenly concerned with health insurance, car payments and housing costs. Welcome to the way of life most of us have been living for years.
Sarah Stamm
Seattle, March 1, 2009
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Taken from this article, in relation to this article and this article.
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