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In reply to the discussion: Ann and Mitt, the college years: “STRUGGLING” so much that they had to sell stock. [View all]renate
(13,776 posts)54. the essay at that link is worth a look--there's more from the article, too
I think it's sweet that they lived in an apartment with carpet remnants and a door for a desk, I really do.
Having said that, OMG, Ann. The vast majority of the citizens of the country your husband would like to be in charge of STILL eat pasta and tuna fish and--here's the key--don't feel sorry for themselves for doing it. To them, it's LIFE. And they can't scrape by by SELLING STOCK.
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Ann and Mitt, the college years: “STRUGGLING” so much that they had to sell stock. [View all]
kpete
Apr 2012
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many American households rely on pasta and tuna fish and don't look down on it as their "poor" diet
Doremus
Apr 2012
#74
Struggle For The Ultra Wealthy Is Considered Easy Street By The Rest Of Us
cantbeserious
Apr 2012
#88
My 1st apt. rent back in 1971 was $50 a month. That was in Ohio though.
A Brand New World
Apr 2012
#28
They were getting ripped off--believe me, you could get something decent for way less than that.
MADem
Apr 2012
#35
The average college student graduated in 2010 with $25,250 in student loan debt.
PA Democrat
Apr 2012
#15
So poor old Neverworkedadayinherlife is trying to push some bullshit onto the Poorneverworkedadayin-
lonestarnot
Apr 2012
#17
I didn't know anyone who owned stock in those days, let alone lived off of the sale of it
livetohike
Apr 2012
#19
I wonder if she visited the same plasma bank I went to on occasion in college
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2012
#22
Wow! That is amazing! Rickman has the scariest sneer in the business
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2012
#89
When normal people are struggling, they sell Grampa's watch, or Grannie's ring or necklace, or their
MADem
Apr 2012
#31
I keep coming back to the math of it...96 bucks a share, 2000 shares=$192,000. In 1971.
Lars39
Apr 2012
#49
If I'd had one-one hundredth of that amount, I'd have been GIDDY with the prospects.
MADem
Apr 2012
#62
Sadly, I'm so 99% I don't even know what that means. But it sounds ruff.
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2012
#47
When I was in college my parents paid tuition, fees, and books, and sent me a small
kestrel91316
Apr 2012
#48
OMG, thank GOD those days of being unemployed and selling off stock to live and eating tuna and
Brickbat
Apr 2012
#55
I just made tuna noodle casserole last night and I'm decades past my college days
riderinthestorm
Apr 2012
#75
Wonder what method of birth control they were using during their college years?
NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
#84