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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