I saw this interesting article on Yahoo news. Essentially, it tells the tale of most people my age/Caroline’s age as well as those of the tail end of “Generation Y”. College debt is at an all time high, housing rates are the highest in the last 50 years, credit card interest rates are insanely high (for those that carry balances), and the job market is borderline and bouncing back and forth from prosperity and downsizing. Doesn’t look good for us my friends. While I’ve been lucky thus far, I have to be careful. Press MORE for my cache of the article (since yahoo articles tend to disappear after a few days).
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