I just wanted to thank everyone at the VHFA who made me feel so welcome there today! Even though my morning got off to a strange start, I heard that my speech was pretty good – so YAY!
Unfortunately, my pregnant brain and I left my books at my house early this morning, so if you [...]
With gas prices rising, food prices rising…OK – the price of everything rising…I am often asked about how to get by on very little.
As you may already know, I spent the bulk of the summer of 1997 living in my car with my three small children. Before that, I lived in the cabin from hell [...]
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I once wrote a piece for a newspaper about how to end poverty in this country by consuming less. The crux of my argument was that if people in America would recognize what true poverty is (think China right now – or Burma), then we could go a long way toward fixing our socio-economic issues.
I [...]
I just finished reading a story on CNN about a 67-year-old woman who is living in her car with her dogs. She had a good job in a nice area and after a recent layoff, can no longer afford to make ends meet. In fact, she is working and receiving some Social Security – and [...]
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Appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Sept. 2006
We can end poverty in America. And in no way do we need help from the government to do it.
Lately, everywhere I look – books, radio, television – there is someone telling me how to “eliminate debt” or “build wealth.” And the majority of these programs are [...]
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