Apr
2
The Brits: USA 2008 - The Great Depression
Posted by admin at 08:50 | Filed In Michigan, The US | Add a Comment
I ran into a fresh article this morning by the British newspaper Independent. Living in Michigan, the part that was particularly interesting to me was a paragraph about Michigan being in a mini-recession:
Michigan has been in its own mini-recession for years as its collapsing industrial base, particularly in the car industry, has cast more and more out of work. Now, one in eight residents of the state is on food stamps, double the level in 2000. “We have seen a dramatic increase in recent years, but we have also seen it climbing more in recent months,” Maureen Sorbet, a spokeswoman for Michigan’s programme, said. “It’s been increasing steadily. Without the programme, some families and kids would be going without.”
For the entire article, please see USA 2008: The Great Depression article on Independent.co.uk
Apr
1
Welcome to Surviving the War. This website is dedicated to every-day Americans who are doing their best to survive in the current economically challenging time. One thing that absolutely boggles my mind is that a lot of people in America do not realize that we’re in war and that all the challenges that we’ve been faced with are directly related to what our government is doing with our money.
This website is definitely not a place for bashing the U.S. government, but a place where we, the American people, can share our stories of survival in today’s United States of America.
I, the author of Surviving the War, am an actual child of war. My family immigrated to America in mid 90’s from a war-thorn former Yugoslavia. We wanted a better life and we got it. I’m a survivor of an actual war and a first hand witness to many killings, bombings, slaughterings, and other hardships that I had to go through as a child. Today, I am faced with a new war. Although I am not directly involved and am safe from getting slaughtered by a bomb shell, I am suffering economically just like millions of other Americans do.
So, welcome to Surviving the War. I will try to be as frequent with my posts as possible. Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences.
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