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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (33855)5/1/2008 4:01:16 AM
From: elmatador  Respond to of 218877
 
At the end of every month, they blow past their bank account’s $900 overdraft limit, plunging themselves deeper into a spiral of greater resourcefulness and regret.

US? No. France.

“In France, when you can’t afford a baguette anymore, you know you’re in trouble,”

unions representing workers from teachers to factory workers have taken to the streets in protest.

The problem,” said Julián Cubero, chief economist for Spain for BBVA, a leading Spanish bank, “is that if your salary rises more slowly than the cost of products you buy on a daily basis, you feel poorer every day.”

nytimes.com

Brazilians saw that during the Lost Decade.