• May 28, 2012

pt rent is too damn high

RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH

Low-Wage Jobholders Join (Literal) Stampede For Housing Assistance

by Kirsten Boyd Johnson  12:10 pm July 18, 2011

In “better times,” the American people used to trample one another to death at the local Wal-Mart for a pair of U.S. flag-themed XXXL sweatpants and a jumbo box of Ding Dongs. Remember how good those days were, way back then? It was like being in the womb. Now we get word that in Dallas, [...]

RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH

Household Income Short of $68K? Welcome To the New Poverty

by Ken Layne  12:54 pm April 1, 2011

Have you been laboring under the delusion that you’re still part of the tiny, rapidly vanishing Middle Class? Happy April Fools Day! A new study proves that a family of four needs $67,920 a year (pre-tax) to survive in America. And that’s basic: no vacations, no fancy dinners, no wine tastings, no fun-box deliveries from [...]