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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Poor Pay More

Having Little Money Often Means No Car, No Washing Machine, No Checking Account And No Break From Fees and High Prices

"The poor pay more for a gallon of milk; they pay more on a capital basis for inferior housing," says Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.). "The poor and 100 million who are struggling for the middle class actually end up paying more for transportation, for housing, for health care, for mortgages. They get steered to subprime lending. . . . The poor pay more for things middle-class America takes for granted."

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