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COFFEE BREAK POLL RESULTS

Are you better off financially now than you were at this time last year?

12.5% Yes
87.5% No

Comment: No my family isn't. My husbands employer hasn't given raises in two years and every bit of extra money we do get is taken up by the rising cost of gas and groceries. from St. Louisville OH by Crystal

Comment: health care doubled for me,and cost of living went up and my pay is still the same from columbus,ohio

Comment: Taxes are eating at my retirement funds.Retirees shouldn't have to pay taxes.We have paid enough all are lives. from Westerville Ohio by Rick

Comment: NO.........thanks to the socialism in Washington!!!!!!! from Ohio by Emilie

Comment: Absolutly this time last year my family was living in a hotel and this year with the resources I have found we now have a "Home" we can enjoy and are so proud of. A better home in a better area than the past 8 years at least. Thank You from Columbus Ohio by Maria

Comment: No Job, just finished 4th tier of Unemployment, (means no more monies), no insurance. What monies I have coming in, my children have insurance, but me the one that takes care of them, nothing. Something has to give here. from Columbus, Ohio by Debra

Comment: My husband has been laid off for 5 months,he is a union worker,work is so scarce, this is the worst he has seen in 20 years from columbus,ohio

Comment: I Have No Financial Businessess Whatsoever. from Westerville, Ohio by Pete

Comment: Are you kidding? Bills come all the time.I have to take money out of my bills each month to get the grandkids things they need. I try to help my daughter as much as possible. from Newark Ohio by Debbie

Comment: This time last year I had a perm job with benefits. I was finally not living paycheck to paycheck. I was laid off last fall. I have a contracting job with no benefits and less pay. I will do what I have to do to keep the roof over my head and food on the table. from New Albany by Shelley

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