Comments on: Shoppers Putting Back To School Supplies On Layaway. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/08/26/shoppers-putting-back-to-school-supplies-on-layaway/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:41:36 -0500 hourly 1 By: Angie http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/08/26/shoppers-putting-back-to-school-supplies-on-layaway/comment-page-1/#comment-34000 Angie Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2165#comment-34000 I used to work in the layway department at Walmart years ago. I was amazed too the people that would put notebooks, backpacks, pencil cases, everything on layaway. But then you can understand why they are doing it. The lists they give those kids to get nowadays are amazing. At least $100 worth of random crap per child. I used to work in the layway department at Walmart years ago. I was amazed too the people that would put notebooks, backpacks, pencil cases, everything on layaway. But then you can understand why they are doing it. The lists they give those kids to get nowadays are amazing. At least $100 worth of random crap per child.

]]> By: Susie Orman http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/08/26/shoppers-putting-back-to-school-supplies-on-layaway/comment-page-1/#comment-33974 Susie Orman Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:49:19 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2165#comment-33974 In the twenty-first century, surrounded by computers, databases, mathematical models, and internationally agreed-upon capital standards, we have experienced another great bubble and bust, based once again largely on leveraged real estate. Real estate speculation is as American as apple pie, going back to the Founding Fathers, and, this time, Chinese savings helped us carry out this national tradition. In the twenty-first century, surrounded by computers, databases, mathematical models, and internationally agreed-upon capital standards, we have experienced another great bubble and bust, based once again largely on leveraged real estate. Real estate speculation is as American as apple pie, going back to the Founding Fathers, and, this time, Chinese savings helped us carry out this national tradition.

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