WEB ORIGINAL:
Looking for Work - By Web Team - 1.4 million Californians are out of work and that number is growing. Free resource centers scattered throughout the Southland help out-of-work Angelinos find jobs.
WEB EXTRAS:
Inside the Burbank Senior Artists' Colony - By Vicki Curry and Christal Smith- The people we met had a great spirit and sense of humor, this is not the first economic crisis they will have weathered.
CREDITS:
Produced by: Rick Wilkinson and Vicki Curry; Edited by: Michael Bloecher and Alberto Arce
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Everywhere people are talking about the economy. The advice I keep hearing is to reduce or eliminate credit card spending. Tonight on "Nightly Business Report" there was even a suggestion to create a 'spend only cash day.' I realize that many,many people in this country use credit cards to spend money they don't have on frivolous luxuries they are unable to afford, but what I think most of the news channels forget to ask about (or even care about) are those of us that DON'T have credit cards.Many of us spend only cash EVERY day.Some of us cannot get a credit card for EMERGENCY use, much less to get our nails done with or clothing for our pets. I for one cannot pity those people so arrogant as to rake up thousands of dollars of debt for vanities sake. My compassion is for those people losing there homes due to greed and fraud of lenders however. I would like to hear financial advice for those of us who have always shopped at the dollar stores out of necessity rather than being quaint.
I watch that about the economy. I was realize that change my mind about spending money,because I'm not using the credit cards but not anymore. Sometimes I took my money with me in my bag and I spending to bought some clothing,food and everything.