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Old 07-10-2010, 21:56   #10
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Re: The 'hidden hunger' in British families

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Originally Posted by Flyboy View Post
Here's an idea, sell the car, and the house and buy something less expensive and use what's left to pay for your own food.
Clearly you didn't bother to read the article then. Allow me:

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"We cut back on as many things as we could. Our first plan was to sell the car, as it's worth a fair bit, but we couldn't. Nobody wanted to buy it ... I had to drive down to the foodbank in a luxury car and pick up a food parcel to feed my family," she says. "How do you think that made me feel?"
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The family has have now sold their house and are moving into rented accommodation. Both are now working, although Sara has yet to be paid.
But hey, why let the facts get in the way of naked class prejudice.
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