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My bank account is overdrawn by at least $100. I’m late on all my bills, my gas tank took double the amount to fill, and I got less than half the groceries than I normally would for the $150 I spent. I already know where the money I get for the rest of the month is going — rent, groceries, gas and those overdue bills. At the end of that, there’s barely anything left over.
I’ve
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