Today, NPR's Morning Edition ran this frightening piece [1] about Americans turning to raiding their 401Ks to make ends meet. These "hardship withdrawls" are rising--another sign of the impact the dimming economy is having on many Americans.
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[1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90969220
[2] /wage-stagnation-debtwith-glass-looking-half-empty-obama-presents-his-vision