Comments on: Nickel and Dimed: Selling in Minnesota http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ozma http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/#comment-4212 Ozma Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:28:45 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/#comment-4212 It’s clear 1PennyGirl didn’t read this book, but merely got the gist of it from a classmate. Ms Ehrenreich is very humble about the fact that she has a safety net while her co-workers have nothing, and speaks very well on their behalf. The book is ABOUT the “vicious cycles that occur when you are poor”. To those who may never have been poor, this is important information and might well seem profound.

How these reviewers totally missed the point of the book is beyond me. I guess our educational system is worse than I thought.

]]> By: 1PennyGirl http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/#comment-1020 1PennyGirl Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:27:44 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/#comment-1020 I was forced to read this garbage in my literature class. The professor thought it was a profound statement about the poor. Ya, right! I was outraged by her attitude and the fact that she didn’t recognize the vicious cycles that occur when you are poor. I came from a family of 7 whose household income was only $20k (in 2005!). Try digging out of that hole without a reliable car and the $2k in “emergency funds” that the spoiled woman had. I agree with Dimes, Miss Barbie has been in academia way too long.

]]> By: dimes http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/#comment-285 dimes Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:44:17 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/23/nickel-and-dimed-selling-in-minnesota/#comment-285 No moron should EVER buy this book. Don’t give a blasted dime to that elitist prig. If you read between the lines, this woman has been in academia way too long and doesn’t even follow through when leaving these jobs.
She’s a horrible person, and everyone in awe of her “shocking expose” needs to be whacked upside the head with a telephone book.

(but don’t think I’m in any way biased ;-))

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