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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 14 > Families get creative in trimming the budget

Families get creative in trimming the budget

By Cassandra Spratling / The Bulletin
April 14, 2009

DETROIT — If you have more bills to pay than money to pay them, you’re in good company. Many families are trying to find new ways to cut expenses as they cope in a state whose unemployment rate is the highest in the nation at 12 percent.

“Either their job has....

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