[Shotimes] Re: (OT) More UAW workers bankrupt - Detroit
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    bjshov8
     
    bjshov8@comcast.net
       
    Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:07:01 -0500
    
    
  
> "  the forklift operator lost huge amounts of overtime pay and gradually
> sank into financial ruin. Saddled with $469,000 in debt, he declared
> bankruptcy last month.   "
forklift operator???!!!
$469k in debt???!!!
How does this happen and what is wrong with this picture?
Around here forklift operators make $15k per year and don't get that far in
debt unless it is to a bookie or drug dealer.