Pix for Financial Hardship

1. J reports the weekly earnings statistics.

2. After B quit his telemarketing job, his weekly earnings declined sharply.

3. A quote from MIT economist Rudiger Dornbusch is always sobering.

4. In terms of per capita income, South Carolina doesn't stack up too well compared to the other states.

5. $1,167.15!?! How on earth is poor B gonna pay this bill?

6. J worked hard for years and eventually paid off all debt he accumulated during the early years of ROX.

7. B filed for personal bankruptcy a couple years later.

8. A jobless Editor B takes to the streets in desperation.

9. These were the best statistics we could find in 1993 for poverty levels in the Midwest.