Stimulus Bill Sparks Some Hope, but Nobody Is Celebrating yet ; with Unemployment and Foreclosures Leading the State, Residents Are Far From Certain Help Is Really On the Way. The Mammoth Bill Wonder If Relief Is On the Way.

Portland Press Herald › February 17, 2009

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Michele Rivard calls herself one of the "working poor."

The self-employed massage therapist drives an aging Subaru wagon, spurns the latest technology and thinks people should take more personal responsibility for their lives.

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Stimulus Bill Sparks Some Hope, but Nobody Is Celebrating yet ; with Unemployment and Foreclosures Leading the State, Residents Are Far From Certain Help Is Really On the Way. The Mammoth Bill Wonder If Relief Is On the Way.

Still, Rivard says Congress and President Obama have a responsibility to try to help the dismal U.S. economy - even if it does cost taxpayers $787 billion.

"I don't know what people are going to do otherwise," she said. "Bottom line is, no one's going to spend money if they don't have a job."

Rivard and o...

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