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Better living through job help

February 12, 2007

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Year after year, the news is the same: it's expensive to live in Massachusetts. Just to cover bare bones costs, a mother with two children needs to earn $58,133, according to the latest version of the Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard, just released by the Crittenton Women's Union, a local nonprofit organization. First compiled in 1998, the standard has been a ... (Full article: 447 words)

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