October 27, 2008

I Want a Bailout

By MELISSA NICOLAS

An associate professor would be happy to have the federal government ease her financial crisis

My financial crisis started way before the housing bubble burst. I can trace my fiscal woes back to the day I signed my first tenure-track contract, signifying that I was going to use my doctorate to become a professor.

Since that fateful decision, in the fall of 2002, I have declared bankruptcy, lost a home in a foreclosure/short-sale proceeding, cashed out three modest retirement

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