'They're talking about credit and liquidity, but not ours' In Riverside, California, the credit crunch is hitting home - and many people feel their problems are being ignored by the presidential candidates Sitting on their back porch swing on a brilliant day last week, Sherrill Tinder and Bob Smith looked like a an ordinary middle-class couple, living a modest Southern California version of the American Dream here in Riverside. Link to this video But what they were talking about wasn't backyard barbecues or their next trip to Home Depot. Sherill and Bob were discussing whether they could avoid going bankrupt - losing their home in this sprawling city of 300,000 west of Los Angeles, and with it, everything they had worked for all their lives. A closer look at their neighborhood reveals that they are not alone: Up and down the...
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