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Article: More people feel worse off versus 4 years ago, New Hampshire poll shows.
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- Telegraph (Nashua, NH)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2004
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Byline: Karen Spiller
Oct. 3--Michael Pettyjohn and Lisa Eastland are quick to respond when asked whether they're financially better off now than they were four years ago.
Pettyjohn was making $38,000 a year, plus bonuses, as a process-engineering technician at Parker-Chomerics in Hudson just three years ago.
Then he was laid off, leaving him to take a $10-an-hour window-making job at Harvey Industries.
Today, the 58 year old can no longer work after an injury he sustained at that job. He now gets workers' compensation.
"I'm barely getting by," the Litchfield resident said in a telephone interview.
The situation has ...