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Over 50, Overdrawn
Monday, January 26th, 2009

The economic crisis affects all income and social brackets, but America’s baby boomers and seniors can’t wait it out. The rising costs of everything from shelter to medicine have taken the luster out of seniors’ “golden years” or worse, put them into deep debt. Americans over 50 account for about a 25% of all delinquent mortgages. Watch program now. (originally aired 1/23/2009)

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