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Absolutely. Not only would it render a source of "repayment" much sooner, it would be helping perhaps the other person bartering with me, and therefore two people benefit.

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I run a small business in Portland repairing electronics for musicians. The last two months have been very difficult for me. I'm paying my bills about a month late, my rent about 15 days late and many of my customers can't pay me for service I've performed, because many of them are in a similar boat. Cel phones getting shut off, as I've attempted to call to collect money from them. People paying several weeks after service performed. While this business cab be lucrative, during this time, I'm realizing how far from necessity this particular nitch of business is. I'm not buying anything at all for Christmas, as I don't see myself caught up for several months. And this on top of not having had health insurance for nearly 6 years. I'm not feeling particularly optimistic these days.

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