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My husband is going to be laid-off from high-tech in two weeks and we are going to be entering the world of unemployment. We fall into the category of people who made too much to qualify for food stamps, but unemployment + what savings we've scraped up won't cut it for long. (There was an article in the Oregonian this weekend about people who are experiencing similar problems) We are grateful for what benefits we will receive while we are looking for work, but are feeling very scared about the future and the job market in PDX.

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