Blended families, along with every other segment of the country, will likely feel the negative impact of the meltdown on Wall Street. No one is exempt from the fallout that has caused the federal government to initiate a multi-billion-dollar bailout to stabilize financial
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ial markets and prevent a total collapse.
While banks and other monetary institutions will avoid total ruin with the rescue plan, the same is not true for many average families experiencing the personal pain of financial strain and powerlessness, that troubled feeling of loss of control over a situation you did not make and you are unable to correct. The result of the crisis for regular families is generalized stress as people are threatened with foreclosure, ballooning mortgages, job loss, rising gasoline costs, home heating oil, food costs, as well as monthly bills and credit card balances. Blended families face increased burdens as they finance dual households and child support.
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