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ANALYSIS  OF  CHEAPSKATES

INSIDE PITCH — Sequester and economic uncertainty boost cheapskates everywhere

LIKE JACK BENNY  IN  DAYS OF OLD,
ABILITY TO GET BY ON THE CHEAP
IS BADGE OF HONOR  FOR SOME
 
By David Maril
 
Even in prosperous times, cheapskates have always been around.

These days, however, with the national debt rising, unemployment still high, a hike in state gasoline taxes on the horizon and the stock market on a surge that pessimists are predicting won’t last, cheapskates everywhere are shedding inhibitions and wearing their stinginess as a badge of honor.

Yet while being a cheapskate is a bit of a character flaw, it’s not the same stigma as the label of thief, liar or bigamist. People love to tell stories about cheapskates they have known. ............

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