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One college senior graduates debt-free, and is grateful for minimum wage jobs

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This one is circulating: College senior graduates completely debt-free ... Never mind that it's a professionally shot and Photoshopped image. I do believe in the virtues of hard work and frugality -- but I do not agree with the implication that our collective suffering is caused mainly by a bunch of lazy people on the dole. So anyway, I liked one commenter's reply :) Text of image: I am a sasquatch, living completely debt-free. I pay for all of my expenses by working scale and occasionally tipping off tabloid reporters looking for a Big Foot sighting. I chose to live in a state park instead of a fancy private zoo. I get leftover picnic spreads which cover 90% of my meals, the rest I have to forage for. I live comfortably in the forest, knowing I can't have everything I want. I don't have a credit card or new car, and my Blackberry is as good as dead these days. I get all my news from month old newspapers instead one of those fancy tablets. I'll also have to wait un...