Here are two scenes that took place this week.
Although separated by miles, occupations and responsibilities, both are symbolic of the same problem: What do you do when your money doesn't go as far as you need it to?
One is set in the crowded hearing room of the Legislative Services Building just off State Circle, with wood-paneled walls and microphones bent in front of stern and powerful people. The other is in the bustling food aisles of a Wal-Mart about 20 miles away in Glen Burnie, where a mother hunts for bargains, her two young children sitting in a shopping cart.
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