Money crisis: Americans react

Real people across the country answer the question: what are you doing with your money in the wake of the financial crisis?

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Mary Park, 31, public relations specialist, New York, N.Y.

I don't work in finance and I am not heavily invested in financial companies, so I haven't noticed any kind of downturn. I still have a job. And the government is going to bail everyone out anyway. I just bought my first [Hermes] Birkin bag! Don't tell my mother.

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Last updated October 02 2008: 5:00 PM ET

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