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The Great Recession: Five years later
From lost jobs to lost homes, downturn hit and hurt so many
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Janet Sills leads an exercise class at the Lumpkin County Senior Center. - photo by Tom Reed
You’ve probably heard the story before, perhaps from someone you know, a loved one or even a stranger. Or, like Janet and Mark Sills of Murrayville, you may have lived through it, every awful minute. The Sills were living the American dream — both had jobs and they had a house.