Flea market for the jobless - and, of course, age is an issue

This is what we've come to. Flea Markets for the jobless. Hoovervilles can't be far behind. If you're too young to know what that is, check Wikipedia.

More than two dozen out-of-work members of a Hackensack Baptist church set up flea market tables Saturday to earn some extra cash during what many there described as the worst economy in memory.

JoAnn Hilton, 53, lost her job as a telecommunications manager at ABC 16 months ago. Since then she hasn’t been able to get an interview. She’s now considering becoming a chaplain in the federal prison system.

“When they see my qualifications and how much money I was making, nobody wants to hire me,” she said. “And of course, age is an issue.”

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