Judith Freeman’s [CTOpinion, Nov. 6, “Time To Stop Consuming”] statement that thrift stores are for the “poorest of the poor” is not exactly accurate.

I know many so-called middle-class people, myself included, who buy from thrift stores, shop at tag sales and use freecycle.com to stretch their budgets, clothe their children, recycle, keep landfill levels down and prevent themselves from becoming the “poorest of the poor.” And seniors like me use them to offset the sky-high cost of getting old in America.

Even Sarah Palin said she usually shops at an Alaskan consignment store.

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