Selling their graves
It sounds like any classified ad for a house or a car.
"Must sell. Half price."
Only what's offered is a little more eternal.
"Prime burial plot."
In an economy on virtual life support, people have been hawking jewelry and furniture to make ends meet. It was only a matter of time before they started selling off burial plots - something they won't use until the hereafter but whose cash value could keep them afloat in the here and now. Tony Castro in the Daily News.

Los Angeles Daily News City Hall reporter 

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