I really do understand that you all are gonna toe the company line, but really? Where did the 15 million additional on welfare come from? Did we import them from somewhere?
I'm glad that everyone you all know is doing well. Sadly, that isn't the case for the entire country. Are you telling me people you don't know simply don't matter?
Trampled, it's not that I know someone personally that is out of work that matters, it's the massive numbers across the country that are out of work that matter. I guess it doesn't count if it doesn't directly affect you? I thought you were a strong union guy. Although from what I know of union guys I guess you actually fit right in.
Continue not to care about anyone but yourselves and when unemployment comes your way I hope you can look back at this and see how narrow minded you are.
What company line am I toeing, again? I voted for Gary Johnson and didn't vote for Obama in 2008.
Dumb question: Where did the 15 million more on welfare number come from? I'm asking because I was nosing around and couldn't find it on the government website. Since the US population is growing every year, how does that factor in? How does immigration factor in? I'm asking because that will probably explain a nice chunk of whatever the accurate number is and why I am not hanging out with a bunch of college educated Arby's workers.
For the record, unemployment did come my way in 2007 when my wife was laid off. We "fled" the Detroit area in 2006 when we saw how shitty that economy was starting to get, only to get burned in our new town a year later. Luckily, she found a better job in less than two months and we've been doing fine since. It sucks, but I think you have to be proactive in this type of economy. We moved to a more stable area and I would encourage more people to do the same.....but they won't because they are too stubborn and/or lazy.
