I noticed not one mention of Obama (except a sign at the soup kitchen) but it was devastating to air this so close to the election. If this piece doesn’t convince people to not vote to overturn our anti-business government, I don’t know what will.
EVERY face of these unemployed were 50-ish former yuppies with great incomes that are now dumpster diving and using food banks just to get by.
As a 50+ who may be weeks away from being laid off myself, it was frightening.
I called my mother and 2 relatives...told them to turn it on...they said “like hell...mouthpiece for DNC”, I said...trust me...you have to watch this.
from local articles O-Hoof, here in Michigan....
Ann Arbor with it's high public services and giving college kids have an estimated 4800 homeless living in the woods and Detroit 20,000 or more...
Don't worry, there's a bunch of FReepers here who will tell you to get off your ass and get another job, move out of state, stop yer whining, yada, yada, yada........Been there myself brother.
My company here in S.E. Michigan closed down 12/06, I was 56 at the time, looked for ANY job throughout 2007 without any luck. Fortunately I was eligible for a pension which I started 12/07...........
I have a friend who lost his job at the G.M. Tech Center in Warren, MI a few years ago. He took a temporary contract job with a company in North Carolina for a few months. In the meantime, he had to sell his house in Shelby Twp. and move back into the Warren area so he could continue to make his mortgage payment. He took a huge loss on that house.
The contract job ended, they offered him full time employment which meant that he would have had to sell his house here, find a house there and move down there. Fortunately for him, he turned it down. That company closed up 8 months later.
He's now working a contract job in Germany...which he absolutely hates. Fortunately, he has SKYPE loaded on his computer so he can talk each evening with his wife here......
Did I mention that my friend Wayne is 63 years old? I wish you all the best my friend, I really do. If you do lose your job, which I sincerely hope doesn't happen, you gotta rely on your family for psychological support. I never had that opportunity so losing my job was extremely difficult for me to cope with........but ultimately I did.
If you need to talk with someone other than your family, please feel free to freepmail me............
I wish you good fortune during these trying times.
Yes, all 10 people who saw it are shocked and may decide to vote for...let's see, which party is in power now? I forget. Oh yeah, Dancing with the Stars is on.
It is frightening and once in this situation, you do not care who is in office or not, you care about survival and how you are going to feed your family and where you are going to live. It does turn your life upside down. I know, because we experienced it.
Just sent a prayer. Last year at this time, we were moving out of the shop that had just attained it’s 45th year. My associate found a job; I’m still looking. Start looking now, if you haven’t already.