Yea things have never been better. My husband is disabled and was working 25 hours per week until his company shut down in early 2010. Nobody wants to hire a 50 something disabled machinist. In fact, nobody wants a 50 something employee. I have crippling arthritis and recently had my 7th hand surgery in less than 10 years to correct a failed thumb fusion I had in January. Waiting to have back procedure to reduce pain from broken facets due to osteoporosis. Just received notice my insurance premium will rise $50 per month next year. There is nothing else we can cut back on. This will cut into our food budget bringing it to less than $200 per month. Our savings are dwindling. We live in rural area so a car is absolutely necessary. Our car has 300k miles and the engine light is on. We are putting off getting a car because we don’t want to spend the money and higher car insurance premium would hurt us even more. We flea market in the summer to make a few bucks....but even that has been slow this past year. People are not spending. Nobody has extra money.
But hell, things are great. Taco Bell is hiring. Lets bring in more foreigners.
Your story got me right in the, ‘feels.’ :( Prayers up for you and yours. I’ve got nothing to complain about.
Though, of course, I do. ;)
I understand your problem.
This IS a very variable thing by location, and there are several places where qualified machinists are in demand. But this would probably require moving quite a distance.
But the real sufferers from all this, statistically, are the young. Hardest hit are the 16-24 kids, they are unable to get a start in life.
Prayers up for you and your husband.