Yes, but this article vandalizes (I would prefer a harsher word, but.. ) their plight for the sake of a stupid, manipulative story. I was in the Seattle area in 60's when the aerospace boom went bust at Boeing and in Michigan in the 70's when the steel and carmaking industries hit bottom. People bitched about management in public and the unions in private, but, in the end, they either got off their asses and did something useful with their lives or they wallowed in their own little pity parties until the money ran out and then went on TV for handouts - no, don't change your stupid, wasteful, extravagant lifestyle buddy, just wait for Uncle Sugar to bail you out with my tax money that I perfer to use supporting my family, my relatives, or my friends who might just really need it.
In the end, people who don't plan for the future, deserve what everything get. My message to them is, to quote Bruce Willis, "Welcome to the party, pal!"
Where are you going next? (I want to avoid it)...