[matthew_the_brain]

I cannot stand these fraudulent stories. As if this country were freakin Pompeii......how about selling real estate, how about working for a temp agency(their is a shortage of claim people out there), etc, etc.

This dude sat on his arse too long collecting his mediocre pay and forgot how to work.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I used to temp in southern new england just to get out of the house. All of the temp agents and most of the agencies I knew are out of business now.

If you sell a house your first day as a RE broker, you don't get paid for three months. Can't just become a Broker anymore, takes like three years.

I know an astonishing number of over forty men who are out of work and out of luck. There's nothing going on. Factories are closed, the tech industry has all but vanished. Even the service industries like insurance have moved.

People will have to get new ideas going.

That said, this story by Margery Egan is intended to be a sob story and to hurt this Administration.

[cynicom]

One has to wonder how many lower level people he canned during his time.