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Ok...let me respond to all this.
I am 36 years old...not some teen ager. I spent 7 years in the US Army, got out after leaving a combat arms unit and going to some REMF outfit, started my life over. I am in High Tech. When I was laid off I was making $82,000 a year. When I realized right away I was not going to get a job quickly, I went and got 2 jobs working alternating shifts on 2 diffrent help desks + a job on the weekends in construction. You said people had lost everything trying to hold on. Hold on for what...some life line???

The bottom line is this...people in this country live in debt when it is not necessary.They live like what they see on the TV. I have an idiot who works for me who makes $40,000 a year...he drives a $46,000 car!!! Just because someone will loan you the money doesn't mean you should borrow it!! Why are people spending their retirement to live when they get laid off??? Oh I know why.....becaue they are too GOOD to work 80+ hours a week until their network of contacts gets rolling and they get back to where they should be!!!!! I just don't get these excuses....maybe that's because I was always taught that excuses are like a$$h&l#@ everybody's got one!!!

The problem is that most "long term employees" in this country live in a different paradigm than you or me. They are still children. They went from depending on their parents to depending on the company. They work their 40 hours and spend the rest of their time mowing the grass, watching tv and dinking around with the motorhome, boat, or collecting "stuff" like miniature cows, spoons or coffee cups.

They are literally not prepared for the day the pink slip comes, and when it does, their plan-b is to wait for the company to call them back while they collect unemployment in the meantime.

Unfortunately, we're not in the 60's. The company isn't calling back and the "children" want dad to come and help them.