[clamper1797]

Don't feel bad ... I have advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering and 25 years experience .... and I was out all last year ... nearly lost everything I worked my whole life for. Sure can't make those mortgage payments on $7 an hour. Can't sell the house cause no one's buying and don't want to lose my equity by going into forclosure .... thank God I found a job ... I am one of the VERY lucky ones. I tried to get a low paying temp job ... forget it. I was told flat out that laid off high tech workers are not being hired ... cause the company knows that when things get better in high tech those workers will be gone. Starting a business takes capital and time ... money does NOT start coming in for quite awhile. In the meantime how does one make the mortgage ?

[Mulder]

In the meantime how does one make the mortgage ?

Easy. Become a Mexican citizen, and cross back into the US as an illegal immigrant. You'll get more of your taxes back that way.

Our "rulers" in DC really don't care about the American worker. Why should they worry about one vote, when they bring in two legal immigrants, and three illegal immigrants for a total of five votes?

Welcome to the New World Order, my friend.

[maxwell]

I have advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering and 25 years experience .... and I was out all last year ... nearly lost everything I worked my whole life for.

I guess I never realized how much the foreign influx is eating all those eng. jobs I keep seeing...

One bright ray in my current job search arena is that many folks are looking to hire U. S. citizens now, for security reasons... That could be our "in"...

You're right about one thing, clamper, I am on the naive side in this regard. Keeps me from having scruples about calling random people on the phone and point-blank asking for jobs, though... ;)