Lay Off with the Lay Off

Whew, it is getting scary out there. More and more we hear about people, not just one or two but thousands at a time getting a pink slip. What are we going to do? This country can not put everyone out of work. It sure seems like an attempt is being made to lay off a lot of us. To me it makes no sense. Just the other day my wife took her car to the dealer ( Dodge ) to have it serviced. This was on a Thursday. The service Mgr. told her that on Wednesday, the previous day, he was notified that this dealership was closing on Wednesday of the next week. That is a one week notice that was given to all the employees at this establishment. They were told that the doors were going to be closed and good luck in trying to find work elsewhere because they could not help them. Some of the mechanics, she spoke with, had fifteen or more years at this particular family run dealership. What do they do now? How do they support a family? Unemployment will help just a little, but for how long! How will they find work in this economy? This story is becoming the norm nowadays. It is hitting all types of careers. Even the mighty Post Office is feeling the crunch. I heard through the grapevine that 25,000 pink slips are set to be handed out at the Post Office in the near future. This is a place that someone could not get fired unless they stole something or they killed someone. Even with that they still had a 50/50 chance of getting there job back. We will get through this. What we need is for the people here in the U S of A, to get up and start participating. Our forefathers took matters into there own hands. They were active in building this country. I think,and I include myself, that we are too much a complacent society. We have had it great for a long time and have not needed to put our backs into building America. It is time to start working at it again. We need to invent, grow get our hands dirty and put ourselves back on track.