So let me see if I've got this right...If you have a job, you'll probably lose it. If you lose it, you'll probably never find another. If you quit your job, you will never find another. If you move, you won't be able to sell your house. If you get forced out of your house, you'll never be able to buy another. If you can't see the house you are about to be forced out of, you'll never get a job because you're a bad credit risk. And, if you never had a job and just joined the workforce, you're totally fucked. Think it's time for a visit from Doctor Leary...
And then, there's this bit of joy...the old people who aren't so old are stealing my money! Goddamn the widow Doonesbury.
And then, there's this bit of joy...the old people who aren't so old are stealing my money! Goddamn the widow Doonesbury.
"A lot of people who in better times would have continued working are opting to retire," said Alan J. Auerbach, an economics and law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. "If they were younger, we would call them unemployed. "Job losses are forcing more retirements even though an increasing number of older people want to keep working. Many can't afford to retire, especially after the financial collapse demolished their nest eggs.
Weimar Republic, anyone? Little gratuitous Liza and Joel?
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