tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946203290826130992.post3812621599719788013..comments2023-07-17T05:32:58.418-07:00Comments on The View from My Broom: The Economy Brings Out the Best & Worst in PeopleStephanie Friezehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946203290826130992.post-19881815262840620882009-05-07T17:53:00.000-07:002009-05-07T17:53:00.000-07:00I too wish Ronald Reagan could see what began in h...I too wish Ronald Reagan could see what began in his "let them eat relish and ketchup" reign.<br /><br />I think of my sister and her husband in France who have had their pension cut, my sister in Canada who has had her pension cut, my son is laid-off in New York by a Canadian company, and my nephew in England has just joined the unemployed. Everyone is trying very hard to keep chins up, get by, and ride out the economic storm. Time to rebuild the middle class...trying to climb back by our fingernails!Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946203290826130992.post-49645940065257349992009-04-26T17:48:00.000-07:002009-04-26T17:48:00.000-07:00Amen, Lorrene!Amen, Lorrene!Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946203290826130992.post-74441883282606576582009-04-26T12:06:00.000-07:002009-04-26T12:06:00.000-07:00I have come full circle. I was here during the dep...I have come full circle. I was here during the depression. I just hope the recovery will not take as long as the first one did.Lorrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917125800720202936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946203290826130992.post-23853709617511262492009-04-22T19:25:00.000-07:002009-04-22T19:25:00.000-07:00I think that everyone is touched in some way by wh...I think that everyone is touched in some way by what is happening. At school we are being told that if we get displaced we have to take the first offer of a position where we can "bump" someone with less seniority. If we don't bump it is considered a "voluntary" layoff and we cannot apply for unemployment. Our interpreter is concerned that she is going to get bumped. This morning she commented, "This means that if I don't bump a para I can't apply for unemployment even though I've worked for 19 years." She is upset because the whole bumping process is fraught with the emotions of displacing someone else.<br /><br />Hard times.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946203290826130992.post-28079990288634378552009-04-22T14:07:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:07:00.000-07:00Stephanie, I had three good friends all get laid o...Stephanie, I had three good friends all get laid off from their jobs in less than FIVE DAYS! My dear friend told me about applying for unemployment (total nightmare). In fact, I made the realization that EVERY family I know has been touched by lay-offs!Kim Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256817929710524024noreply@blogger.com