Unemployment Stories, Vol. Five: ‘I Go to Bed Every Night Hoping I Won’t Wake Up’

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I've been reading the stories at the link..it is terribly frightening.

When I graduated from college, it was during the 1980 severe recession, and I did not get work in my field until 1986, had to move across the country to find a job. That period of time was a piece of cake compared to the current economy.
And I had NO debt.
The social service programs were still intact and hiring for my skill set.
That pretty much ended by 2000, I noticed.
There seems to be a deliberate effort to deny jobs to workers over 50. And to keep a pool of wage slaves available to compete with each other for the smallest possible wage.
And the choices of work is pitifully small since so many jobs have been exported.
It is as if the whole nation has become Detroit.