A Recession of a Different Color

In the past, when my husband and I have been unemployed, after several months, we were able to obtain gainful employment comparable to or better than what we had previously.   In this recession the playing field is not the same.  Droves of people are looking for the same jobs, jobs are being eliminated permanently or being sent overseas and low paying jobs are being created.  Competition for any job is at an all time high.  It doesn’t take a lot of intelligence to understand what has happened.  We are operating within a broken system; a system where the  pieces are falling off into a deep well of broken humanity.  We need leadership that will restore, renew and reinvigorate the economy.  My hope is that it can be fixed by the powers that be, or will be, somehow, someway, someday . . . and soon.  But since it took a while to get into this mess, it will in all probability, take some time to get out of it.  In the meantime, we limp along.