[SWAMPSNIPER]

As of just a few minutes ago my SS check is the only income in this household, the company my daughter and son in law worked for is heading down the pipe. We've been expecting to need to tighten up but the ax just dropped, no more jobs.

The local want ads are full of nothing!

I've lived 68 years and never seen things anywhere near so bleak.

[bronxville]

I’m so sorry to hear that swampsniper. We’v all been tightening our belts except for those clowns in government. I’m going to have to sell my one bedroon coop and move into a studio. If that doesn’t work...it’s a shelter.

[screaminsunshine]

It will get a lot worse next year. I am implementing escape and survival plans that have been on hold. I see no chance with Obama in the White House for another 2 years.