[Scott from the Left Coast]

I lost my job 6 months ago. But politics is not going to help me get another, and political changes anyway are too marginal and too long in coming to make any difference in my life anyway. Political changes are NEVER dramatic, and occur over long periods of time. The effects of political changes are usually subtle, compared to the business cycle. If I wait for politics to provide an answer, my wife and I will starve to death in the meantime!

Like I suspect your husband feels, it's simply up to me to do what I can to get another somewhere. I can't think that someone else, or some political process, will come around to save me. I've just got to find some way on my own.

[Boxsford]

Like I suspect your husband feels, it's simply up to me to do what I can to get another somewhere. I can't think that someone else, or some political process, will come around to save me. I've just got to find some way on my own.

You nailed it. Your entire post. Exactly. Yes, my husband did have the same exact attitude you have. And he found a job. You will too. It's incredibly painful and I'd not want to go through it again for anything but we did learn some valuable lessons that could not have been learned any other way.

[blueriver]

I can't think that someone else, or some political process, will come around to save me. I've just got to find some way on my own.

So in your opinion we should do nothing to try to change the direction things are heading because it won't help you in your situation. Apathy will be our downfall.