Hey folks,
   I'm new on this list. I've got a simple, fairly ignorant question:
what the hell is the talk of a slowing economy about? I'm confused.
Layoffs have been going on all through the golden 90's. Is the problem
simply that these layoffs are of high tech workers? I think anyone who
takes the time to look will see that the economy's been in the pot for
some time: almost everyone I know is barely scraping by,and some of us
are not even doing that, and that with two or even three jobs. So
exactly what the hell is the reason for this latest bs from the
government/media? If you take the time to answer, please don't quote a
lot of national economic figures since I really don't believe most of
them.
   Where I live--Louisville, Kentucky--there are plenty of jobs and
more on the way it seems. Of course, they're all shit jobs, paying sub
poverty wages. But if you work construction as I do, or want to work
as a machinist or in manufacturing (like anyone wants to work any of
these jobs), there's work.

Terry