> How is having your life shortened by low wages worse than being fired?
> Being fired is tangible TODAY. A shortened life is not. Doesn't getting
> fired and losing your home shorten your life expectency? I would think
> so.
>
> My hypothesis is that in spite of my attempts at unionizing activities I
> would be unemployed and homeless TODAY of it weren't for the fact
> that I inherited some money at exactly the right time to avoid losing my
> home to the bank. Lucky doesn't even begin to describe how I feel.
If there's one thing that I've learned from several periods of unemployment it's that if you lose your job you aren't homeless the next day.
Chuck