I agree with that Barry. He was a master at it. Shame he didn't live long enough to see the fruits of his policies in all their glory.

Good to hear Jim. But even so that's not going to go very far. I'm telling you that this job market is tough. Mucho hombre tough. I could go into a 30 minute rant on why I think it is like this but in the end does it matter to these guys? Not even a little bit.

In the end though the system (at 30,000 feet) has reacted to every financial crisis since the 70's in exactly the same manner: We cut off another slice of the middle class and move it lower on the ladder. And the system takes the difference and sputters to life for a short time until the next crisis comes along. We did it to the coal miners, we did it to the steelworkers, we did it to the shipwrights and auto workers, we did it to the the textile workers, and on and on until a few years ago when we did it to a large segment of middle class home owners.

A lot of these guys will just be the next group to get it.

Will