Every time I read partypup’s posts I think of that article.
This whole thread finally explains her paranoia. Mass layoff happening in her own company – she must have sensed it coming… No one is ever “safe”. That is why one saves for a rainy day. True that 40% of some people’s savings is now gone in the stock market – true that some others lost 100% with Madoff and the like… but the world will not implode. Goodness abounds. People share – people get creative – people survive.