Am I supposed to feel sorry for you and your ilk or marvel at what a masterful entrepreneur you are? Good grief. Either just break down and cry or assert your capitalistic dominance. Trying to do both in one post is a bit much.
Oh, and I'm supposed to feel sorry for laid off engineers? Did these laid-off engineers save during the good times or did they go in debt for million dollar homes and hummers? Are they now walking away from their obligations? I know some engineers and their salaries are usually pretty darn good. If they save during the good times, they'll be fine during the down times.
I find it difficult to feel sorry for American citizens ever. There's tons of opportunity in this country if people are just willing to sacrifice a bit. Most don't though. And then they whine about how cruel and unfair the world is. Waaah.
Good grief. I think it's suffice to say that most people here that are regulars, regardless of background or what not are not the average american waster type of person. Not SDR, not me, or frankly a lot of "engineers" on this forum. I don't think we're starting that we want any of your "sympathy" frankly. In fact, again suffice to say I could get on my preachy soapbox and say a lot of americans got pushed out of decent paying technical engineering fields because they didn't make the cut in school, but I won't go there either. Again, this thread goes on that "I'm going to be immune from this recession" and "bring it on". There's an economic pecking order, and depending on how bad this recession will be, it will depend on who gets pecked and who doesn't. And it seems some (not all of us) have not come to the realization that we're lower on the food chain that we think we are. For example take all these "engineers" that aren't normally handy at doing other things, and you have them start cutting back on other things like plumbing, heating, nice to haves, stop spending at retail stores, stop offering employment to temps etc, and well, the dominos start to fall.
Again, not disagreeing that this is what "should" happen or what's probably "better" for the long run.
