In my rural community, unemployment was higher in the 80's.....however,

predfan

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Sat Jun-06-09 09:05 AM
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In my rural community, unemployment was higher in the 80's.....however,

Edited on Sat Jun-06-09 09:07 AM by predfan

the jobs being lost were primarily those in the textile industries, primarily by women. Their husbands were employed in manufacturing, so even though the PERCENTAGES were high, the losses in family income weren't crushing, since the majority of the income came from those manufacturing jobs. ( Obviously, as always, single moms were the hardest hit)

Today, there are very few manufacturing jobs left; husbands and wives both working at Wal-mart or Lowes. When one is laid off, half their income dries up.

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lunatica

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Sat Jun-06-09 09:08 AM
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1. And to make things worse shoppers will dry up too

The domino effect is off and running.

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