I am sorry to say that this diary is not unique in today’s America.
This month I am closing my small recruiting business because the unemployment rates and outsourcing coupled with rising costs make it impossible to operate. I have never invested in predatory loans, nor subsidized the sharks that fed off of people’s desire to own a house. I have not paid myself a salary that would disgust Gordon Gekko. All I have done for the last 8 years is help folks find jobs with decent wages and benefits. I don’t think selling my office furniture is going to allow me much of a "golden parachute.’
In the last eight years we have gotten over 600 people jobs. That is about 600 more jobs than the Bush administration has created. In fact, this year alone I am about 438,000 jobs ahead of Bush. Of course now I have to subtract the 3 people I am laying off.
So, President Bush and Secretary Paulson, I have a proposal. I figure for a measly $70,000 I could stay in business. I could re-hire my staff and go back to helping folks get work. Of course, that will not allow me enough money to write big checks to the Republican Party (not that I would), so I guess I shouldn’t bother to check the mail for MY bailout check. Therefore I will be packing up my office supplies and donating them to the local Obama headquarters. Even during these difficult times, the irony of that makes me smile. And to John McCain: I can assure you the fundamentals of my economy are not strong.