Desperate times for Atlantans

[marmar]

from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:



Economic times turn desperate for some metro Atlantans
Unemployed, under-employed get help from charities, handouts from family, friends

By RHONDA COOK, MICHAEL E. KANELL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wednesday, December 03, 2008



Roger Anthony cried.

Facing eviction from a four-bedroom house in Henry County, it was all Anthony could do when he learned his plan to buy a used mobile home fell through, and then a full-time job prospect with a moving company disappeared as well.

“I just want … to be able to have a good place to stay and to be able to have a full-time job,” Anthony said.

Things brightened a bit this week when he found a place to go, although he said “it’s not even worth living in” because of electrical problems and water system leaks.

Anthony lost his $8-an-hour job at a car dealership late last summer. A job at a car lube business paid $8.50 an hour but lasted a week.

He said he’s applied at dozens of places since early September, but all he’s gotten is a two-day-a-week job at an auto auction business, netting him $156 after taxes.

His live-in girlfriend also recently lost her job at a warehouse.”I don’t know what else to do except pray,” Anthony said. “We’ll just stay at the house until they show up. Why does this happen to people?”

Stories like Anthony’s are an extreme but growing part of some discouraging data. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/12/03/atlanta_unemployed_.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

[bertman]

1. "Cryin' won't help ya. Prayin' won't do ya no good." Led Zep.

I wonder if Anthony and his girlfriend worked to get Jim Martin elected?

This is an awful situation those folks and millions of others are in. The only way it's gonna get solved is if we get PROGRESSIVES--not centrist Dems--elected and break the backs of these free market assholes.

All the economic gurus say it's gonna get A LOT WORSE before it gets better.

I hope we can all ramp up our charity contributions and help those around us catch a break.

[corpseratemedia]

2. amen

the slide is not from the middle to working class, its from middle/working class to an abyss.