Who's watching 60 Minutes

[malaise]

Watching these people who have lost their jobs is heartbreaking.

[SharonRB]

1. It really is.

So sad.

[malaise]

5. And these are just DHL workers

Too sad indeed. :cry:

[shireen]

2. just one sample of a community in distress

so many more communities in the same situation. It's horrible.

[ikojo]

3. I wonder who they voted for in 2000 and 2004

and whether those votes were made right in 2008? They are reaping what laissex faire capitalism, championed by Democrats AND Republicans, has wrought.

The guy who said "we are losing sight of what my son died for" is wrong...wars are fought to further corporate domination. His son died for that.

[Inspired]

6. Who cares really who they voted for? I wonder how they are going to survive.

[ikojo]

9. Those votes had consequences

It doesn't lessen my concern for them but I doubt they see the connections.

[Inspired]

22. I could easily lose my job and I have never voted for a Republican...ever.

I guess I really don't know what else to say. This sucks and no one knows for sure how these people voted. I don't blame them for their fate.

[Merlot]

27. I've never voted repub in my life

but I've still paid the consequences of their policies.

and yes, I've voted in EVERY election since I was old enough to vote.

[itsrobert]

7. Republican and Christian Hotbed

Ohio's Republican Bible Belt.

[malaise]

10. True but my humanity still can't

bear their suffering. At least one recognized that the country had become Ground Zero and he wanted America back. Yes they should not have cheered on Bushco, but it's still painful.

[annabanana]

13. they'll never even know it if the media keeps stonewalling.... n/t

[babylonsister]

4. Tragic, and this is just one story of so many around the country. nt

[graywarrior]

8. Man, I'm bawling my eyes out here

So sad and so scary

[stray cat]

14. A wonderful job by 60 minutes - it brings the situation home and it is heartbreaking

it makes me glad to have a job thats likely secure for the next 3 years anyway.

[graywarrior]

24. You are indeed lucky

I'm getting $75 per week unemployment and jobs are scarce here

[annabanana]

11. Big long story.. and not a peep of politics.. ORGANIZE YOU FOOLS

Pitchforks & torches fellas... Storm your reps offices Get INFRASTRUCTURE at the top of the economic package... How are your school buildings..roads..electric grids..hospitals...bridges??

pushpushpush...

How irresponsible of the media not to connect the dots for these desperate people..

[malaise]

15. Ding ding

The media are part of the problem.

[ikojo]

16. Heck look at the response my question

about who these people voted for got...oy vey!

[BlueJazz]

25. I agree with you. As I was watching the segment, my thoughts were...

"Yeahh...I wonder who they voted for the past 3 Elections".

Will their answer determine whether or not I would help them?...NO
Will their answer determine whether or not I feel sorry for them? You damn Right....A large share of you idiots have brought all of us down.

[stray cat]

17. The car companies are organized and they are barely holding on

no simple fix on the horizon. Organization alone doesn't create jobs or new employers.

[More_liberal_than_mo]

12. This is the result of 8 years of Bush

policies. It's going to be repeated over and over in hundreds of communities throughout our country over the next year. Let's hope the repubs in the Senate can't block Obama's plan to prevent this from happening more than it already has.

[ikojo]

20. It's not only Republicans who believe in complete

unfettered free trade, Bill Clinton championed NAFTA, GATT, the WTO and PNTR (permanent normal trade relations) with China. Some of the people Obama wants in treasury are champions of deregulation.

[marchellojones]

18. It´s heartbreaking

[Neecy]

19. I'm glad they exposed the COBRA scam

It's a useless 'benefit' that people who have lost jobs simply can't afford. The prices charged under COBRA plans are truly shocking.

[stray cat]

21. True but my mom was disabled and uninsurable with huge medical bills

without COBRA she would have been unable to leave an abusive husband.

[Joe the Liberal]

23. It comes on in about 35 minutes here, i'll be sure to watch. n/t

[Loge23]

26. The middle class does not hold the solution either

Even Obama mentioned in the inaugural address that we may have work less hours to save the job of our co-workers.
In theory pay cuts and hour reductions may indeed help, but it's not the fault of the American worker for the situation we are in.
It's kind of like telling us, "we threw you all enough crumbs, fight it out amongst yourselves".
The obvious disgusting truth is that a handful (in proportion) of thieves took an inordinate share of the pie.
A CEO who got away with, say $75 million, could have taken a healthy $10M and the rest would have saved thousands of middle class jobs.
Now, we will take the pay cuts that they should have. We will work less hours if we're lucky enough to work at all. And we will, once again, take on the cost of repairing our union.
The thieves will ship their ill-gotten gains to the Bahamas or elsewhere and them and their heirs will never know an hourly wage or a 40 hour work week.

[DemReadingDU]

28. More info at this link

I too had started a thread, including some videos
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4910454

[malaise]

29. Thanks

I checked your thread. :hi: