Originally Posted by LTRS
You want to know real hysteria? Imagine your insurance contribution is cut by 50%, your pension done away with, and your boss telling you that as of tomorrow you are going to make 25% less while half of your co-workers are laid off (so you'll be doing double the work).
It's extremely easy to say "oh well, tough luck, don't be so hysterical about it" when it's not happening to you. At least for some people, apparently.
Think Eastern Airlines...Think PanAm....Think Tower Air....Thank TWA (yes they were bought by AA but most of them have since been laid off).....think ok something is better than nothing.....think OMG the economics of the industry have changed but I'm going to refuse to see it and demand to be paid as if nothing has changed...think fuzzy math