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An article snippet for those who think I'm just being pessimistic:
This number doesn't count people like me whose unemployment has run out, and thus are not considered "unemployed" by the state... People like me who are female, over 40 and disabled, thus the first to be fired and last to be hired.
No holiday gifts from me this year, either.
*glub* *glub* *whiiiine* *glub*
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The technology downturn continues to hammer California's Silicon Valley, where the unemployment rate in October was 7.9 percent, the highest level since 1983 and well above last month's statewide average of 6.4 percent.
This number doesn't count people like me whose unemployment has run out, and thus are not considered "unemployed" by the state... People like me who are female, over 40 and disabled, thus the first to be fired and last to be hired.
No holiday gifts from me this year, either.
*glub* *glub* *whiiiine* *glub*
