[Ragnarok]

My area was hit hard with job cuts as well. In the town I live in there is a plant the builds small motors and so forth. But they are slowly getting rid of everyone and moving the operation to mexico where they can find help for dirt cheap prices. (They had 70% hispanic here anyways, but they had to pay them US wages) but that hurt that too much so they decided, hey lets ruin these peoples lives and get cheap help. It was 450 jobs lost. Also alot of other places are laying off. One of the biggest Semi trailer companys in this region also shut down completly. Company was called Monon Trailer Corp. Then in the town 30 miles south of me one of the biggest automotive manufactures also is laying people off. Subaru/Isuzu automotive is laying off alot of employees. It will be a huge lose because of the amount of workers they had there. I can't remember if they just laying off or shutting down all together. But also another semi trailer company, one of the biggest in the midwest (I think it's midwest) is laying people off. Wabash National Trailer Corp. My brother didn't have a job and he applied there, got hired and was making close to 13 bucks an hour on 2nd shift, (he is 19 BTW), and they were laying people off like crazy but they kept him because he was good at what he did. But then he went and quit the job because he didn't like it. So now he is sitting at home (not my home) doing nothing and making no money not paying his bills, etc.. But I got on him about how the economy is right now and that he should have kept that job. But he said he was 'tired of working' why he quit. So job cuts effeted my area as well. But I didn't have a job at anywhere like that so it didn't hurt me any. I work at home so it's all the better. (Web-designing rocks)