A must read -
which ends like this
I asked Lynda Hiller if she felt generally optimistic or pessimistic. She was quiet for a moment, then said: “I don’t think things are going to get any better. I think we’re going to hit rock bottom. The big shots are in charge, and they just don’t give a darn about the little person.”
Bob Herbert has a column titled Absorbing the Pain. He attended a small gathering in North Philadelphia organized by Working America, an effort of the AFL-CIO. The people gathered were not union members, simply those coming together to share the pain.
Things are bad in America. Herbert's column reminds us how bad: