btlfed

sorry to hear that bro, i dont 100% know where u coming from bc im still young (24) but i got laid off my job as a ------- welder bc steele is so ------- high after being there for 4 years. they laid 25 ppl off and cut the rest of them down to 24 hours a week,how the ---- r u going to make it on that. i just built a ------- house 120K loan for that ---- just bought a ------- new civic have an assload of credit card debit trying to build my ef and im stuck bc there is not a job around here making anywhere near what i was.

Loki

That sucks, hope everything works out for you

TurboG

I know slightly how you feel. I havent lost quite as much. But over 70K :1 , I am still young and going to school so I can make that back over time. I feel sorry for you sir.

j3w

me too... 90k in equity in the past 12 months... i am young(ish) too. hopefully obama can figure some ---- out.

con

living the ------- american dream right there, your the reason the world is coming to a hault.
good job.

Tom-Guy

On one hand, yeah he is. On the other hand the dude is young and doesn't know ----. All he knew is the bank would give him more money, and the bank was the entity that should have known better.

He's still a n00b, tho, so ---- him.

con

George Bush himself told the banks to lend money way more freely to get the american economy moving, I blame him.

Guy-Fast

The sad fact is retirement age is going to be 70 unless your government employee. Sorry to hear about the news pretty common these days but the reality was the growth of the economy the last 8 years has been nothing but printing money and handing out more credit,the first no no in Economic growth.



Stick with the race car you'll be glad you did. Once times get better you guys can finish it. Kinda how my drag car is its a little at a time,you'll get there



Has far has people saying dont spend your money kinda foolish. Save of course but the only way to help your local community not wal-mart is to support small business. Nothing wrong with going out once a month for a couple beers and pizza at the local pizza place. Spending 50 bucks on something.



There is a sense of balance people dont have these days. You have to spend somewhat thats how the ball keeps rolling but buy within your means. If your company on the other hand is handing out pink slips weekly start saving your cans.

EG-prince

Sorry to hear this Mark, thats pretty rough. It's shitty to have to look for employment at that age, but with a CDL and experience it should be fairly easy to find at least an OKAY paying job though right? At least to hold ya over until the economy turns around a bit? It's gonna come back around again, the world can't afford for the consumer ----- that America is to go under. I'm in Aspen til spring at least, so let me know if you need a weekend drinking escape, I'll pay for the booze, and theres an extra room for you to crash in. And don't give up on the build, I still need to catch a ride in it.

EG-prince

I'm not kidding about free booze and lodging. Take me up.


In for the edit.
The more I think about this, the more it pisses me off. OK, maybe I've been drinking a bit. But seriously, Mark here is a good man, a hard working, middle class man, and he is getting fucked right now. Something wrong is fundamentally wrong with society/government/american capitalism and the way things are being managed when a hard working, honest man is stripped of his source of income and retirement potential