That's an important, heartbreaking point.

There is much to be learned about economic conditions and what it is doing to us. Worst decline since the great depression. Even in the great depression, some did not feel it if they had the right position at the right company. We are accustomed, perhaps callously, to a small percentage of families experiencing hard times continuously. Now we have a multiple of that percentage in distress. The last expansion went too long and too high to be sustained. We were, and are, manipulated by those who want to make quick profits/political gain off of growth.