Currently unemployment is just below 10% with the true U-6 unemployment around 16%.
Lets keep things in perspective and realize that a downgrade and having to sell your Harley is not the most terrible thing to have happen in someones life.
He seems to have a wife and 4 healthy kids who love him. A nice home and still being able to provide a life for his family.
Again, lets keep things in the proper perspective about what is truly important in life.