Everyone in my extended family has at least one member who is out of work and severely depressed. Sometimes the person working is severely depressed too and exhausted because of the extreme demands on anyone with a job. Yet now we are hearing the economy is on the mend again.

Does anyone else feel like this economy is starting to make people sick? I've never seen anything like this. I do live in the rust belt, but still. This has been lingering on and on, and now people seem to be cracking. Half the people I work with have two low paying jobs and still can't pay the bills. Everyone I know with a decent paying job has an out of work spouse who can't find work, and is constantly in fear of being laid off.

I don't think the news tells the truth anymore. It's all spin and nonsense, and now they're cutting social programs. Here in MI they're actually going to close the state employment agency (that helps people find work) in order to save money, and then they're going to lay off a bunch more teachers. It's nuts.