Layoffs And The R-Word

American Voices

March 7, 2001 | ISSUE 37•08

Every day, another major company announces thousands of layoffs, stoking fears of an economic recession. What do you think?

Recession? But what about the gumdrop trees and magical fairy dust I just ordered online?

Barbara Hicks
Psychologist
I doubt my getting fired from the Dairy Queen is a bellwether of recession, but it sure is a bellwether of I stuck my wang in the butterscotch.

Bob Bardaji
Cashier
There's no such thing as a no-growth economy, silly. That's just a story parents used to tell us kids to scare us.

Debra Luner
Graphic Designer
What do I care? GM closed its Saginaw plant, but I work for the Lansing plant.

Milt Conlon
Auto Worker
Oh, my God! Pull your money out of the bank! Sell your stocks! Hang Louis Rukeyser!

Graham Robertson
Systems Analyst
Yes, yes, this is all very fascinating, but if you'll excuse me, I have a yacht I must name.

J. Foster Thompson
Industrialist

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