Right Wing Finance

You may be thinking that getting a pink slip will make it harder for you to provide for your family, pay the bills or even put food on the table. You may think it means putting your life and plans on hold. You’d be wrong.

State run media has a story about why being laid off is a good thing :

“Across the country, pink slips are becoming permission slips to pursue passions. “

They then go onto highlight a number of these newly freed entrepreneurs.

“April White lost her public relations job in New York a few weeks ago. She’s found a new love: DJ-ing at Manhattan nightclubs…

And then there’s Tamsin McMahon. (who) decided to take a hike: a 2,650 mile, six-month journey along the Pacific Crest Trail. And she found a way to get paid for it by writing freelance travel articles along the way.

Chris and Misty Powell in Texas, see a silver lining in today’s tough economic times. They wouldn’t look for a new job. Instead, they would follow a lifelong dream and open their own business. ”

Now, I know that many great businesses are started in such challenging times, but wouldn’t it be better if people with the entrepreneurial spirit were able to follow such dreams at a time of their own choosing? What about all those who have neither the time nor the inclination, possible because of family obligations, to start their own business? What about the typical employee who likes what he does, doesn’t mind working for someone else and just wants to provide for his family?

And where’s the analysis of how Obama’s economic polices are prolonging such economic conditions? Instead, we’re being told that loss of income is a great and liberating thing.

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