Fear of the L.O.M.

It seams that everywhere you look these days you hear the story of the dreaded L.O.M. Even I have had to endure this heavy handed brute stalking me. I thought that I was in the clear until the end of the year. This turns out to be untrue.

So what is the L.O.M.?

Why it's the Lay Off Monster. That time honored beasty that is employed by corporate America to do it's dirty work. Thinning down the herds of blue collar workers. And for what?

"To ensure a positive corporate position for earnings in the future". Or words to that effect.

Many have had the unpleasant experience of meeting with the L.O.M. this year. Few can truly say they are not worried at all about coming into work and seeing him lurking in the halls. He's out to ensure that those who have money, get to keep their money. That's right it's all about profitability. Which in layman's terms means GREED. Because:



No one cares if you are going to lose your house.

No one cares about your cars or bills or children.

Your wife, everything you have spent years building up.



It can all go away in the blink of an eye. And for what? So that some stock holder can remain comfortable in his house in the Bahamas! Yes, that's exactly why.

So what can we do? At this point...Nothing. That's right, we have been traveling down this path for so long that we should have seen this coming a long way off. But instead of preparing for it, too many of us ignored it, as if it would pass us by. Now we are Screwed! Yep, Screwed. If I do happen to be visited by the L.O.M. I will probably lose almost everything I have. If not, I'll consider myself lucky and prepare for his next visit, which will probably happen in January of 2010.

So stop screwing around and get your act together. If you have a lot of bills, you really need to try and pay them down or off. Get off credit. Close your accounts and pay them off. Don't throw your money away by giving it to companies in the form of interest. Don't listen to anybody that tells you not to worry about the economy, because they have no clue how bad it really is.

In closing if you are trying to keep up with the Jones, I heard they are living on the streets...because they where evicted!

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