Recession 101

"Recession 101: Stop worrying about the economy. You're scaring the children." I passed by a billboard with this message going home from work every day this spring.

Maybe the children should be scared. I know I am.

Of course, if you have enough money to take out an ad like that, the economy probably doesn't scare you. Nice for you. So you can waste money attempting to get people to accept this lousy economy, and maybe not looking at how we got this way.

This year has been unique for me, because I'm in a group that has been targeted. I am a government employee, and I live in Ohio. And we've become one of the targets of the republican government in this state.

Because of course when the economy is used as an excuse, unfortunately enough people can be conned into supporting what is actually an assault on the working man. So instead of focusing on rich people getting fat off the work of others, and not paying their fair share, the focus is one someone like me, who makes less than $30,000 a year and works to try and improve people's lives.

Because apparently me receiving medical benefits is the drain on the economy.

And I'm not supposed to be worried?

Whenever it is pointed out that the rich are not paying what they used to in taxes, that person is accused of class warfare. Make no mistake, there is class warfare. The rich are attacking the poor with regularity. And it hard to believe anything other than the system has been broken and is helping the rich fleece the poor more and more and more.

Today is Labor Day, which means more to me than it has in past years. Usually it meant the end of summer. Or just a day off from work. But it means more to me this year.

Now it means to remember the working class, who are under siege like never before. And to not keep quiet when the working class is being attacked. And I won't/ I hope anyone reading doesn't either.

Happy Labor Day.