The following is an excerpt from an article by Larry Pozner, published in The Denver Post,
April 6, 2009

 

Save one soul,

and save our society

 

I usually write from a political point of view — but not this time. Why place blame for our cataclysmically bad economic situation? I don't care anymore which political party did what or, more likely, failed to do what.

I am watching the fabric of society come apart. I am witnessing the inevitable destruction of untold numbers of innocent families, the disintegration of the American dream. The numbers are frightening:

As many as 60,000 Colorado homes are expected to go into foreclosure this year alone. Colorado lost 64,000 non-farm payroll jobs between December and January. Our unemployment rate has gone from 3.9 percent in 2007 to 6.6 percent in January, hitting a five-year high.

And every one of these anonymous numbers camouflages the name of a human being. As the layoffs, the store closings, the foreclosures pile up, I am beginning to learn some of their names. Now I have friends who have lost their jobs, and friends who go to bed every night wondering if they will be the next one laid off.

 

 

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