Thursday, January 08, 2009

of handjobs and recessions

Yup, there is a recession in the US. What better way to gauge this than the porn industry's looming financial crisis? Read Gathara's post here.

And Amina shares some of her personal stories: friends who have lost jobs.
A friend was in Auburn Hills, Michigan, a few days ago. In December, Chrysler shut down its plants, albeit temporarily. It resulted in the loss of 46000 mostly low income jobs. What she saw shocked her. A city that was dead: it looked like one of those ghostowns in Western movies. She describes old burnt out buildings, and a growing underclass.