Quote from CaptainObvious:
So I'm supposed to bare my soul here on the net? I'll give you the condensed version. Quite awhile back I started a business, (industrial construction and machinery repair), with a partner. Things went reasonably well for years and then in 2005 I got an offer I couldn't refuse so I left the business. All was well until 2008 when the economy collapsed, capital projects dried up, and I lost that job. Was out of work for a short time and eventually came back to the business I helped start. Kind of a consultant role. Major hit on the income. Trying to find something more appropriate has been a struggle. I'm one of those old guys that nobody wants, and it's a little late in the game for setbacks.
Add to that, and actually contributing more to my anger, is watching a couple of close friends lose everything. These were good guys and while they lived a tad beyond their means, it ain't like they were one of the NINJA loan types.
There are good people paying a real high price for the bullshit these game players did, and the one's who did it, both corporate and political, ain't suffering one bit.
Thanks for sharing!