Thu Sep 22, 2016, 01:46 PM
gratuitous (53,969 posts)
49. Double irony
Because of the careful stewardship of the economy by the Obama administration, he should get an offer to work someplace else. I doubt he'll recognize his good fortune.
Is this sarcasm? I work in technology, which is one of the few sectors of the US economy that has done reasonably well since 2009 or 2010 (lets not talk about 2000-2002, 'K?), and in a sector of military electronics that has been growing. Aerospace is a roller coaster, and that doesn't even take into account the crazy world of Congressional budget tinkering (e.g. there were efforts to kill the F-18 Hornet pretty much every year in the late 70s and early 80s). Chances are,
IF that layoff was real, few, if any, of those laid off will find new jobs quickly in this stagnated Obamaconomy.