Shame on Washington for not...

Shame on Washington for not supplying leadership during this troubled time.  Even teachers are being hit hard by this economic meltdown.  It is awful.  No job seems safe this year.  It is time for the federal government to move quickly to create a jobs program, so all vital services such as education, hospitals, fire, police, and other critical services are maintained. 

In addition, Washington needs to stop spending money on international peace keeping and nation building.  Plus, all foreign aid should be eliminated.  Money should be spent at home putting people to work.  Yes indeed, shame on Washington for not supplying leadership during this troubled time. 

In a sign of how severe the employment downturn is getting, even schoolteachers, an occupation once viewed as recession proof, are feeling the pain.

Education jobs grew steadily in recent years amid rising enrollment and government efforts to reduce class sizes. Now the increase in teaching positions has leveled off as school districts struggle with budget pressures. The demographic bulge caused by children of baby boomers -- the so-called echo boom -- has also begun to wane.

Los Angeles Unified School District laid off 2,500 teachers this spring. Broward County, Fla., Ms. Frommer's district, cut 400 school jobs. Rochester, N.Y., laid off 300 teachers.