EDS is slashing 15-20k more jobs - a sixth of their workforce.
Delta 7,000 if they don't just go bankrupt.
Other airlines are cutting.
Bush admin is pro-outsourcing - that there's base, and funding, so that angle won't get any better over next 4 years.
State colleges are cutting staff and raising fees.
Appleton Post Crescent, WI - Sep 5, 2004
By Pete Bach. NEW LONDON -- Supermarket operator Pete Butch says there's only so many good jobs to be had in and around this community of 7,000.
Job cuts in US reach six-month high
Business Report - Sep 7, 2004
Job cuts announced by US companies increased 6.6 percent in August to 74 150, a six-month high, according to a monthly tally released yesterday by outplacement ...
Hospital Workers Protest Job Cuts
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - Aug 31, 2004
... workers said the measure's $90-million estimated annual infusion should stave off any additional job losses, but Brown said the proposed cuts were still needed ...
Come on, when in history did anyone ever dream of changing fast food burger flippers over to manufacturing sector in order to pump figures? Just incredible.