Preview: The Long Recession

December 18, 2009 1:35 PM

Scott Pelley returns to Wilmington, Ohio, to see how residents are coping a year after thousands of them lost their jobs when the town's largest employer shut down. This Sunday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. E/P

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by Michael_brewer2634 December 28, 2009 11:36 AM EST: This story is very disturbing. I have lived in the Mississippi for most of my life. What I have seen is that with the global economy all are becoming poorer. Jobs up north come south, and pay less. Jobs in the south go to India, Mexico, or the 3rd world and pay nothing. It is just basic supply and demand. Jobs go to where the workforce supply is highes, and jobs are in the greatest demand. Free trade, and the global economy creates economic slavery, and increases poverty.; Reply to this comment


by frank007k December 21, 2009 12:45 PM EST: A sad picture of Wilmington, Ohio in what most politicians would describe the wealthest country in the world. May I suggest a follow up on how we spend 338 billion a year on illigal aliens, 16 billion in food assistance for tens of millions around the world, one billion to improve sanitation & water supplies to developing nations, 5.5 billion to address hunger and help with global food crises and the beat goes on.; Reply to this comment


by freethinkerguy December 20, 2009 9:43 PM EST: @americawillbefreeagain Did you actually watch the story? The guy who was a machinist that had lost his job 6 YEARS AGO ... who died of the heart attack? Although Obama wasn't even running for office 6 years agao, I'm sure by your twisted logic, Obama had something to do with that too. Perhaps Obama went back in time just to make this guy lose his job? Maybe Obama was also looking for Sarah Conner?; Reply to this comment


by ThereIsHope4Us December 20, 2009 8:15 PM EST: DHL did give $100K to a group that was created to distribute the money to local charities when they left town. But, $100k doesn't go very far in helping 10,000 families who lost their jobs!; Reply to this comment


by ThereIsHope4Us December 20, 2009 8:13 PM EST: Here is a link to Sugartree Ministry, the soup kitchen in the story for anyone who would like to donate.

www.sugartree.org; Reply to this comment


by JDS537 December 20, 2009 8:04 PM EST: I wonder about DHL. It was their upper manangement that made the decision to close the facilty and I'm sure it was a financial decision. You can bet those people walked away with some pretty handsome bonuses, but have we heard anything about DHL making any contributions to this very troubled city?
Closing a facility that provides employment to 10,000 people without (I assume)any thought or plans to the overall impact of such a move is pretty cold. Maybe a big city like New York or Chicago could better absorb a shock like this, but a small town like Wilmington or any other such town in the country just results in, obviously, devestation.
And yet, our corporate leaders still want business as usual with outrageous saleries and bonuses and even after all the chaos in our economy they created, they don't want more regulation!; Reply to this comment


by origtartuffe December 20, 2009 7:57 PM EST: Let's hear it for anarchy; a national insurrection! Do we have to outsource that too. The financial oligarchic plutocrat wise-guys declared class warfare on the lower 90%, so we should answer their call.

Corruption has bought predatory legislation from the venal prostitutes that make up our government. Obama's cowtowing to the bastardos that put us in this at least five skid row melodrama, while people starve is self-serving and deserving of contempt. Failure of expecting-better magnifies its impact.

Ahh, but the MI oligarch is having a wet-dream with his Bushisms.; Reply to this comment


by RJL161 December 20, 2009 7:51 PM EST: After seeing your segment on "The Long Recession", my anger at our elected congressional representatives is reaching the boiling point. These self-serving hypocrites in Congress have no clue regarding the pain and suffering that the average citizen is going through. During this Christmas season, greed, and election self preservation seem to be the mis-placed priorities of our representatives. I say get rid of every incumbent and elect representatives that understand our current economic climate.; Reply to this comment


by ctag1003 December 20, 2009 7:45 PM EST: Please tell us if there is an offical site or way to sponsor a family for the holidays.; Reply to this comment


by lorax819-2009 December 20, 2009 7:44 PM EST: In 1997 my husband was laid off from a local utility as an electrical engineer-he was over 50 and it took him 3 years to find another, albeit temp, engineering job. Within 3 months, he was found died on the floor in the bathroom at work. He died from a heart attack. His parents lived into their 90's and he died at 53-my theory, 3 years of unemployment killed him.; Reply to this comment