[justplugit]

I agree Karl, but I was lookiing at the change of importance to people as to
a secure job now, being more important to middle class now than a house was in
1991.

The change in the corporate atmosphere where people come last is one of the
biggest reasons, imho. The most you can expect from a company now is aprox
5 years before your let go. Going back 25-30 years ago you could depend
on a company employing you until retirement, if you were contributing to the bottom line
and doing a good job. People were the last thing to get cut when a company was hurting,
now they know they can save x amount of $ by laying off people first.