Unemployment surges to a 5 year high says CNN.com

This CNN headline hits home with me. I was layed off from my job almost 6 years ago due to outsourcing. Months before, my director promised us that our department was not a good candidate and there was nothing to worry about. These days, NCR has been reduced to one building of employees, as there used to be 4. But, we weren't a good candidate for outsourcing?? That bologna is why I sit here at home and work on this computer. I should be grateful for where I am today, and I am...but I still to this day feel betrayed. To hear from CNN.Com that 80,000 jobs were lost just this month, makes me so angry. (How many lies were they told before they got the boot?) And on the other hand, I think of the town my father lives in. It's a small town in Connecticut, where most businesses are family owned. There are all these cute little shops with mostly handmade items, even a lot of the restaurants are family owned. My dad says that Franchises and commercial company's come and go, they just don't last long there because no one supports them. They do have Dunkin Donuts, and they do have a Starbucks, but you would never recognize them. You'd have to read the sign to know what kind of business it was..this is because the town...like most of connecticut, says, if you're going to start a business here, your decor and cosmetics, must look like the rest of the town. Which is mostly white, nautical or colonial. The Starbucks even looks like an old colonial house. Interesting. There's way more to Connecticut, than what I am explaing, but this is how this particular town is. They keep it small and don't care much for the corporate world. I love the thought.
Back to the sadness...I am heartbroken over the article. I feel for all people that have lost their jobs, but I have faith that they'll eventually move on to something better, just as I did after losing my job!