A Post By My Children (on the family layoff site) ........... The real cause of this financial crisis is poor decisions by My Father and the incompetent people he listens to like My Mother. It is unreal to think that they would invest in our home, electricity, communication bills, entertainment, retirement and education as if they would continue making the robust salaries afforded by the oil industry. It would have been much better had they invested as if their income was somewhere near the $7.25 minimum wage. Then they wouldn't be in debt to Freddie Mac, Lowe's, and Capital One Auto Finance. Sure it's nice to have straight teeth and money for sports but they should have saved instead. It's unfair for My Father to pay me to mow the lawn only to fire me and do it himself because times are tough. If only they had strived for mediocrity. Then maybe they wouldn't have had my little sister. Then the cutbacks would not effect my allowance as much. She was the last addition to the family and should be the first to go. In addition to that I feel that an aunt, uncle, grandparent, or random stranger should take over the running of this family.
Oliver North once said " before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. Then you're a mile away and have their shoes.