Economic downturn

What does economic downturn to IT crowd mean - watching your kids eat rice instead of burger and pizzas ... seriously people, in a country where hunger deaths are still a reality, these software professionals are trying to garner sympathy for themselves with these ridiculous statements.

An entire generation was thrown open to the credit card culture with very poor or no money management skills. One of the IT tycoons, started this fiasco for us, where he defined wealth as a measure of success. People misread it as only wealth is the measure of success and did not bother to strenghthen their values or principles in life. They lost the skills to handle difficulties in life.

I dont know if I will be seen as insensitive when I laugh at these 25/28 year olds who just dont have the skills or the attitude or the courage to manage a mild slip in their standard of living . A worker in a textile mill (with no college/school education) had more courage than this when factories and mills were shut down and people lost their jobs. They found alternate means to earn and make a living.