Domestic Workers Feel the Trickle Down Effect

"(Workers who are still employed, too, may find their circumstances reduced along with their bosses’. “I got a 20% pay cut,” someone posted on the UrbanBaby chat boards last week. “Should I give one to my nanny as well?”)"
The trickle down effect of the economy is taking a toll on so many. According to the NY Times article a mother in Dominica can not be as supported by her daughter who lives in America and works as a nanny and house keeper because her bosses' real estate business is failing due to the economy (loss of jobs, credit freeze, borrowing Peter to pay Paul, banks going out of business, Bush. Its all a hot mess, pick one; it will be the right answer).
This is affecting so many lives and will for years to come. This struggle is and will be so hard for so many. I would take the 20% pay cut over the job loss any day. I've looked at a homeless person and wondered, "How or why did that happen?" Now its not so hard to imagine how or why. Our lives can take any direction if the pendulum continues to get closer. Restoration and new plans or ideas need to happen fast!