This is why, if we software folks were going to organize so we could do things like effectively support less-fortunate workers, the time to do it was any point

This is why, if we software folks were going to organize so we could do things like effectively support less-fortunate workers, the time to do it was any point in the last ~8 years when times were good. Oh well, maybe next boom. We'll have little ability to affect corporate and government behavior in this downturn.