My nephew was moving a bed, mattresses and other minor furniture in a truck a few weeks ago. He realized that he needed more ropes, cords, to tie everything down, or it would fall off of the truck on the freeway.

He stopped at a Home Depot to buy the cords. As he pulled into the parking lot, he was mobbed - mobbed - by men running around his truck. His first thought was that they were going to steal items off of the truck, so he drove off - never did buy anything at Home Depot.

But what I knew was that this mob of men are the usual group of 30 - 40 men hoping for some last minute job and a way to make some money.

How many more can we accept? Does that crowd turn into 60 - 90 - how many? And this is just one Home Depot - they are all like that. How many are in the families of these people at home - waiting for the Dad to bring home money for the day - in cash?