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I and my 28-year-old son, who lives in San Francisco, lost our jobs in the same week. Of course, there's a difference. I took a voluntary buyout after a long career. He was laid off, in the general slump that has driven unemployment in California close to 10 percent. (Full article: 755 words)

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