Dashka Slater, Salon
As we stood in line at a Burger King in Sacramento, Calif.,  Joe Sisco gave me a nudge. "Look at the age of the people who are here right now," he said and cocked his chin toward the three women behind the counter, each several decades past the age when manning the deep fryer might seem like a good career move. "That's the economy, right here."At 55, Sisco was no spring chicken himself. And having been out of work for a couple of years, he'd had plenty of opportunity to study the job market. I had met him at the welfare offices down the street, where he was...