Stop the negativity.

Well the government has one thing right, all this negativity can just bring a person down. So, I was thinking about how in some small way we, the little people could help. Take the unemployment Czar--that may not be his title, what do you think? UN-employment is negative. Maybe he is the Jobs Creation Czar, but really most people are more concerned simply with keeping the job they have than with job creation. Most people fear being "let go."
And think about it, let go has terrible connotations. The fear of falling is one of our inborn fears. Infants are born with an instinctive response to being "let go." It conjures up images of the abyss, the lifeline suddenly severed--no one wants to be let go.
We used to get fired. What was that about. Very violent. Now most of us face being RIF'ed--reduced in force. There it is again: Force, Fired. What? Is the Jobs Creation Czar straight out of the military? Really can't we come up with a less violent term than Force. Almost everybody who has been let go, fired, RIF'ed knows they were Forced from the job.
So, I think I may have the answer here--a completely neutral term that will allow people to leave with dignity: Reduction in Personnel. Yep RIP. Doesn't that sound better, more peaceful.
RIP all you who face a coming job loss (sorry).
Remember, to all the 10.2% of Americans; wait, we'd better make that 10.3%, no, 10.4%, wait--well you get the picture . . .
RIP