I'm From The Government And I'm Here To Help

This caught my eye in the Daily Iowan:

Cub Foods has yet to respond to the city's inquiry about how it would help the roughly 75 employees who will lose their jobs when the supermarket closes, City Manager Steve Atkins said Tuesday.

The Iowa City City council asked city staff to call the company during its Feb. 6 meeting. The 855 Highway 1 W. grocery announced earlier this month that it will close the Iowa City store by March 17.

Councilor Bob Elliott said on Tuesday he understood why the business might want to keep things quiet but noted that the city councilors would have appreciated it if Cub Foods had given them more information.

Considering that the unemployment rate in Iowa City is 2%, I doubt the workers at Cub Foods will have a hard time finding a job in another grocery store in the area.

It's kind of funny/sad how these micromanaging Socialists stand on the sidelines with offers of help to people who probably don't need any.