Did industry give the recently-laid-off workers a four-year grace period before laying them off? Ya know, as these folks had made significant investments in homes, cars, etc. just to have the rug pulled out from under them.  They sure didn't. And that's not the way business works. The decision those companies made to go through with those layoffs was necessary to protect their respective bottom lines. Just as it's now important for the state to protect its own bottom line.

It's bad enough that morons in state governments feel the need to distort markets with socialist bailouts and parachutes for private business but when the market crashes the state is not bound to continue throwing good money after bad, as much as your industry thinks it should, Rachael. 

Buck up, though! I'm positive you'll get your way as there are enough politicians here who are basically wholly-owned subsidiaries of the industry.

And dispense with the "You're haters!" projection. It just makes you look silly.