you should educate yourself about the way most Americans live today -- you obviously don't have to worry or didn't grow up in an atmosphere of constant worry -- and what the job market is like for people who don't have college degrees in the year 2016. and it also shows your ignorance that you think that people making strong wages (these are union jobs so we're talking WAY WAY above the average manufacturing wage in the US) with great benefits shouldn't be so uppity and stupid as to buy a house because they should always be bracing for losing a job. who do you think buys houses in this country? only people who make 200K a year or more? considering how well the company was doing, how are they suppossed to anticipate the company closing, exactly?
my guess is you're extremely young. but it's still painful to see the lack of understanding or empathy you have for the way people live. if they can't buy bread, then just "let them eat cake!"
maybe you're a nice person and you just don't know and i shouldn't be harsh. and if i think back, i remember having similar views and opinions to you. so indeed, i probably shouldn't be. still pains me to no end to know people (including my past self) can be so callous. i can't give you an introduction to the state of the american economy in 2016 in a reddit post but if you care about this topic, you'll do your own research.
and i'll give you a tiny primer on the obvious: 2000 high paying jobs are lost in this suburb in Indiana. there is ALREADY relatively high unemployment in the US which means the competition for jobs (even WITH a college degree, much less without one) is higher than it has been historically. suddenly there are 2000 people MORE in a confined job market. AND THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. all those business who SERVED the manufacturing plant will also either start teetering or go under -- so what I mean are, the nearby suppliers who supplied specific parts to the plant, the restaurants who served takeout to the workers and bars where they can no longer afford to hang out and buy beers etc. etc. -- there are always large numbers of businesses that spring up to serve the workers when they are that large in number. those businesses also lay off people and the unemployed number goes even higher.
let me make this super simple -- if the average wage at this plant is $40K a year (and since it's a union plant, it might be even higher), if you multiply 40K by 2000, you have EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS suddenly sucked out of a local economy. Yes 80 million gone, overnight. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT KIND OF HIT TO A LOCAL ECONOMY CAN BE SURVIVED? good god.