Layoffs

Well, what do I say?? My father is being laid off at the end of March. Phil's father was laid off yesterday. When's is going to be us?? Should we go ahead and get our own apartment or just offer to pay rent until it's a little better?? It won't be in the next two months that things get better and I don't want to be stuck here forever in his parent's house.
I haven't really been paying much attention to politics lately, or rather, ever. When it's on CNN or FOXNEWS I tend to zone out because of bordom. The screen gets all fuzzy and I just sit there in my own world. When did we tank?? I only know it started way before the new administration was elected.