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Originally Posted by ReefBlue
But from the American worker standpoint--
20 bucks an hour comes out to bringing home about $13 or so.
Currently, I'm on unemployment, and in order to break even with unemployment, I'd have to make 40k.
And on top of that, I'd have to make enough to commute to work and back, and eat lunch, etc. Now, we're talking 50k or more.
So even if I was offered that cherry picker job straight up, I couldn't accept it.
I'm sure that isn't necessarily the case with everyone, but there are reasons people don't take jobs like this.
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ReefBlue,
I have no idea of what you do, nor how well you do it,- but
your comments seem wrong on so many levels, I hardly know what to say—
Maybe I’m a FOG, but I have always thought there was something noble in working, and in a strong sense of self-reliance.
The choice isn’t between a J O B and unemployment ‘cause unemployment payments
are not a J O B.
If you couldn’t accept a job “in order to break even with unemployment” perhaps the unemployment benefits
are so generous they are a disincentive in seeking gainful employment.
If you think that this business downturn is temporary, I would recommend you do some research, and to quote a musician from my era – “The times they are a changing”.
I would suspect you should become employed while it is still possible.
Remember the poor bastard who is working 2 jobs, his wife is working and they make $38K supporting 2 kids.
They pay the taxes for your unemployment compensation.
BTW $20 per hour is $41,600 annually.
SnT