Thread: What would you do in my shoes?

Originally Posted by TCO

And screw hard working people over. Great plan

My assumption is that you are probably fresh out of high school and don't have a house payment and bills to pay. You haven't been welcomed to the real world where if you don't do what it takes, the repo man comes and puts locks on your house and tows your car. Your life gets turned upside down and you have no choice but to file bankruptcy ending in law suits, terrible credit, making it even harded to find a job because your would be employer runs a credit check on you before he hires you. Then you look irresponsible and lose out on the job. Nonetheless if you have children how hard it could be to just keep the lights on and food on the table.

Sometimes when you're laid off for long periods of time, unemployment isn't enough. I tend to look down on those who are on welfare and are too lazy to work and mooch off the government than those who have lost their jobs and are collecting unemployment and HAVE to work a side job to keep from losing their homes and vehicles because jobs paying more than their unemployment are non existent. To make a long story short. Let's say you work as a crane operator which pays $29.90/hour. Work was excellent for years until you get laid off at the end of 2008. The work isn't there right now! Say you draw max unemployment at $376/week. If you get a job making $10/hr, in the end, it will pay you less than unemployment after taxes. So, If you take that $10/hr job, you work for free, and the bills don't get paid and you lose your house or vehicles. Hardly screwing hard working people. That's hardworking people doing what it takes to keep from losing every thing they've worked for. Lazy ass people on welfare are screwing the hard working people in this country. JMO. Sorry for the vent! lol Some people just haven't ever seen a stack of bills and had to find a way to pay them.