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Would you quit your job?

If you were guaranteed a $25,000 income would you quit your job and stay unemployed?

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CaptainCourtesy said:
Where do you live... just the state and area?
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My thoughts exactly. $17,000 and enough to stuff something in his IRA? I need to hire this man as my financial planner.
 
There's no way I would, $25k is off by several orders of magnitude. Just my mortgage and car payments would take out the vast majority of that $25k, leaving virtually no money for things like food. Sorry, it's been about 20 years since I had to live on $25k, I wouldn't do it again.
 
Prices are skyrocketing everywhere and it only gets dramatically worse each year as living wages do not meet cost of living. A fixed stipend of $25k/year would become useless in 5 years.

I also wouldn't want to rely on the government for my income. That gives them too much control and it would inevitable turn into a corrupt system that politicians use to invade people's lives.
 
I wouldn't take any job for 25k.

I have the greatest boss in the world. Quitting on him would be just like quitting on myself.

Not to mention he's extraordinarily handsome and extremely intelligent..
 
When I was working I to loved my job and I made considerably more then $25K but the government agency I worked for closed and relocated to the East Coast. They offered me a job there but I declined as I love where I live now. I am 76 years old now and if they had not moved I would still be working there.
 
Hell no

that would neve even come close to supporting my lifestyle

Im a single dad with full custody of a teenager who is involved in many things

I love my job and i love the other things i do like coaching and volunteering with youth groups.


Now with that said if i had no kids I MIGHT be able to pull it off with a completely different lifestyle, one far more simplistic but POSSIBLY still fulfilling, I could still volunteer and coach and those job gives me access to exercise facilities i can use free of charge.

I could sell my house and property and get about 150000 so that would be nice back up money.

Id have to get a nice little apartment and that MIGHT make me happy to be able to focus that much time with community and youth group.

I would definitely miss my property though dont know if i could get over that.

sitting in the yard or on the porch or by the fountain or around a fire/tikki torches i would so miss.


anyway those i guess that would defeat the purpose of the question has i would be doing stuff and not really unemployed since id spend more time coaching and with youth groups and id probably become a volunteer fireman and 1st responded.


Sadly by many peoples opinions the above is what i would do if i hit the lottery but with a very nice piece of property.
 
Poll: If you were guaranteed a $25,000 income would you quit your job and stay unemployed?
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Hell no . . . I make $40K/year on the dole . . . plus all my unreported income . . . I'm making out like a bandit. AND, my wife and I don't pay a dime for health care. SUCKERS . . . all you have to do is join the military . . . stay in long enough . . . go to war . . . get hurt . . . and then it's all about collecting baby. I kid . . . we should all be medically retired. 25K a year don't buy you much of a life. At least not where I live.
 
Perhaps I should never say never.

Well, if I had awesome government housing, paid health and life insurance, food allowance, government vehicle, paid utilities, and my job was a bikini inspector, deciding which bikini's were, or were not, a bit too revealing on the government beach near the Navy base, in Hawaii, work 3 days a week with five weeks vacation and paid holidays.....

........ I might take that job for 25k.
 
Muhammed said:
If you were guaranteed a $25,000/year income by the government would you quit your job and stay unemployed?

I know I wouldn't, how about you?
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I said no but come to think of it-since I make a ton from investments maybe so:mrgreen:

I suspect most of the adults on this forum are making above average wages
 
nota bene said:
Which may beg the question of who's going to maintain the motel rooms and at what price.

But I've been hearing what you're saying. I can see folks beginning to look at retirement from a different "Why not?" perspective now.
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Somebody who prefers sitting on a high horse over doing what is best for their family. The cost would probably more than $28,000.
 
Fisher said:
That wouldn't cover my mortgages, so no. If I were 18 and without big boy bills, I maybe would (....and then work under the table doing odd jobs while fleecing you). The average worker pay in the US is around $27K so that would probably get a lot of takers.
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What are you going to do when you get fired from your job and they hire a replacement for $15,080 per year? Pay your mortgage in rocks?
 
I'm guaranteed that now....and I hate my job. If it wasn't military, and if I wasn't under a contract, I would have walked out of that place years ago. It's the worse job I've ever had. Love the Air Force....but my job is boring...and my office is basically kids run by kids (that don't know how to lead). I don't know. I think I'd rather be unemployed than work at that place. I'd rather take my chances at seeking a new job. :-/
 
ttwtt78640 said:
I would gladly accept my "fair share" of the wages of others. ;)
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What if the money was just printed off of the printing press instead of derived from tax, would you still accepted?
 
No way I would stop working. As crazy as it sounds I like what I do, and I make a lot more than $25,000 a year doing it. If I was home everyday trying to find things to do my wife would kill me. I drive her crazy as it is on weekends when the weather sucks and I can't be outside.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
Where do I sign up for this $47,000 per year?
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Move to someplace that actually pays a living wage, most major cities do. There are exceptions of course.

Lord Tammerlain said:
The median household income is around 47 k and the average wage is 27 K

Average wage in the U.S. lowers to $39, 269
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From your own link: Average wage in the U.S. lowers to $39, 269 that isn't 27K. I was off in my estimation by 10K. :) I'll accept that as manual calculations.
 
Hell yea. Its just me and the wife. Damn right I would sit at home and collect.
 
Nynaeve Meara said:
Move to someplace that actually pays a living wage, most major cities do. There are exceptions of course.


From your own link: Average wage in the U.S. lowers to $39, 269 that isn't 27K. I was off in my estimation by 10K. :) I'll accept that as manual calculations.
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More telling, the median wage fell by the same ratio, dropping to $26,261. Do the math. This works out to only $505 a week or less for half of all workers in the U.S.

Read more: Average wage in the U.S. lowers to $39, 269
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The median income is more reflective as it generally excludes excessive outliers
 
Nynaeve Meara said:
Move to someplace that actually pays a living wage, most major cities do. There are exceptions of course.

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Major cities cost much more to live in, and not everyone can abide city living conditions.
 
Goshin said:
Major cities cost much more to live in, and not everyone can abide city living conditions.
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They also pay higher wages to correct for that higher cost of living.
 
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