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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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ChrisL said:
I live in Massachusetts. I'm telling you that you can't live comfortably here if you have a family to feed on $25,000 a year. You would be struggling to pay your bills.
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Right now I live on my own. With a family, if both spouses were making that then it's plenty.
 
phattonez said:
Right now I live on my own. With a family, if both spouses were making that then it's plenty.
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Well, that's $50,000 a year. The question was would you quit your job only making $25,000 a year. :mrgreen:
 
I live in the suburbs where a 1-bedroom apartment would run you about $800 dollars a month, but if you live in Boston? Fogettaboutit! Lol! You'll pay like $2000 for a 1-bedroom apartment.
 
If it was just me and I had no one to support or worry about, then yeah, I would quit my job and spend my time on the beach enjoying the waves. :)
 
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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$25,000 income in California is ****...I makeover $50k a year and I still worry about bills
 
ChrisL said:
Well, that's $50,000 a year. The question was would you quit your job only making $25,000 a year. :mrgreen:
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If I am making $25,000. My spouse can still make money, right?
 
Henrin said:
If it was just me and I had no one to support or worry about, then yeah, I would quit my job and spend my time on the beach enjoying the waves. :)
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You'd be too poor to pay for parking if you lived in my area. :lol:
 
phattonez said:
If I am making $25,000. My spouse can still make money, right?
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That's not the question. You're adding MORE money, so that takes away from the original question.
 
phattonez said:
If I am making $25,000. My spouse can still make money, right?
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I didn't actually think of that. Since the situation in the OP makes no reference to people living together being treated differently it would be reasonable to assume that each individual would be guaranteed $25,000
 
tacomancer said:
I have way too much energy for that. I would be climbing the walls. I can usually read for about 45 minutes in a sitting, then my body has to go do something active and my social nature starts craving stimulation as well (which can get expensive)

Something like a good rum and coke and prolong that, but only so long, then I am in even worse shape, lol
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Sounds more like you sniffing that yayo
 
Nynaeve Meara said:
No, I'm not.
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Yes you are, and you are also confusing income and wages. The US MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME is only around $50K, and that includes non-wage income and multiple worker households.
 
Fisher said:
Yes you are, and you are also confusing income and wages. The US MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME is only around $50K, and that includes non-wage income and multiple worker households.
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The mean income in the US is 47K and it is household income. Mean and average are synonyms. I said nothing about median.
 
ChrisL said:
You'd be too poor to pay for parking if you lived in my area. :lol:
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I can always park far away and ride my bike the rest of the way. :D
 
Henrin said:
I can always park far away and ride my bike the rest of the way. :D
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Sure, but it depends on where you are. Some cities/towns make it nearly impossible to park without paying.

What's really fun is taking the ferry over to Martha's Vineyard for the day and renting motorized scooters or bicycles. The prices of the ferry (without bringing your vehicle) are pretty reasonable too.
 
Nynaeve Meara said:
The mean income in the US is 47K and it is household income. Mean and average are synonyms. I said nothing about median.
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Household income means nothing about average worker pay. There is a six digit difference between my annual pay and my wife's annual pay.
 
phattonez said:
CC, that's a bold statement, and it's wrong. I make only a little bit more than that right now, and I live quite comfortably. So yes, I would do it. The only ones who wouldn't do it are those with a family or those who would do their job for no pay. But even those with a family, if both spouses were taking this home, would also be able to retire.

So yeah, it's more than enough. I'd be gone in a flash.
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Now THAT's a very bold statement itself... judging for everyone who would and who would not do it.

I appreciate everyone who does live - and even comfortably - on that amount per year... i would not know how to do that. I'd sure had to move away from NYC (rent is more than that already), And i will have to cut back in every area of my life, a lot.
I can see how some of those in that situation do find other things to value, aside from money and commerce, and who even appreciate their "opportunity" to focus on the more important things in life. It would not be for me though. i have lived on 800$ / month at times, i know that all i have acheived today comes from work and what i was able to accomplish.. and i would not want to go back to the 800$ times. Though i had fun back then too.

Other than that, no way would i choose a government paycheck over work, ever. I'd rather work for 18k$ per year, then get 25 k from the government for nothing.
 
Fisher said:
Household income means nothing about average worker pay. There is a six digit difference between my annual pay and my wife's annual pay.
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Yes but the question is if you had $25,000 guaranteed INCOME, would you quit your job? In a lot of parts of the country, you could not afford to live comfortably on $25,000 a year income.
 
NeoVsMatrix said:
Now THAT's a very bold statement itself... judging for everyone who would and who would not do it.

I appreciate everyone who does live - and even comfortably - on that amount per year... i would not know how to do that. I'd sure had to move away from NYC (rent is more than that already), And i will have to cut back in every area of my life, a lot.
I can see how some of those in that situation do find other things to value, aside from money and commerce, and who even appreciate their "opportunity" to focus on the more important things in life. It would not be for me though. i have lived on 800$ / month at times, i know that all i have acheived today comes from work and what i was able to accomplish.. and i would not want to go back to the 800$ times. Though i had fun back then too.

Other than that, no way would i choose a government paycheck over work, ever. I'd rather work for 18k$ per year, then get 25 k from the government for nothing.
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Maybe you won the lottery? :mrgreen:
 
Sounds a lot like Social Security.
 
Does this extend to all cases?

I'm a student living at home with a part-time job, so for long as college years goes, I'd take the deal. :D
 
Fisher said:
Household income means nothing about average worker pay. There is a six digit difference between my annual pay and my wife's annual pay.
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I doubt the avg worker pay is much lower than what I posted. It sure is no where near 27K.
 
If I was older and get the job I want to hell no, that is way too little. If I lived in a backwater maybe. I have no idea how you can live of 25,000$ and not want to earn more.
 
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