Re: OT - Personal Whine

Dave Bugg wrote:
Little Malice wrote:
Foo, I got laid off today. Business (food production) is very slow
and this is the 3rd round of layoffs. Oh well, at least DH still has
*his* job there. And (ObFood?) he gets to make dinner tonight so I
can sit around feeling sorry for myself, so there...

What a bummer. Hopefully your unemployment insurance will help a bit
until you can find something else. If I could, I'd give you a great,
big box of dark chocolates to help mellow yer mood :-)

It's too bad unemployment insurance only lasts about 6 weeks. And it's a
pittance compared to what you earned. I suppose something is better than
nothing, but still... you pay into the system for years and get nothing
back. Ticks me off. That's why when I was able to get food stamps I
certainly took advantage of it. I'd been paying into the system for (at
least) 25 years. So hell yes, I used them.

But I couldn't get any help at all for medical and no help to pay my other
bills. Why? Because I don't have children or grandchildren. Shouldn't one
get credit for not popping out kid after kid after kid? They then have
other kids who are living off of and learning to live off the system. How
about set that money aside for scholarships?Don't put it in the hands of
people who abuse the system. A children's trust fund. Money allotted for
college. If they don't go to college, they don't get a dime. You don't
even have to have more than a dime.

If you've paid into the system I say certainly reap what you've sowed if you
need to. But don't continue to allow multi-generations to abuse it. (This
will be a very unpopular opinion.)

Jill


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