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Originally Posted by caballo  For what it's worth, I was pulling in a steadt 6 figure income before we had our 3RD child. Now I'm jobless. Have been for a month. Am I irresponsible? I have no mortgage/rent and no car/creditcard payments.
I'm looking for a job. Any job. But people don't want to hire me for "menial" jobs because they are afraid I'll leave as soon as one in my field opens up. And e live in a rural area so all those jobs are filled. I can move, and I want to, but I'm broke. And I'm not going anywhere that makes me a "paycheck" to my family instead of a Father. Selfish? Maybe. Stupid? perhaps financially. But my wife and kids will know we are a family and THEY are more important than cash. I spend time with them everyday. Meaningful time. not just acknowledging they exist. If that's irresponsible so be it. |
Cab, you're definitely the exception and not the rule and I think you know you're not one of the 'typical' entitlement types I generalized about. I think you're absolutely entitled to unemployment and whatever else you qualify for given your situation and HAVING WORKED AND PAID INTO THE SYSTEM until you lost your job.
Supplemental income from a government source should be about getting through a hard time like you're experiencing instead of being a way of life as it is for so many.
Edit: And I should probably say that I may be particularly jaded on this subject as I now live and in New Orleans lived in an area where there is a lot of abuse of the public assistance programs such as welfare, ADC, food stamps, etc. A lot of people use it to eek out an existence and don't even consider doing anything else, and I'm seeing a lot of that passing from generation to generation in my line of work.