Originally Posted by bigluv

There's so much lose on this board sometimes it startles me.

Anyways. There's a difference between unemployment benefits (which is insurance you have paid for) and welfare and food stamps and whatever else all the hahaha's collect in the USA.

In the days I did work for somebody else, my total compensation was somewhere north of $115K. I paid out the maximum in premiums every year, and so did my employer.

Of course I'm not going to take a minimum wage job at mcdonalds , I'm going to continue to actively seek work in my chosen field that Im experienced and valuable in. Or find a similar field I can transition to, perhaps at a drop in overall pay for some time.

Working at a minimum wage job when you shouldn't be just fucks everyone up. Your job search doesn't see the effort it should, no employer will touch you if they find out you are flipping burgers, and your interviews will certainly be few and far between if you can't get there 9 - 5 because you are busy bussing tables and sweeping the floor. It also reduces the taxes uncle sam should be earning off a high wage earner to worthless levels. I know online workers in general and porn people in specific don't really understand this unless they were a professional in another life, but finding a job at the higher income brackets takes time, and so does the hiring process even once you've found that job.

So in conclusion, you'd have to be fucking stupid to take a minimum wage job if you're higher qualified. However, that doesn't mean there aren't people who SHOULD be working minimum wage, but don't.