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Coyote_Bandit

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21. I Don't Expect to Ever Again Be Employed
Sun May 5, 2013, 11:41 AM
May 2013

I am 50+, over educated, have been out of the work force for a considerable length of time, and am currently an unpaid sole caregiver for an aging parent.

With a little luck I will come into a small inheritance. It will not be a substantial sum tha will enable me to forego the need to earn a living wage. But with a little more luck it will enable me to start over again. I love to toy with th idea of livng abroad but my more realistic assessment of opportunities to expatriate myself suggests that I will be required to invest virtually all of that $$$ inre-training, starting my own small business, and spending extravagant sums for my own healhcare.

Sucks.

But the unemployment numbers are down... mother earth May 2013 #1
If Republicans are going to demand self-sufficiency ... Laelth May 2013 #2
The video points out the challenge with that Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #7
Precisely. n/t Laelth May 2013 #9
K&R Newest Reality May 2013 #3
There is a seedy underbelly to this, BTW Newest Reality May 2013 #4
As a 57YO member chervilant May 2013 #5
Great explanation of the quagmire in that video Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #6
Flashbacks Of The Late 70s and Early 80s... KharmaTrain May 2013 #8
It's hitting the same group of people, too. bluedigger May 2013 #12
Your story is my story. And having your own business and kestrel91316 May 2013 #27
I'm Just RobinA May 2013 #29
"Older" SoCalDem May 2013 #10
Health insurance costs abelenkpe May 2013 #11
Truly frightening. closeupready May 2013 #13
yep PD Turk May 2013 #14
The whole country is in denial about this. And Congress is in denial about what it means for JDPriestly May 2013 #15
Good to see my generation finally being reported on. intheflow May 2013 #16
You're absolutely right. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #23
This is an ongoing major disaster. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #17
Amazingly timely topic for me after my recent operation Cronus Protagonist May 2013 #18
55? Try 45, or even lower. MNBrewer May 2013 #19
Good video but . . . Le Taz Hot May 2013 #20
I Don't Expect to Ever Again Be Employed Coyote_Bandit May 2013 #21
WHOA! That guy in the middle? He's the guy who threw food at a pregnant Micky D employee! Th1onein May 2013 #22
SSI has to be lowered to age 50. It's the only solution, but we are afraid to face it. CK_John May 2013 #24
SSI RobinA May 2013 #30
K&R. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #25
K&R and deeply concerned n/t defacto7 May 2013 #26
I've been on temp. disability from DiverDave May 2013 #28
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