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Starry Messenger

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4. I was just looking on the letter that Social Security sends out every year.

Reply to shenmue (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 05:19 PM

Aug 2015

2005 is marked "0." It still gives me a pang to look at it. I quit a job because it was completely getting horrible and kept applying for things all year. Unsuccessfully. I finally got this job when an old teacher of mine found me and told me to apply. I am now super-cautious and cling to this job like a hermit crab, even though the pay is low and there are no real health benefits.

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Psychologists say something scary happens when you're unemployed for a while [View all] Starry Messenger Aug 2015 OP

True shenmue Aug 2015 #1

I was just looking on the letter that Social Security sends out every year. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #4

I've got a choice between two interviews shenmue Aug 2015 #16

((hugs)) to you too! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #18

Thanks shenmue Aug 2015 #19

I hope one of them works out for you LiberalEsto Aug 2015 #27

Unless this correlates over many different societies and economies Demeter Aug 2015 #2

Great point. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #5

The unaccounted for factor in this equation is the safety net FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #10

True,human nature will Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #3

Fear of not being able to survive. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #6

Been there done that and Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #9

(((hugs))) Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #14

Sure as hell make me a better more Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #28

Words to live by, Wellstone ruled. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #29

I was laid off several years ago - TBF Aug 2015 #7

The way this country treats moms is insane. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #8

There should be a mandatory 90 days FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #12

I agree. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #15

Did the changes persist if the person gets Sanity Claws Aug 2015 #11

The study suggests that you rebound, but caution that further study is needed. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #17

very surprising that people in that situation would act like they're unhappy HFRN Aug 2015 #13

Pick a population. Disrespect them like we do unemployed people, people of color, people in or near jtuck004 Aug 2015 #20

Well without jobs/healthcare they die - TBF Aug 2015 #21

We have millions of people without jobs or healthcare who don't die before spending decades jtuck004 Aug 2015 #23

I'd be curious to see if the people forced out of the workforce Hydra Aug 2015 #22

It would be interesting to add in the self-employment group to such a study. TygrBright Aug 2015 #24

interesting huhu Aug 2015 #30

It seems consistent with what I've observed thebighobgoblin Aug 2015 #25

Definitely true in my case LiberalEsto Aug 2015 #26

Hey, LiberalEsto, glad to see you here. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #31

Filled in for our H-R person for two days. Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #32