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Funny, when I’ve been laid off, I’ve been relieved that there’s no kid depending on me for food and health insurance and no spouse to divorce me. I think I’d ha
by hotpotamus 3y ago
Funny, when I’ve been laid off, I’ve been relieved that there’s no kid depending on me for food and health insurance and no spouse to divorce me. I think I’d have a breakdown if that were the case, but I guess we’re all different.
- binary132 3y agoPressure and responsibility tend to motivate people.
- hotpotamus 3y agoThe number of fatherless children suggests that that is not exactly a hard and fast rule. Given enough pressure, anything will burst; I had a colleague kill himself after being unable to find good work, leaving a wife and daughter. Some of us just aren’t cut out for all that.
- sys_64738 3y agoThere are lots of government programs for kids if you don't work. Medicaid and SNAP for example.
- hotpotamus 3y agoI live with marginal disability in a state with 5 million uninsured people; I'm not taking any chances that depend on social safety nets.