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>would enable people to volunteer their time in areas like elder care, child care, culture and the environment.' We recently went through a several year period

• Xylakant 12y ago
  people did not have free time, they were scrambling to get the bills paid.
  • derekp7 12y ago
    Personally, I was unemployed over the summer in 2008 (four months). Now I had a good severance package, and there were very few job interviews, so overall I think I spent maybe a few hours a week on looking for work. But I didn't really accomplish much during that time (I was much more productive writing open source over a 1.5 week holiday break a year or two back). I guess that must have been because I was so burned out from not having any real vacation for 10 years, that 4 months of downtime (without scrambling to pay bills, etc) caused me to just zone out at the camper and sleep most of the time.
• jordan0day 12y ago
  That seems a bit glib, seeing as how many of those people were probably spending a great deal of time worrying about keeping their home and trying to find new employment.