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[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net [S] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

There is none of that. Unemployment is barely enough to scrape by for most people, and it kinda just boils down to how much money you have when you lose a job.

Death to america

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[–] SimulatedLiberalism@hexbear.net 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Fuck. Good luck my friend, hope you get paid soon.

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[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net [S] 6 points 3 years ago

I got my severance before I signed anything soooo time to fuck up this laptop

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[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 11 points 3 years ago

in america you just burn through savings if you have it

its a struggle

i didnt take my first vacation as an adult until i was 36

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[+] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I should also add that there's a lot of means testing for unemployment depending on the state and sometimes you tick the wrong box and they've got you faxing documents in triplicate just for a couple hundred bucks.

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 3 years ago

As an aside from unemployment specifically but on the topic of "social safety nets"...

I found a website for a US state's SNAP program (assistance buying food).

Digging through the details... if you have a job but work less than 20 hours at that job, you could be denied OR penalized for not working enough hours.

For the record, my current job if I ONLY punched in/out when the office was opened/closed, would only be 16 hours a week. joker-shopping