Comments on: Financing the Unemployed Networkers http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:14:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Rick Beagle http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6315 Rick Beagle Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:47:31 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6315 "Oh, that’s right. On MSNBC last week the Honorable (*cough* *cough*) Nancy Pelosi said that allowing tax decreases to expire is NOT the same as a tax increase! Thanks for the clarification Nancy." And allowing it to continue isn't adding to our national debt (cough cough). Two wars and we cut our funding?! What retard thought that was a good idea? Oh yeah..... “Oh, that’s right. On MSNBC last week the Honorable (*cough* *cough*) Nancy Pelosi said that allowing tax decreases to expire is NOT the same as a tax increase! Thanks for the clarification Nancy.”

And allowing it to continue isn’t adding to our national debt (cough cough). Two wars and we cut our funding?! What retard thought that was a good idea? Oh yeah…..

]]> By: MasterPo http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 MasterPo Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6262 09 - What's your profession? Makes it hard to discuss specifics w/o knowing. ;-) Regardless of the work you do it's pretty easy to look up surveys and projections of where the jobs and are not for various fields. I agree you shouldn't (necessarily) just up and move somewhere hoping to find work once you get there. But you can start the search from home or contact a headhunter in the area. No one (of any value that is) will fault someone for wanting to have a job in hand before moving. I've done that too. Also have to factor in the kind of life and life style you want, if you are married or want to be, have kids or want to have kids, etc etc. I would also remind people that it is not without precidence in American (and world) history for people to temporarily go places far from home for work and send the money back. Damn shameful IMO that in this day and age we may yet still come to that! But it is an option too. ps- Just wait until next year when the Bush tax cuts expire. Can you say "double-whammy"? pps- Oh, that's right. On MSNBC last week the Honorable (*cough* *cough*) Nancy Pelosi said that allowing tax decreases to expire is NOT the same as a tax increase! Thanks for the clarification Nancy. 09 – What’s your profession? Makes it hard to discuss specifics w/o knowing. ;-)

Regardless of the work you do it’s pretty easy to look up surveys and projections of where the jobs and are not for various fields.

I agree you shouldn’t (necessarily) just up and move somewhere hoping to find work once you get there. But you can start the search from home or contact a headhunter in the area. No one (of any value that is) will fault someone for wanting to have a job in hand before moving. I’ve done that too.

Also have to factor in the kind of life and life style you want, if you are married or want to be, have kids or want to have kids, etc etc.

I would also remind people that it is not without precidence in American (and world) history for people to temporarily go places far from home for work and send the money back. Damn shameful IMO that in this day and age we may yet still come to that! But it is an option too.

ps- Just wait until next year when the Bush tax cuts expire. Can you say “double-whammy”?

pps- Oh, that’s right. On MSNBC last week the Honorable (*cough* *cough*) Nancy Pelosi said that allowing tax decreases to expire is NOT the same as a tax increase! Thanks for the clarification Nancy.

]]> By: MasterPo http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6261 MasterPo Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:47:52 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6261 Mary, No one ever said it was all unemployed people. But there *definately* are a good number like that. This isn't new either. Back in the recesion of late 2001/2002 I read many articles in the WSJ about people taking their unemp pay and going on vacation or taking pottery classes or just laying back and taking it easy rather than pound the pavement! :-O Mary,

No one ever said it was all unemployed people. But there *definately* are a good number like that.

This isn’t new either.

Back in the recesion of late 2001/2002 I read many articles in the WSJ about people taking their unemp pay and going on vacation or taking pottery classes or just laying back and taking it easy rather than pound the pavement! :-O

]]> By: 09allin http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6257 09allin Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:56 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6257 i must say that many of the points of view expressed here have merit. My question is this. Where in our coutry is there an economy "booming" enough that it makes sense to move to for employment? I am not unemployed, but am looking for a change in climate. If anyone has some insight into locations and local economies looking for specific talent I would appreciate some information. I am currently located in N.W. Ohio where the economy is fairly dismal at this point in time. I have friends here who have recently become unemployed for the first time in their lives. They are highly talented, motivated, and educated. they too are looking. Thanks i must say that many of the points of view expressed here have merit. My question is this. Where in our coutry is there an economy “booming” enough that it makes sense to move to for employment? I am not unemployed, but am looking for a change in climate. If anyone has some insight into locations and local economies looking for specific talent I would appreciate some information. I am currently located in N.W. Ohio where the economy is fairly dismal at this point in time. I have friends here who have recently become unemployed for the first time in their lives. They are highly talented, motivated, and educated. they too are looking.
Thanks

]]> By: Rick Beagle http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6254 Rick Beagle Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:14:39 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6254 Mary, Thank you for your comment, and let me add my voice as someone who has never seen nor met these deadbeats. I don't doubt they exist, they and I just don't seem to run with the same crowd. The crowd I run with are people in their 40's receiving unemployment for the first time in their lives. And trust me, they have zero desire to stay unemployed.... Mary,

Thank you for your comment, and let me add my voice as someone who has never seen nor met these deadbeats. I don’t doubt they exist, they and I just don’t seem to run with the same crowd. The crowd I run with are people in their 40’s receiving unemployment for the first time in their lives. And trust me, they have zero desire to stay unemployed….

]]> By: Rick Beagle http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6253 Rick Beagle Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:08:20 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6253 "Rick – Here’s a radical thought: MOVE to someplace with better employment prospects! Yes, I know it isn’t as easy as it sounds. But if the alternative is being unemployed for years and years or being grossly under-employed seems you need to bite the bullet and leave." You provide a solution and then in the next sentence realize that it may not be plausible. However, I do NOT disagree with you entirely. People should do what they can to get a job, and just to be clear, no one is suggesting unemployment for "years and years". It doesn't take a lot of brainpower to realize that the country is in trouble right now, and providing a helping hand through these times is reasonable. “Rick – Here’s a radical thought: MOVE to someplace with better employment prospects!

Yes, I know it isn’t as easy as it sounds. But if the alternative is being unemployed for years and years or being grossly under-employed seems you need to bite the bullet and leave.”

You provide a solution and then in the next sentence realize that it may not be plausible. However, I do NOT disagree with you entirely. People should do what they can to get a job, and just to be clear, no one is suggesting unemployment for “years and years”. It doesn’t take a lot of brainpower to realize that the country is in trouble right now, and providing a helping hand through these times is reasonable.

]]> By: Mary http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/10/22/financing-unemployed-networkers/comment-page-1/#comment-6251 Mary Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:17:39 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4822#comment-6251 Well, I can't say I've ever seen these alleged people who want to take their unemployment benefits and sit on their rear ends. Unemployment is so much less income than working. My husband was laid off from his $130 K a year job two months ago and is getting less than $20K per year in unemployment. So he's maxed out. It's pretty hard to live on less than $20K a year, no matter who you are and what your expenses are. Plus we have to pay COBRA for continuing our medical benefits, which without the stimulus package help, would be MORE MONEY EVERY MONTH THAN HIS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS! You can bet he highly motivated to get another job. Oh, and I work too, and we have two kids. Another friend got laid off from his $150 K a year job as a software architect and is working contract jobs while he is trying to land another permanent position. His wife doesn't work. He never considered unemployment for one second. He is busting his rear trying to get contracts (this one ends next month) and looking for work. Well, I can’t say I’ve ever seen these alleged people who want to take their unemployment benefits and sit on their rear ends. Unemployment is so much less income than working. My husband was laid off from his $130 K a year job two months ago and is getting less than $20K per year in unemployment. So he’s maxed out. It’s pretty hard to live on less than $20K a year, no matter who you are and what your expenses are. Plus we have to pay COBRA for continuing our medical benefits, which without the stimulus package help, would be MORE MONEY EVERY MONTH THAN HIS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS! You can bet he highly motivated to get another job. Oh, and I work too, and we have two kids.

Another friend got laid off from his $150 K a year job as a software architect and is working contract jobs while he is trying to land another permanent position. His wife doesn’t work. He never considered unemployment for one second. He is busting his rear trying to get contracts (this one ends next month) and looking for work.

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