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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:42 AM Original message |
How long would you last, realistically, if you lost your job? |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Right now I have three years or more. |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hyperinflation... |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Around 6 months without dipping into the 401k... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. four years now and counting. being adaptable is useful. n/t |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. I can answer that... |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Same here. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. With absolutely no income coming in I could probably last a year, |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. Quit my job last year and went freelance.. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. How about rephrasing this about just losing your income whether it's from |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Social Security. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Did you try for a $4 prescription? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I talked to my doctor and she suggested Secure Horizons the Medicare HMO. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. I've switched every prescription we have to th e$4 list |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. 10 years and counting, so far. |
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happychatter (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. I haven't had a job in many, many years |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. One month without income .... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. It is reality for us - got laid off in April. At age nearly 53, we think |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
16. A couple weeks ago, I would have said assuming I would get unemployment, over a year. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. I was thinking about that today... First |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. One month. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. Let's see... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. I would be fine. I'd just go back to the street, |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. two weeks, nt |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Five years. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hubby and I live on one income. If his 3 clinic days and two 1/3 days |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. About 6 months. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. If *only* my partner or I lost a job, we could get by indefinitely but life would |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. my family is living the nightmare right now |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. Barring any major health issues, about 4 years I'd think |
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marknovota (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. 3 months |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. I would melt like the Wicked Witch Of The West. |
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