I don't like the idea of punishing the financially responsible, but I also don't think miserly millionaires should be picking up free food from the pantry.
love this quote!
Thanks!
You don't happen to have any wisdom on where the line is?
For me, currently somewhere less than $600/week.
The company I work for has cut us to 4 days a week and is working with the state to get us prorated unemployment (1/5 the weekly benefit). The only thing we have to do is register a bank account if we want direct deposit. All the other paperwork is taken care of.
If the prorated state unemployment was the only money at stake, I’d have opted out by now. But we’ve been told we’re eligible for the $600/week from the feds.
Down the one path are my principles. On the other is $600/week, the knowledge that a principled stand on my part would make zero difference to the ~$3T deficit (after CARES Act; would probably have been $1T+ even without the pandemic) or the $23T debt. My employer is working with the state to get me on the second path. Inertia, you’ve won for now.