>>>>You are dead wrong. I was raised to be self reliant and I always have been until now. And I can't wait for that to change. Do you think I like this?!
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>>>>If anyone wants to give me a job, I'll take it. How's that? My VFP and SQL Server skills are pretty good and .NET is not bad. I'm not asking for a handout.
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>>>>Didn't you just say in another post that you turned down a job because it wouldn't pay you enough? How about looking for any honest job that will pay you an honest wage?
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>>>I should have taken it. Maybe. Would you have taken a temp job for $31 an hour and no benefits?
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>>If I was not working, I would take a job for 7.50/hr and no benefits.....even two or three of them (I've done that before). Take the hours a dedicated developer works and the actual hourly wage goes way down anyway....not to mention you are being productive working period.
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>I think this is a problem (at least in my state). The unemployment in Massachusetts is about $600 a week (if I am not mistaken) and you can collect up to 2 years. So many don't even look for a job (seriously). I think it is bad.

I find that quite surprising. Unemployment in the UK for a couple is about £100.00 per week.