• reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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    However, Pip is not an out-of-work benefit, and economists have pointed out that overall out-of-work benefits have not risen.

    My guess is that adult kids living at home with no prospects of purchasing a house have low expenses since they’re not paying rent and are sharing meals. They don’t necessarily need to draw benefits. They have little incentive to spend a lot of their time working at the grocery if their time itself feels more valuable to them than the wage and what they might purchase with it. I would probably pick up just a couple hours for spending money.

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      I have cancer and am living with family and this is where I am at. My needs are incredibly low because I’m just doing without a lot of stuff. I really need a bed, for example, but oh well, I am just doing without.

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          I mean, I have a bed, it’s just a hand-me-down that’s 25 years old and crappy and sags in the middle, but… it’s technically a bed.

          Anyway, I appreciate the thought, but it’s whatever. Life in the USA sucks, oh well.