check in here if you would kill for not a $500k job, but just a "lowly" $50k job

[LSK]

There are many of us who would be perfectly glad to wreck Wall Street for 10 times less.

ps: Not literally kill ;)

[tabbycat31]

1. yes

[pleah]

2. K&R

:)

[sister taoist]

3. Right on! I am beginning to wonder about the incomes of DUers...

That thread about the $500,000 blew my mind and really pissed me off. Anyone who could make that statement must not have the problems of the average person in this country.

[guitar man]

4. since I make about $35k now

damn right I would ;)

[lapfog_1]

5. Woudl be ok with me right now. - n/t

[RockaFowler]

6. Yes

I'm making less than I was 10 years ago and I have a better job now. I guess that's what happens when you go to school to better yourself.

[Starry Messenger]

7. less than 30, 000 here.

50,000 would be like winning the lottery for me!

[Lorien]

8. I doubt I would actually "kill" for any job, but I'd be thrilled with a 50k job

right now. That would be 35%of what I made ten years ago and 50k more than what I'm making today.

[jillan]

9. Count me in.

And the thing is, people who work for 50k or less are probably working 100x harder than those making over 500K.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. I'll bet that is true.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. People need jobs. Good jobs.

The Repukes don't want to employ people, because they don't believe that the circulation of money starts with the lower and middle classes.

Supply side economics is a farce. We must have demand. Supplying something is no good if nobody has money to buy it.

---Person who spent 12 years in college, has 3 degrees including a doctorate in law, and hasn't had a decent job since the first Clinton administration.

[nichomachus]

11. I'll do it for $25K -- but I'll need a private jet.

[trackfan]

12. That would be a raise for me. n/t

[rrneck]

13. Hell, you got twenty bucks you're not using? nt

[TK421]

14. absolutely yes....

:thumbsup:

[aquart]

15. I've always been a cheap date.

[Blue_Tires]

16. +1

most i've ever made was 31k...and that was for ONE year

[glowing]

17. Yep, that would help our family out immensly.

[corruptmewithpower]

18. A "lowly" 50K gives me something to aspire to.

But I don't think I'd enjoy the money if I had to kill someone for it.

[Dukkha]

19. I'd settle for 40k myself

I live for my need not for my greed

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[LeftHandPath]

22. The scary part is...

that YOU would have done a lot better job running these companies than the crooks making $50 million a year.

[yy4me]

23. As long as the commute does not include a certain highway

near us that is notorious for jams and accidents, I'd jump at it. At my age and with a measly SS check and unemployment check, it would be a huge jump up.

[Hydra]

24. I'd kill for 50k

I've worked for more than 10 years towards that goal- and seeing people whine about 500k(or worse, that rant about inheriting a 4 mil + business) makes me wonder where all the money's been all these years- I must have missed out.

[FloridaJudy]

25. I wouldn't kill, steal or have sex for it

But there isn't a heckuvalot else I wouldn't do for one.

[lumberjack_jeff]

28. I was with you right up to #3.

:)

[FloridaJudy]

29. Have you *seen* kind of people you have to have sex with

In order to get a job? Fifty grand is not enough.

[tech3149]

26. I'd do the job for any living wage

so long as it were the job I loved to do and I could do the job the way I knew it needed to be done. I'm tired of being a wage slave and won't work for an organization that values something other than my skills and commitment to doing the job I was hired for.

If I were an executive for any of these companies that have taken a nose dive, I'd forfeit my pay and walk away in shame without any bonus or severance package. But then I'm just a mindless liberal with no ethical standard.

[Mike 03]

27. I remember when 50K was a ton of money. NT

[vixengrl]

30. People making that right now would even kill to sure of keeping it.

Well, not kill :). But it's an income where you can put something away. You have breathing space. You can can make your bills without going, "I'm paid Friday, so phone bill's going to be mailed Thursday...." You can live a little on $50k.

The idea that a half a million dollar is not a lot of money doesn't strike true to people making something in the five figures. Doesn't to me. If I kept my current expenses, and was making (note my word choice)a half a million dollars a year, why, I'd be pretty well set in no time. Might even think about retiring in ten years or so and just enjoy my freedom.

[Sebastian Doyle]

31. Got a $50K job? Where do I sign?

Hell, I'll do brain surgery for $50K. Probably should only operate on Repukes until I know what I'm doing though. Not like anyone will notice if I fuck that up. :evilgrin:

[Royal Sloan 09]

32. on board with that, eom

[northofdenali]

33. I'd take one for $25000 easily.

I'd take one for half that.

Hard to be job hunting at my age.