Think you'll never need welfare? Play this game & find out!

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http://playspent.org/

BinauralJam

That was Cool! i made to the end with 50 bucks left. YA ME!!!

yoke

played.. came out with 950 at the end of the month even after replacing a window that was broken in my apartment oh and apparently I will am not eating right if I buy fruit,veggies, milk, chicken and toilet paper.


whoops, that should have said 850.. typing with baby on my lap

rtdbaker

I enjoyed how it basically tells you to play the lottery as a way to escape what is happening

InsideMan

Made it with $590 left.

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So what did y'all go without to make it to the end of the month with so much money left? Dental work? Kids' sports? Car insurance? Paying bills?

BinauralJam

Medical Insurance

fuck

Made it to the end of the month with $188.

I got fired from work for trying to start a union. lol i can imagine going home to the wife that day

"You're a waiter. what the fuck are you trying to start a union for?!?!"
"fuck you woman!"

I also taught my kid awesome lessons like when she was supposedly sitting in the backseat as I hit a parked car, messed it up, and drove away without paying damages. "Don't worry honey, God will understand. we're poor"

Jeanwah

So... you can either be cutthroat, and survive...saying no to everyone and everything...or you could actually care about possibly doing the right thing, and/or care about someone other than your own self and succumb to gov't assistance. That's the results really. I didn't last til the end.

JOEJOEJOE

I ran out of dough on day 25!

Luckily February is a short month!

But seriously, that was a great eye-opener...it shows how every decision you make may have a hidden cost.

mookeywrench

950 left over after paying a credit card bill, going to court, giving my kid hot lunches.

I'm not buying this.

I chose serving tables because WA state doesn't allow business owners to pay below min. wage for those making tips. So I would be starting at nearly 9 an hour with base pay.

On top of that I wouldn't have made poor financial choices such as having a dog, racking up a credit card payment (where min. pmts are usually 15-25 not 200 something). And most importantly I wouldn't have had a kid. I would have also found a roomate to cut back on rent. Also I would ditch the car.

In fact, I probably would have had plenty left over to help out my sick friend-in-need except the government took too much money out of my paycheck for SUTA and FUTA that I'm just under budget for the month.

So instead my money inefficiently goes to some fresh-faced just out of college students who are conning the system anyway so he can have a gap year before he enters the work force and some inner city person who now has just enough money to start funding his meth lab since drugs are more important than getting his life together.

Life is choices.

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mookeywrench wrote:

950 left over after paying a credit card bill, going to court, giving my kid hot lunches.

I'm not buying this.

I chose serving tables because WA state doesn't allow business owners to pay below min. wage for those making tips. So I would be starting at nearly 9 an hour with base pay.

On top of that I wouldn't have made poor financial choices such as having a dog, racking up a credit card payment (where min. pmts are usually 15-25 not 200 something). And most importantly I wouldn't have had a kid. I would have also found a roomate to cut back on rent. Also I would ditch the car.

In fact, I probably would have had plenty left over to help out my sick friend-in-need except the government took too much money out of my paycheck for SUTA and FUTA that I'm just under budget for the month.

So instead my money inefficiently goes to some fresh-faced just out of college students who are conning the system anyway so he can have a gap year before he enters the work force and some inner city person who now has just enough money to start funding his meth lab since drugs are more important than getting his life together.

Life is choices.

So it sounds like you're saying you would never be in this position because it's not possible for you to lose your job?? :? Wow - you must have some job security!

People with good jobs have no reason to not get a dog or have kids, so how can you fault anyone for either of this things just because they unexpectedly lost their job many years in the future? Also, if you had no other money & expected to find another good job as soon as possible, you really wouldn't use a credit card to pay your bills & feed your kid? Would you just get welfare or move I to a shelter right away or what? And I don't know where you live, but MANY people in this country live in places where they HAVE to have a car so they can work.

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Did you play this game, Heidi? Just wondering.

Blockhead

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Did you play this game, Heidi? Just wondering.

Yes I did last night, I think I had 108 at the end of the month. I didn't realize there were only 3 job options available in real life?

twisted thoughts

wow. depressing. yet so true.
makes me feel kinda blessed in a way (seeing how i ALWAYS opt to buy the PJ merch/tix over paying a bill that needs to be paid that month) screw you interest!!! :P

pandora

so now unemployment benefits are the same as welfare hmmm really?
I missed when that took place in our country.

I think perhaps they are still two very different things.

mookeywrench

I was rattling of taxes as a generality, didn't mean it to come across as though unemployment=welfare.

It's not even the big picture.

All I'm trying to say is that I would rather control how and where my welfare goes rather than the government doing it for me.

mookeywrench

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So it sounds like you're saying you would never be in this position because it's not possible for you to lose your job?? :? Wow - you must have some job security!

People with good jobs have no reason to not get a dog or have kids, so how can you fault anyone for either of this things just because they unexpectedly lost their job many years in the future? Also, if you had no other money & expected to find another good job as soon as possible, you really wouldn't use a credit card to pay your bills & feed your kid? Would you just get welfare or move I to a shelter right away or what? And I don't know where you live, but MANY people in this country live in places where they HAVE to have a car so they can work.

You can fault them because there's many safety nets around unexpectedly losing a job. You can priotize finding a job that has good job security or have the 6 months savings cusion.

If unemployment is a constant inherant risk then it never comes unexpected. See it that way and you'll always be prepared.

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mookeywrench wrote:

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So it sounds like you're saying you would never be in this position because it's not possible for you to lose your job?? :? Wow - you must have some job security!

People with good jobs have no reason to not get a dog or have kids, so how can you fault anyone for either of this things just because they unexpectedly lost their job many years in the future? Also, if you had no other money & expected to find another good job as soon as possible, you really wouldn't use a credit card to pay your bills & feed your kid? Would you just get welfare or move I to a shelter right away or what? And I don't know where you live, but MANY people in this country live in places where they HAVE to have a car so they can work.

You can fault them because there's many safety nets around unexpectedly losing a job. You can priotize finding a job that has good job security or have the 6 months savings cusion.

If unemployment is a constant inherant risk then it never comes unexpected. See it that way and you'll always be prepared.

NO ONE can guarantee that they'll always be prepared.

pandora

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mookeywrench wrote:

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So it sounds like you're saying you would never be in this position because it's not possible for you to lose your job?? :? Wow - you must have some job security!

People with good jobs have no reason to not get a dog or have kids, so how can you fault anyone for either of this things just because they unexpectedly lost their job many years in the future? Also, if you had no other money & expected to find another good job as soon as possible, you really wouldn't use a credit card to pay your bills & feed your kid? Would you just get welfare or move I to a shelter right away or what? And I don't know where you live, but MANY people in this country live in places where they HAVE to have a car so they can work.

You can fault them because there's many safety nets around unexpectedly losing a job. You can priotize finding a job that has good job security or have the 6 months savings cusion.

If unemployment is a constant inherant risk then it never comes unexpected. See it that way and you'll always be prepared.

NO ONE can guarantee that they'll always be prepared.

YES some can guarantee they will always be prepared ..they are running the show!

JOEJOEJOE

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mookeywrench wrote:

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So it sounds like you're saying you would never be in this position because it's not possible for you to lose your job?? :? Wow - you must have some job security!

People with good jobs have no reason to not get a dog or have kids, so how can you fault anyone for either of this things just because they unexpectedly lost their job many years in the future? Also, if you had no other money & expected to find another good job as soon as possible, you really wouldn't use a credit card to pay your bills & feed your kid? Would you just get welfare or move I to a shelter right away or what? And I don't know where you live, but MANY people in this country live in places where they HAVE to have a car so they can work.

You can fault them because there's many safety nets around unexpectedly losing a job. You can priotize finding a job that has good job security or have the 6 months savings cusion.

If unemployment is a constant inherant risk then it never comes unexpected. See it that way and you'll always be prepared.

NO ONE can guarantee that they'll always be prepared.

You can't guarantee it, but you can take steps to be partially prepared.