I honestly have trouble understanding the other side of it. I have always been working class. I have a good job now in tech now and could weather 6 months of job searching if I needed to, but if I lost my job today, I would absolutely take the first available job I could find, even if that is something "beneath" me like retail or hospitality. I don't think I could ever be convinced that it was safe to be unemployed for any length of time. Sure, I could take the time now, but what if I need that money later on for something that I don't have a choice about, like an illness, natural disaster, etc.?It's just too risky to ever be unemployed in the United States unless you are already so wealthy that you don't need to work at all anyway.
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