Comments on: If You Were Strapped For Cash, How Far Would You Go To Make Money?

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:15:29 +0000

Stripping isn't illegal, at least not in my part of the country. It's humiliating and exploitive, but as long as the woman isn't prostituting herself (i.e., performing sex acts for pay), she's not breaking the law. Cleaning other people's houses might be seen as humiliating and exploitive, too. So...what's the problem with one and not the other? If the woman has the assets to make a living performing for men who make fools of themselves in nightclubs, why not? One might argue that working for a lending company that charges usurious rates, such as a payday loan outfit or a credit card company, is immoral and does far more harm than taking off your clothes for unhappy, drunken men. Liv's professor is right about taking a teaching job, which I will be doing as my editorial job comes to an end. Monthly take-home pay will be around $1,500 for teaching three sections of freshman comp, a difficult, mind-numbing, and time-consuming job fraught with endless hassle. Around here, a cleaning lady can get a couple hundred bucks for cleaning a McMansion. That's $600 a week for three days of work, or $2,400 a month. Since most people pay cleaning help in cash, the likelihood that a housekeeper will pocket most or all of that is high. If she does pay her taxes, it won't be more than about 18 percent, leaving her with a net of $1,968 -- still better than she could do with lots more hours of work at a community college, since the community college professor will devote 40 to 60 hours a week to teaching, grading papers, and conferring with students, while the cleaning lady works just 24 hours a week. Think of it: you can make more cleaning house than you can with a Ph.D. and 25 years of experience. I wonder what pole dancers earn? Funny about Moneys last blog post..The bankrupt are not like us(?)

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By: greg

greg — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:48:43 +0000

Living in a growing area there are at least a dozen fast food places as well as convenient stores. If I had to find a quick job I would not be to ashamed to start there. Understanding that God has a plan, I would hope that I would try to find the reason for the job loss, but either way, outside of doing something illegal or immoral, I would do whatever it took to provide for my family. gregs last blog post..The Sound Mind Investing Handbook

By: Past Week’s Reading » JoeTaxpayer

Past Week’s Reading » JoeTaxpayer — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:14:18 +0000

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By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:18:57 +0000

Thought I would throw in a little international flare here. I live in a third world country and work on a regular basis with people in extreme poverty. Those who are poor in my context are not poor because they are unwilling to work. Work is unavailable. Most people where I live would go further than many of us, but just do not have the opportunity. No matter how hard any of us are willing to work, we can thank God for the opportunities he has given citizens of North America to work. Our hard work ethic would amount to nothing without opportunity. Praise be to God for his generosity towards us. Craigs last blog post..Spiritual Lessons from Difficult Economic Times: Part III

By: CindyS

CindyS — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:42 +0000

When I was younger I always wanted to train horses for a living. I gave up that dream decades ago but when I had to do something to make ends meet, the opportunity presented itself, I took it. I never would have thought that I would be breaking and training horses at 50. I figure that God has given me a talent and it would be wrong not to use it. The last year has taught me that God will provide, not always in the way that you expect but when he closes a door, he opens a window. CindySs last blog post..Submit your gardening posts to Carnival of Homesteading

By: liv

liv — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:40:26 +0000

I was talking to a professor about accepting a teaching position for the fall. He asked why I chose to do it. I joked, "getting a job straight out of college in this economy? Yes please!" His response: "Liv, you can always make more money than you ever will in the classroom by moving rock on the corner. If money's what matters to you, quit your job and start slanging." livs last blog post..may 13, 2009

By: Travis @ CMM

Travis @ CMM — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:09:39 +0000

I think like what others have said I’d do whatever it takes without compromising my morals. If that means working for minimum wage at a fast food joint that’s what I would do. Of course I’d be praying every day for a new job or that they would at least promote me to manager. But I’m not above doing anything that it would take to support my family.