Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Sadly, some of these guys are serious about unemployment. I saw this discussed on another forum and crazy enough someone mentioned it won't work....because they actually tried. Some people just have no shame and are clearly detached from the reality of this world. Hopefully they had a chance to sit in the lobby next to some people who have no idea if there kids will have a place to lay their heads next month after getting let go from their $15/hr job. Probably not the best time to open up your retirement account app that has 5-20x+ the cash in it than the average American has at age 65.
The Median retirement savings is probably less than many of these guys made in the last few months of work.
Could you use the same justification for not collecting social security? Technically you pay into both so what is the difference morally and ethically speaking?