[chrsw]

You think getting an unemployment check is "living like the 1%"?

[acalzycalzy]

People who are used to making betweeen minimum wage and say $20/hr - getting their standard unemployment check PLUS $600 a week? - ya to them that was living like the 1%: staying home and making more than they were making before and doing what they want.

[seizethegdgap]

My dude, all of the extra pandemic unemployment assistance expired in September of last year.

[acalzycalzy]

I know, and credit card debt has surged. People are doing the best they can to get by on a lot less and not have to work.

Did all these service workers become programmers and are working from Bali?

[jandrewrogers]

During COVID it was, which is what OP was referencing.

My partner received the equivalent of $75k/year on unemployment to do nothing. Using the standard rule of thumb, that is equivalent to owning ~$1.9M in liquid assets, which definitely puts you in the 1%. They didn't even look for a job until early this year.