[hotpotamus]

Funny, when I’ve been laid off, I’ve been relieved that there’s no kid depending on me for food and health insurance and no spouse to divorce me. I think I’d have a breakdown if that were the case, but I guess we’re all different.

[sys_64738]

There are lots of government programs for kids if you don't work. Medicaid and SNAP for example.

[hotpotamus]

I live with marginal disability in a state with 5 million uninsured people; I'm not taking any chances that depend on social safety nets.

[binary132]

Pressure and responsibility tend to motivate people.

[hotpotamus]

The number of fatherless children suggests that that is not exactly a hard and fast rule.

Given enough pressure, anything will burst; I had a colleague kill himself after being unable to find good work, leaving a wife and daughter. Some of us just aren’t cut out for all that.