[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by smeagol

its like those lotto winners. always annoys me when people win the lotto n return to work. why buy a ticket they have zero imagination and dont deserve the money

if people are well off n bored they can always run their own business or do charity work.
theres always plenty of things to do

[Me. I Am Salman]

I'd probably start a business

[Z]

I'd want a part time job, it's nice to have some structure.

[Brother Leon]

If I was financially set for life, I would probably just invest it into something and be an owner/director of something I have an interest in and that could be my "work". No way would I be doing something tedious just for the sake of "doing something" though.

[Nemo123]

Originally Posted by Josy

Say you somehow became financially secure enough to just not work anymore, would you hand in your notice/stop working?

Or would you continue working for the sake of something to do, social side of it, just getting you out of the house etc?

I haven't worked, although I've done plenty of jobs, for about 10 years. Coincidentally, I was watching a guy on Youtube, (a man in the pub said), who said 41% of the population of America of working age, weren't in work. They'd opted out, and because they weren't actively seeking work, or in receipt of social welfare, weren't counted. This kept the official unemployment rate at somewhere under 10%, and it applies to Ireland and the UK too.
So, almost half the working age population don't work.

[Princess]

Not a chance. I'd read and write and bake and travel and read and write some more.

[joeysteele]

Yes, I probably would. I will be doing something I really enjoy so it would remain an important part of my life.

[Enid]

I'd just eat and **** all day if I could.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Enid

I'd just eat and **** all day if I could.

Originally Posted by Nemo123

I haven't worked, although I've done plenty of jobs, for about 10 years. Coincidentally, I was watching a guy on Youtube, (a man in the pub said), who said 41% of the population of America of working age, weren't in work. They'd opted out, and because they weren't actively seeking work, or in receipt of social welfare, weren't counted. This kept the official unemployment rate at somewhere under 10%, and it applies to Ireland and the UK too.
So, almost half the working age population don't work.

Sounds like Beck/fox nonsense to me. I bet he was ultra right, and I bet it lead on to blaming Obama.