Emergency unemployment benefits in the U.S. expired two weeks ago, but employers who expected an increase in job applications are still largely waiting for them to roll in.
(It appears that they were wrong about why they couldn't fill jobs with sucky pay)
I think once you find out how much money you can save by staying home (gas, child care,fast food, fancier clothes, plus TIME & etc) you try Much harder to make your time a priority. NOBODY needs a $700 phone, IMO, for just one example
I have an expensive phone (Galaxy 10+), but that is because I am partially blind and wanted great accessibility features. On reflection I could have probably spent less.
@snytiger6 my $75 burner TracPhone (no dead spots, ever, it parasites onto Any tower) from Walmart, no contract, no fees, unlimited talk & text for $149 for 2 years, keep your old phone number, GPS etc etc etc does the Exact Same Things, All of them, that my brother's $900++ phone does.(including voice commands/input).
He tried hard to prove otherwise......
@AnneWimsey I'm on my sister's phone plan. She gets 4 lines for $100 a month with unlimited calls and texts (through Cricket).
People found other ways to survive that are better than chain gang mentality jobs that pay scraps.