Expert said in our ages you cannot count on a job. You have to learn to make you own money. Read this book: Rich dad poor dad.Go to Robert Allen site.

I haven't read the book he mentions, but I basically agree with Peter, if you can't find work, get creative, find something you like and are good at and figure out how to use it to make money. I can't keep a 9-5 job because of my bipolar episodes. So I've made money freelance with a computer business, tutoring students, professional backgammon, buying and selling sci-fi collectives and coins, and most recently breeding show quality betta fish among other things pulling on my particular talents. The Internet opens up a lot of opportunities. Having capital is good, but I have repeatedly been able to come out of an episode essentially penniless, sometimes even homeless, and found a way start something up. I was forced into thinking outside the box by desperate circumstances, but in truth this is often more rewarding than punching someone's time clock.

I have a job and I give up too. There's no getting ahead. In all honesty if you can live off of the system and not work I highly suggest you do it. I cannot because I have a college education and have been working for so long. But people who don't work and get food stamps, medicate etc. will outlive me by about ten years. And they'll have a lot less stress doing it. If you can give up and do absolutely nothing, if the system will take care of you, freakin' do it.

freakin' spell check - I meant mediCAID