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View Poll Results: How did or do you earn your money?
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Private sector employee
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69.08% |
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Self employeed/business owner
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14.47% |
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Military
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6.58% |
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Civilian Federal or State employee
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22.37% |
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How did or do you earn your money?
02-21-2011, 10:36 AM
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How did or do you earn your money?
What type of organization did you work for?
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02-21-2011, 10:40 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Some of us did more than one.
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02-21-2011, 10:53 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2008
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Some of us did less than one....
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02-21-2011, 10:55 AM
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Technically, I've done all four. However, the majority of my life's income has been divided between military & federal civilian service. I'd say about 25% military, 75% civilian federal.
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02-21-2011, 11:12 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
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There are other options, e.g. public sector employee, heiress (!), lottery winner... 
And although I voted Self Employed, I have been all three!
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02-21-2011, 11:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pittsburgh, PA suburbs
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Mostly (and currently) government. I have worked at the federal, state, and city levels over the years, but also put in a significant amount of time in the private sector. I also spent a couple of years as a reference librarian at a large public university.
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02-21-2011, 11:20 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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Public sector until age 30.
Federal civilian until age 48.
Now...FIREd and loving it. 
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02-21-2011, 11:37 AM
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Head of a Major Religion, Professional Athlete, and Star of Stage and Screen are among the many missing options in this poll.
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Living an analog life in the Digital Age.
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02-21-2011, 11:45 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Head of a Major Religion, Professional Athlete, and Star of Stage and Screen are among the many missing options in this poll.
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Unfortunately RE does not seem to be an option for the Pope!
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02-21-2011, 11:48 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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02-21-2011, 11:52 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Unfortunately RE does not seem to be an option for the Pope!
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True! Or any Catholic priest! Their "early" retirement is allowed at 70 - but retirement for priests becomes mandatory at 75. Retired priests are allowed to continue living at the rectory, but the local church probably expects them to assist with Masses. In the next nine years, 50% of the current RC priests will be retiring due to age!* Of course there are exceptions for failing health - they do let you out to pasture then...
*I have been tasked with recruiting Navy chaplains - this new knowledge has been fascinating learning!
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02-21-2011, 02:17 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Self employed 20+ years
Consultant 7+ years
Job w megacorp 1 year (They were in negotiation to sell the company when I was hired)
Working for small business 7 years
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02-21-2011, 03:02 PM
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Location: Pasadena CA
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Mostly Federal career, did work in industry a few years, DW worked for local (not state) school districts as a teacher, also in local parochial school. Currently also teaches part time at local private college.
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02-21-2011, 03:37 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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What? No category for "illicit earnings"?  
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02-21-2011, 03:49 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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You need a choice for "Drank and chased women, won lottery"
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02-21-2011, 04:01 PM
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How about "livin' off the fat o' the land"? That's been my strategy so far.
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02-21-2011, 04:12 PM
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How did or do you earn your money?
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Adult film star. Perhaps you have seen some of my films. Some of the more critically aclaimed films are "Girls Gone Vile" and "Behind the Screen Door"
- Good hours. Good Pay. Good benefits. retire young !
Oh Baby !
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02-21-2011, 05:17 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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How about a job wearing thigh high stockings and giving enemas to bad boys ? Okay how about the real version of me wearing scrubs and hoping that they had already done their cleansing ! 
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02-21-2011, 05:38 PM
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Truly hysterical. Still, if you ever fall on hard times, you know you have the skills to be a dominatrix.
The bulk of my lifetime earnings has been from private sector employers. At the moment, my insane asylum employer is generally described as "quasi-public." When I finally get to ER, oh, the stories I could tell you (and any interested senators).
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02-21-2011, 06:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireup2020
In the next nine years, 50% of the current RC priests will be retiring due to age!*
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Will be interesting to see the "Africanization" of the US Priesthood. Africa seems to be the one place where the Catholic Church has the best chance of significantly increasing the number of Priests serving Catholics worlwide.
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