Up on the boards presently is a post about someone who has recently retired, being offered short-term work at a rate of $1000/day. Perhaps 3 times more than what he was making when working for the company. The arguments for not accepting the job are indeed strong, and I don't think the OP will accept.
My wife is in a similar position, to where she could work part-time, but she would have to pay self-employment tax, to which she would get zero benefits.
It just seems like such a terrible waste. That with all of our collective knowledge (and energy), the potential to do good, instead withers away and dries up. Not that there are other ways to help others, but that the system is set up in such a way as to have people turn down offers such as the one above.
When the wife does work, it's pro-bono. I know too she would like to stay relevant in her craft and I mine, but it's just not worth it. Too bad there's not some kind of happy medium.
My wife is in a similar position, to where she could work part-time, but she would have to pay self-employment tax, to which she would get zero benefits.
It just seems like such a terrible waste. That with all of our collective knowledge (and energy), the potential to do good, instead withers away and dries up. Not that there are other ways to help others, but that the system is set up in such a way as to have people turn down offers such as the one above.
When the wife does work, it's pro-bono. I know too she would like to stay relevant in her craft and I mine, but it's just not worth it. Too bad there's not some kind of happy medium.