Retirement-Semi Retirement, (Tech/a personal study) implementation and discussion

[divs4ever]

It's not for everyone, but like you said 'it's another way of life to look at'.

Nemeth, now 56 and single, doesn’t own her own home or any property. Nor does she receive welfare payments or have any savings, a generous benefactor or a secret stash of emergency cash.​

Perfect. The government can organise and have half the people on social welfare benefits, including the homeless, to go live in country communities that require labour but can't afford to pay for it.

We can get all our small run-down towns repaired, painted and maintained by an army city long term welfare dependent and the homeless. Give them a sense of purpose and meaning to their life, while not having to worry about the day-to-day grind of money and saving for retirement.

For the first three years, Nemeth lived on a friend’s farm, where she built a small shack from discarded building materials before doing some housesitting and living off-grid for a year in a “little blue wagon” in another friend’s back yard. Then, in 2018, she moved into Brodie’s house full-time; it’s now a multigenerational home that includes Brodie’s new partner and one of her sons, Nemeth’s daughter Amy, Amy’s husband and their three small children.​

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Instead of paying rent, Nemeth cooks, cleans, manages the veggie garden and makes items such as soap, washing powder and fermented foods to save the household money and reduce its environmental footprint. And she couldn’t be happier.​

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“I love being at home and I love the challenge of meeting our needs without money – it’s like a game.”​

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It's a win-win for everyone. The tax payer, the homeless, the alternative life-style people, the town and its people, the country, my superannuation, society.

the only problem with that is more than half the people i would wish to live like that are already in Government or have a career there , it would be a hard sell to get the correct people living a realistic life-style outside of the ivory towers .

but is SHE is content then good for her

 

[qldfrog]

It isn't a bad life, I know people who live in a share house and the only money they have is welfare, it isn't for everyone but some enjoy it.
I also know others who could be on a disability pension, but prefer to go to work and struggle to make ends meet, everyone's different and one size doesn't fit all.
As long as they are happy with their choices, that's the main thing.

You will have nothing but be happy, living like a leech on the taxpayers..
And probably asking for a pension and welfare increase because of inflation.
Going as far as being a leech to her own family...to each his her own
Only the Guardian with such role models...

 

[investtrader]

living like a leech on the taxpayers..

I don't like that terminology. There are a myriad reasons why people live on welfare. Sure there are some who 'take advantage' , but it is surely a pretty miserable bloody existence. Our country is fair and the price of this is a few hangers on. We don't want someone like that orange criminal turd making decisions on welfare.
My brother in law has lived on a medical pension for a very long time and with good reason. He was a bloody hard worker when he could. At least he is not scrounging through rubbish bins for food to stay alive. Or dying of cancer and can't afford medicine.

 

[JohnDe]

living like a leech on the taxpayers..

I don't like that terminology. There are a myriad reasons why people live on welfare. Sure there are some who 'take advantage' , but it is surely a pretty miserable bloody existence. Our country is fair and the price of this is a few hangers on. We don't want someone like that orange criminal turd making decisions on welfare.
My brother in law has lived on a medical pension for a very long time and with good reason. He was a bloody hard worker when he could. At least he is not scrounging through rubbish bins for food to stay alive. Or dying of cancer and can't afford medicine.

Don’t make it bigger than what it is, or about anyone from another country.

Qldfrog is only talking about those that are leaching off of others, he is not saying that every single person on some level of welfare is a leach.