Would you just stop going to work?

If ---- what??

Under some circumstances, yes. If suddenly money were no object and I didn't have to punch a time clock to have whatever I needed to live in the style to which I'd like to become accustomed, you bet I would stop going to work. I have enough projects to keep me busy and fulfilled for the next 50 years and I resent every minute I spend getting insufficient pay for stressful work that uses up the time and energy I'd like to spend on what I truly love and still leaves me struggling with whether to pay the water bill or buy groceries.

Only if the following situation existed (otherwise, I subscribe to all the other statements made about responsibility, etc.):

1) I became independently wealthy through some random occurrance

2) We ran out of energy (how WOULD you be able to work? might as well spend your energy collecting plants and berries to eat)

3) Some natural or man-made disaster demolished my workplace (but I'd still try to contact my employer and other workers--this is what the survivors of the World Trade Center collapse must have experienced!)

4) Jessica Simpson called and said, "Hey Stud Muffin! I want to take care of you the rest of your life!" (ok, we got a little off the responsibility path there, but hey, how many times would THIS happen???)

If what,I had to start all over again from the bottom? You mean If I was poor growing up and actually worked for a few dollars a day to $6 now?And now Im actually making enough money to pay taxes to freeloaders? I guess I can go back to my teepee.

Yeah. As a matter of fact I'm not really working right now, so I'l just call it day and never return. Thanks for the advice!

Sure. Let me just make a quick call....there, I just told them I'm not coming in anymore. Now what?

Would my bills stop showing up? Would my kids stop needing food?

Love to, but can't. It's called being responsible.

Only if I had a good reason, of course...

No!

No, I am not a liberal.