Bristol Palin has a job, several of them, quite a few of them in fact.
After graduating high school, Bristol was taking business courses at the community college. Bristol is also a speaker for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and is a Teen Abstinence Ambassador for the Candies Foundation, a teen pregnancy prevention organization.
Bristol also owns and operates a political consulting services firm, her personal wealth is estimated at greater than a million dollars, and that estimate predates the book deal and her latest TV show deal.
Bristol seems to be doing very well, and living responsibly.
Her and her childs 5 bedroom home that had sold for $330,000.00 in 2006 is paid off, and is mortgage free.
I doubt that Bristol would have any of this if her Mother were not Sarah Palin and that is, IMHO, an Opportunist.