[sauropod]

Um hmmmm.... You take a 1/3 cut in pay and you try it.

[Huck]

Um hmmmm.... You take a 1/3 cut in pay and you try it.

I'd prefer not to, but my financial planning, my debts and obligations, my savings, and my lifestyle are all consciously designed to withstand it easily.

[Question_Assumptions]

Actually, my wife and I have taken about a 28% cut in pay in the past year due to two lay-offs. It isn't fun, which is my point. Even with a "conservative estimate", there are people who simply aren't finding any work. Even skilled temp work is under $10 a hour, if you can find it, and it wasn't that low even in the early 1990s before the boom.