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Here Are the Salaries of 2 “Essential” Telecommuting Jobs – Apply Now

Allen Francis / June 3rd, 2020 / No Comments

If a job becomes an identity for an employed person, what happens when mass unemployment becomes the reality? What becomes of identity where there is a severe dearth of jobs? What to do then? Over 40 million Americans have lost their jobs since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There aren’t many options available now for people looking for work. Especially if you were formerly employed in...

Posted in: Business, Career, Career and Work, Money, Online Income, Personal Finance Tagged with: covid-19, work

Sin City Set To Reopen Businesses On June 4

Allen Francis / May 28th, 2020 / No Comments

On April 22, CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviewed Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman about the city’s closing down in early March. In April, Mayor Goodman already began advocating for reopening. By the time of the CNN interview, where Mayor Goodman infamously offered up local residents as COVID-19 test cases for a cure, over 45,000 Americans had died. Now, as that number hits 100,000, local...

Posted in: Business, Career and Work, Education, Entertainment and Leisure, Environment and Envrionmental, Family, Health, Money, Travel Tagged with: covid-19, gambling, las vegas, Las Vegas reopens business

No, I Won’t Inject Myself With Disinfectant to Fight Coronavirus

Allen Francis / April 24th, 2020 / No Comments

I want the coronavirus to be a hoax or imaginary more than the conspiracy theorists who peddle such garbage. Coronavirus is very real. This loss of personal control, and burgeoning terror, is driving people to believe in ridiculous panaceas. (And, expose themselves to serious medical and financial risk). I have close friends who tried to sell me on such. Coronavirus “Cures” As the coronavirus...

Posted in: Health, Money, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Saving Money, saving money Tagged with: covid-19

I’m Saving Money, Not Panic Investing in Hydroxychloroquine

Allen Francis / April 8th, 2020 / No Comments

As I write this COVID-19, or the coronavirus, has united the Earth into a global culture of fear, anxiety, and desperation. Over 10 million Americans lost their jobs last month. Millions more will be unemployed this year because of the economic chaos caused by COVID-19. I fear I am not saving enough money now. Anxiety and dread invade my being whenever I think about having enough money saved in the...

Posted in: Money, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Saving Money, saving money Tagged with: coronavirus, covid-19, hydroxychloroquine, investment