Could I have that job and work from home? I've raised tens of millions writing complicated interdisiciplinary grants & can write & strategize for a range of audiences. I'm disabled & have to work from home. It's not "lazy" whatever Elon might think. I created a home-based business in my 20s, before remote work, to cope so I could manage my symptoms & be sure to care for my kids when they were out of school. There are tens of thousands of high educated partially disabled empty nester Moms who happily put in 40-60 hrs/month on high quality projects, for small stipends. In fact, empty nester, highly engaged & educated Moms--the "Karens" who're mocked--would make an excellent forensic audit & investigative body. Older, smart, multi-tasking Moms are masters at sussing out lies, in line item budgets, personnel structures, subawards, little off-the-books partnerships, & of course going after predators online . . . you could have an American MommaCorps who'd work for below-average salaries, who'd bring passion, creativity, cynicism, humility, determination & experience w/ human nature to help America First causes.
@elonmusk This country is WASTING its senior & older disabled talent. SSDI is rife w/ fraud & genuinely disabled older people are denied even w/ detailed doctors' recommendations, while it's given to illegal aliens. Better to start offering an AbilityCorps or MommaCorp or ElderCorp stipend-based positions in lieu of SSDI payments. And don't punish those on SSA for earning more, since we need healthy elders in our schools & non-profits. Think of all of the talent being wasted that could work toward America's improvement in schools, medical settings, social work, non-profits, auditing firms. . . and best, when people work, they contribute more to the economy, they feel better and REDUCE HEALTHCARE costs. Their families are less burdened by having to provide care.
Such a mistake to overlook us.