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@futurebird
Found the edge of an entrance in our local community college basement. Down the stairs, under the Library. Past the large ventilation fans. Dark, dusty, rough concrete walls. Open dirt floor crawl spaces branch off occasionally, stacked ancient desks partially block the way... In the distance, light shines from a window in a door.
Necessity demands I go explore.
It's a theater style classroom.
And it's the first class of this course this semester.
These are my classmates.
@futurebird @ligasser @mattdm @unchartedworlds
So many people believe of they are bumped into a higher bracket, they will suddenly be taking home less than before. That the one dollar from the top of bracket A is better than one dollar into bracket B.
Perhaps this myth is perpetuated too convince people that being paid less is somehow better.
@futurebird @diffractie
For me, the thing not learned is how to navigate a hostile bureaucratic process.
It changes yearly, everyone's situation is different, yearly. The terminology is technical and obtuse and at times similar sounding but actually very different than common use. It is, or is perceived as being high risk in that the IRS, CRA (I'm in 
) etc can come after you for a mistake or error.
I get anxious filling out forms at the best of times.
How to bureaucrat isn't tought.