Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The economic stimulus plan in action (inaction?)

2009 was the best year ever for Hollywood movies, with a take in the $10 billion range. For Hollywood Temps, it was much less successful with Temp X pulling down an unimpressive $20,998.66. What makes this amount even more pathetic is a chunk of this was courtesy of California Employment Development Department (a.k.a. unemployment). But where there is misery, there is opportunity.

Guess which of the following is a photo of Temp X's 1099G -- the tax form from Cal EDD. (Answer below in tiny red font)





NO PEEKING UNTIL YOU GUESS. HAVE YOU GUESSED YET? DO YOU PROMISE? OK. NOW YOU CAN LOOK.

(If you guessed $9,013 you win. Nearly half of my earnings last year were from unemployment. What's sadder is I made more in 2009 than I did in 2008, when I earned a dismal $20,710.88 while actually working.)

2 comments:

Matt said...

Wait until you pay taxes on that "income" from the EDD. That's always a kick in the nuts come tax time.

Anonymous said...

Lucky you. I brought home $17,000 last year and i'm a full time creative assistant. Fuck hollywood.

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