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"If that means you can't get work, maybe you need a thing called a job."

I'm retired but I did have a job. For that last 10 years before retiring that job was with my own company as a freelancer. The entity that engaged with the clients was that company. That company was paid by the clients, paid me, paid taxes, paid other expenses where needed and built up a reserve to keep on paying me when there was no client so that I could continue to have a job.