Thanks, Obamacare

Posted by Hiraghm 12 years, 1 month ago to Business
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So, last night at the meeting, it was announced that the store was cutting people back to 4 days a week. It was unclear whether this was permanent or a one-time thing. But, when I asked my A.M. how long they'd be doing this, he said they (his bosses) never said. If one time thing, then it's just to recoup the money not-spent in Christmas bonuses because of the ice storm, and the only explanation for a permanent change of this kind is to recoup expenses due to the Obamacare mandate.

So, thank you , Obamacare. not only am I short $45 a month because I now have to buy something I don't want to buy, through my employer, but my next check will be at least $74 short, and maybe $148 short.

This means, between the two actions, my paycheck will be cut by 25%. I can't afford to lose 25% of my check. So now I'm going to have to look for a part-time job in addition to my full-time job... while a lot of other people are now going to be doing the same thing.


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  • Posted by 12 years, 1 month ago
    Irony...

    I didn't work Thursday night. The reason given... I was being "given" a 3-day weekend. So, I was the only one who ended up getting a 4-day week.

    My immediate boss did what he could to mitigate the damage. He had me stay an extra two hours Wednesday and Thursday mornings, picking up garbage around the parking lot in the freezing mist so I only lost 4 hours or so. (I was so exhausted I slept 12 hours yesterday).

    Lesson (finally) learned; I work for the 20th Century Motor Company.

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  • Posted by rlewellen 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I had an interview where I was asked whether I liked working in teams or independently and why. I was interviewing at a not for profit. I answered that I see advantages to both then I went on to say that I liked working in groups because I appreciate that everyone brings something unique to the table. Later I thought I should have used a collectivist slogan as an answer.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Republicans sometimes outsmart themselves. They seem to think that if they ride the fence over health care, they can sound more appealing to the typical voter. The problem is, there are many of us who have never been siting on the fence on this issue and are looking for the bravest one in the pack. So far, that’s been Cruz. We want someone who will repeal the law, and get the government out of health care, period. Romney wasn’t going to do that. It was the fear he would do just what he promised that was the scary thing. It was like he was saying: “I can do all the wonderful things that Obama has promised, but I’ll be better and smarter about it because I’m a businessman.” So...la-de-da-da. Many of us want someone who will not only repeal the ACA, but undo the damage Hilary Clinton did during the nineties with the creation of the HMO model. We need someone to get the government out of our health care and day-to-day life. Romney wasn’t the man for the job.
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  • Posted by BambiB 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    You are incorrect.

    The gender gap has been a fact since women started voting. Women vote for social welfare programs and irresponsible spending policies to fund them. It's not just Obama. As I said, Obama is a SYMPTOM of the greater problem. My bet is that Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, Schumer, Reid - all would have lost, but for the female vote. And that's just the tip of the ice berg. The gender gap in the last election was on the order of 20%. Most elections have historically been decided by considerably less than that. Look at the Bush/Algore election results. Algore won the popular vote, but through the magic of districting (and about 500 votes in Florida), he lost. We got Bush instead (a horrible, horrible president - but better than Algore). Interestingly, had it not been for senile old jewish women in southeast Florida, Algore would have won. Seems the Demoncrats had gone down to all the rest homes in Palm Beach County, rounded up the old biddies, put them on a bus and told them, "Vote for #2". This was the infamous "butterfly" ballot fiasco (ironically designed to span two pages because it allowed for larger type - to make it easier for the walking dead to vote) where the 1st candidate (Bush) appeared on the left, the second candidate (Buchanan) appeared on the right page, and the THIRD candidate (Algore) appeared on the left. The second hole belonged to Buchanan, but the second name on the left page was Algore.

    So the brain dead, putrefying old sacks of grease did as they were told and Buchanan got 3400 votes - something like 6 times Bush's margin of victory.

    Which just goes to show that even when women have no clue what they're doing, and they're trying to vote to screw America, they can still screw up the vote and accidentally do something that's not as wrong as what they intended.

    Obama's a POS. But the problem is deeper and more widespread than Obama.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    She looks and sounds just like a literature professor I once had. Blew me away. The hair the face, the voice.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Great points Eud. Had Romney been able to get Republicans to the polls then all the statistics would be different. We need a candidate that can lay out a vision for this country and explain it. Romney was un inspiring to many---not just woman.
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  • Posted by Eudaimonia 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    If gender matters at all, I think it matters in the sense that Eric Hoffer touched on in his "The True Believer" - the moment women get involved in a mass movement, choosing it over caring for their homes and (possible) husbands and children, then that mass movement becomes a force to be reckoned with.

    Take a look at The Tea Party, it has *huge* female input.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    No, I didn’t miss it. In fact, I haven’t read the book, but I looked at a couple different interviews and the comments made by observers. Yeah, I hear she even has a chapter about going Galt. You like the book, huh? I’ll have to give it a read --but you misunderstood me.
    What I was referring to, is that Dr, Smith doesn’t seem to be throwing out figures about how many women voted for Obama and tying the stats to the decline of men’s involvement in society because of new social parameters. If it isn’t in the book...
    You leaped to that conclusion, yourself. (A-to-Z)
    I
    ’m not saying your facts are wrong. I see what your saying, but...your flying a lil over the cukoo’s nest about how to go about fixing things. Okay..WAY over the cukoo’s nest.

    "As for voting for Obama - are you saying the women in the Gulch DON'T KNOW ANY WOMEN WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA? Because if you do, it's time to start holding them accountable.”

    How do I do that exactly? Do I set an example by not voting and staying home to eat bon-bons?
    Your loss. March Madness is nearing. Bring home a six-pack.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    You seem to have a pattern of blaming woman entirely for Obama getting re-elected. Republicans stayed home in large numbers in 2012 for some reason which is why he lost. He was a weak candidate. Chris Christie would be just as bad. None of this has anything to do with gender.
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    Posted by BambiB 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    >> As the author of the book, "Men on Strike" wrote, men are dropping out of higher education, declining to marry and avoiding future responsibility. In effect, they're going "Gulch". They're exercising their prerogative to stop supporting women and the world women want.

    From the link you referenced:
    >> Dr. Helen Smith joins Steve to discuss her new book, "MEN ON STRIKE WHY MEN ARE BOYCOTTING MARRIAGE, FATHERHOOD, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM - AND WHY IT MATTERS

    How did you miss this??? Blindfold and earplugs?

    As for voting for Obama - are you saying the women in the Gulch DON'T KNOW ANY WOMEN WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA? Because if you do, it's time to start holding them accountable.
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  • Posted by Lucky 12 years, 1 month ago
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    Cannot resist giving the following gratuitous advice-

    Be open, do not keep it a secret that you are looking for another part time job.
    Ask you present management for a reference and tell them why you want it.
    Give some thought to why, and ask for other opinions on, why you are not a supervisor.

    When interviewing keep a low profile on certain subjects that you should not be asked about. You know what they are. Questions can be put, not to find out the answer, but to identify candidates who give a lecture. I suspect that usually a candidate with needs and commitments, gets marked down, the interviewer mutters sympathy, but does not want to take on people with problems. The people wanted are the 'heads down, bottoms up' type.
    Show loyalty- If the part time job can be full time, express caution, say you like your current work and employer if not the pay rate.

    When I was in factory management I found the best workers were those with other jobs. This was a surprise to me, then I was told, these people are hungry. These are not the best for professional work but ideal for factory jobs where they listen, understand, and do what is expected. "Take a message to Garcia'.
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  • Posted by 12 years, 1 month ago
    Okay, we had another meeting this morning.
    Apparently the knockback to 4 days was rescinded, at least for now. Dunno if there was too much uproar, or if it was plans leaked too soon, or what.

    But I'm still going to look for that part time job, just in case.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    “Here’s the current solution among men:Quit”

    That is what the subject matter of the book “Men On Strike” written by Dr. Helen Smith was about. I haven’t read the book. Here’s a link to an interview with her,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yzUECFwU...

    She does mention Obama a couple times briefly, but I’m not seeing her making the kind of connections that you are. Does she in the book? She does encourage men to speak up and get off their chest. In that regard, um...well done, Bambi? Lol

    I guess I’m a little confused why you blow your steam off here. Can’t argue with facts. Wouldn’t want to. But here, I don’t think you could find a woman that actually voted for Obama.

    Most of us are all about the individual.

    “I think I’ll go sit on the couch and eat bonbons”

    Keep your feet off the coffee table-and don’t eat to many bonbons or you’ll get fat and your wife will have to divorce you.
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    Posted by BambiB 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Here's the current solution among men: Quit.

    It's sort of interesting actually, the parallels with the Randian approach. Women are the leeches who are sucking the life blood out of society so they can feel more "secure". And men are getting tired of it. As the author of the book, "Men on Strike" wrote, men are dropping out of higher education, declining to marry and avoiding future responsibility. In effect, they're going "Gulch". They're exercising their prerogative to stop supporting women and the world women want.

    As women make more money - who gets taxed? As women can't find a husband who wants to work - who gets to do all the earning? As men see no reason to marry, who has to do all the "courting"? And when divorce comes around, women will begin to pay more alimony. Oh YEAH! And now that there's no combat-exclusion rule, the Supreme Court will have no choice but to mandate women register for selective service, the draft, and compulsory service when the powers-that-be decide to feed flesh into the military-industrial-complex meat grinder.

    See what I did there? Women are finally getting their dream - and it's going to be a nightmare! The $211-trillion in unfunded mandates lthey've voted for works out to be an additional $5,000 a year in taxes for every worker - for life! That's on top of all the current taxes. Pay up gals!

    I think I'll go sit on a couch and eat bonbons. Once the TV networks wise up and realize that it's guys sitting at home doing nothing while the wife-unit is out earning the wages, they'll switch the daytime programming from "Maury" to sports and the transition will be complete.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    If...you repealed the 19th amendment, what would be next? Would you suggest taking away property rights for women? Then what? Would men decide what occupations were fit for a woman? Would women be restricted to working within fields like education or medicine or community charities?

    See, what I did there? I took your argument circular. If women overwhelmingly vote now for changes in society that cost us more than we have, such as public education, medicine, and social concerns perhaps women’s focus has come from centuries of these being the occupations they were limited to. Your idea to repeal the 19th amendment to prevent women from voting is not going to improve society, but just start the vicious cycle all over again.

    Obama was neck and neck with McCain then the market crashed. Blame Wallstreet. Blame the Federal Reserve for trading mortgage-backed securities at the window. Blame mob-rule.

    Blame yourself for keeping women beneath you.

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    Posted by BambiB 12 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    You know, if you don't recognize a problem, odds are, you can't fix it.

    Obamacare is a symptom of a much deeper problem. We all love to hate crappy politicians who keep screwing us over… but who elected them? Women vote irresponsibly. They spend tomorrow's money today. And they insist on politicians spending tomorrow's tax money today.

    If you don't fix THAT, then Obamacare doesn't matter because it's just a small part of the myriad ways that women will continue to destroy America. In 2013, America spent $415,688,781,248 on debt service… over $1300 for every person in America. That's cash money straight out of your pocket because women voted to spend money we don't have.

    This time, it's biting YOU! So, how do you like it? How do you like working two jobs? How do you like getting screwed over by the one-size-fits-all health care plan? How do you like working harder, longer and earning less? Do you enjoy the feeling of insecurity? Do you like knowing that if you get sick, all the money you're wasting on "health care" is money thrown down a rat hole because you probably won't have money for the deductible? Do you like being afraid because you're no longer in control of your own life? If you like it, THANK A WOMAN. If not, try addressing the core problem. It's not Obamacare. It's not even Obama. It's the people who elected Obama.

    Women.
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