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No money for a place to live, but scabbed up enough change to buy a box of wine and get drunk…
There’s a reason I don’t go downtown, and its the bums, herion addicts, liberals, and white trash sleeping on park benches. There is a place for them to go, but many can’t follow the rules and end up back on the street.
Had this guy talked to me or my family this way, no matter his weight or size he would’ve met the business end of 6 feet tall, 140 lbs of pissed off Norwegian :angry:
MMRJR wrote:
Quote:Zac,
It’s not quite that simple. In theory, I agree with you.However, when you factor in, that for the past 10 years or more, most state employees have given up yearly pay increases and cost of living increases to maintain and hold their health care costs and retirement benefits at current levels. The hourly wage or salary that most state workers take home is much below their counterpart in the private sector.
So what your saying is, State jobs aren’t as gravy as they sound? :whistle:
Even with giving up pay increases, I don’t see too many state employees hurting financially. Marshall, I know you’re a state employee, and I mean no offense when I say this, but when I hear State workers crying about there wages, I compare them to UAW workers who cry they can’t afford to live (In large houses with garages full of campers, new vehicles every 6 months, 4wheelers, snowmobiles, jetskis, etc.) when GM wants to restructure there contracts. State employees also still have the best benefits around, even if they can make more money in the private sector.
Garibaldi wrote:
Quote:lordairgtar wrote:Quote:Unions aside, the idea of having to put in for your health insurance is something that needs to be brought up. I pay fully a third of my take home pay for my health plan. Why shouldn’t state and city and school workers do the same? Attempting to decertify the unions involved will only serve to tie up the debate in courts.Maybe you’re asking the wrong question. Instead of asking “why shouldn’t they pay for their benefits like me” you should be asking “why can’t I have benefits like them?”.
The healthcare system in this country will never improve if everyone just accepts the status quo. I imagine you don’t like allocating a large portion of your income to pay for healthcare. We need to work for a change in the system to make this better for you and everyone else who is forced to pay a huge amount of money for healthcare.
Health care is a priviledge, not a right. Health care should be at a person’s discrection, not a gov’t mandate. If someone want’s health care, they can pay for it, like car or life insurance. Programs like BadgerCare get abused on a regular basis… Because those in charge of such programs allow it to happen. Yes, I have health care, so people probably think its easy for me to spout off about it. I have to pay for half of my plan, its about $35 a week out of my check pre-tax. I am fortunate to have an employer that offers such benefits (for now, until he realizes its cheaper to pay the fines for not offering this benefit), and that $35 a week is worth it anytime I need medical attention.
I say this with the utmost sincerity – People need to get off there ass and get good jobs. Low income households need to quit having children they can’t afford. Badger Care should only be offered as a low-cost insurance plan available to those who are small business owners or college students.
State employees should have to pay for a portion of there health care, just like the private sector. They should also set forth with there own retirement accounts, like 401k’s and Roth IRA’s.
I’m happy my taxes won’t increase to pay the G back for it.
I have asked every person that was for the project, “Would you ride it?” and not one person has answered ‘yes’.
Let’s fix our highways and bridges instead. That will create jobs, too. Of course, the eco-nazi Madison liberals may comprimise for a bike lane… :whistle:
A friend of mine lives in AZ, he says the fuzz there is more worried about catching DUI’s than illegals. They have the checkpoints.
The other day, a guy that lives down the road from me got busted about 2 miles from his house driving drunk (4th offense). He was all over the highway, and when he turned onto the county road with the cop behind him, he drove into the wrong lane :S
I’d like to say I’ve never driven under the influence, but I can’t. However, there’s nothing wrong with being a designated driver, and if more establishments promoted this, I think we would see more safe drinking take place.
Well, when you’re casting cars for a movie, and want “every day automobiles”, a ’75 Buick Electra 225 is a good choice, especially when it has a factory equipped 455 c.i. under the hood.
GTO Man wrote:
Quote:Would you rather the organizer pick the class your car is in or would you rather pick the class?In a serious show I would rather have the organizer pick the class.
As long as your car is placed in the correct class, and you are competing against the same style of cars (stock, modified, survivor, etc.) I would have no problem being told what class to park in.
With survivor cars becoming more and more popular, what about classifying survivors by years, like 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90-twenty years old? Would this make it more competitive, or would it clutter up a show? Having a 70’s survivor car competing against a 1990 model can have its ups and downs.
I’d rather start a pool on how many people forgot how to drive in snow and will wreck there cars tomorrow night.
A guy I work with has exactly what they are looking for for movie cars. He emailed and called a couple months ago and never even heard back :dry:
