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X ` Man

On 10/22/11 11:15 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:35:19 -0400, X `
wrote:

On 10/22/11 9:43 AM, Eisboch wrote:

"X ` Man" wrote in message ...

Oh...and a growing number of employers these days have cut way back on
wages and benefits for their workers so the wealthy bosses can have more
in their paychecks, 401ks and bonuses.

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Cite?

Surely you do not believe that the large corporations cutting back on
bennies are going to state publicly that the funds "saved" will appear
in salary increases and bonus checks for the bigwigs.

I know some of you believe in the "goodness" of corporations, but we're
in a new world now, and the old unwritten rules of employer-employee
relationships no longer apply, at least not in most large-scale operations.

The problem with your logic is that some of us are off of the payroll
and our retirement package is pretty much the core benefit that is
back stopped by PBGC so our biggest variable benefit is a good return
on our stock.

The problem is not with my logic, but with the logic that prevents this
country from having an intelligently designed (ha!) single-payer health
insurance program that covers everyone. You know, like most other
modern, civilized countries have. And the easy way to get around the
objections that one hat does not fit all heads is to have a base program
for everyone and options that can be chosen from a menu. You know, like
those backwards, socialistic Swiss have.