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Old 10-02-2009, 10:57 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Jobs? They want JOBS??

Let them have health care..
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Ya know, the more unemployed... the more without healthcare... the more critical having a gov't sponsored healthcare option will seem to be the only way to go....

You don't think it's all falling into place do ya...
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Old 10-02-2009, 10:59 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Jobs? They want JOBS??

Let them have health care..


I know there is nothing funny about these staggering unemployment numbers. I can just picture our self righteous leadership making that statement.
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:04 AM   #13 (permalink)
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It is stunning that this mess continues AND the vaunted Stimulati plan has only disbursed what, under 10% of the funds?

WTF?
It should be noted that government payrolls were down 53,000, and they are down about 170,000 since the stimulus package was signed.
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:13 AM   #14 (permalink)
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It should be noted that government payrolls were down 53,000, and they are down about 170,000 since the stimulus package was signed.
Interestingly enough, my best friend just got an excellent job with the feds.
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:14 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Let them have health care..
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You make that up? That is excellent on several levels!!!
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:20 AM   #16 (permalink)
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You make that up? That is excellent on several levels!!!
Screw your pansy sale... Please put that on your billboard...
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Old 10-02-2009, 12:09 PM   #17 (permalink)
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You make that up? That is excellent on several levels!!!
Thank you..

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I got an e-mail from my "Union" today.. Cost of health care is increasing an ASTONISHING $8 per pay period for an individual or.... oh My GOD the HUMANITY... an INCREDILBE $12 a pay period for a family plan.. WE NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM NOW!!


So I replied.. If I stop payig my dues, I can pay for the increased cost AND pocket >$10 profit a month?

And I know... it's coming. YOU'RE a member of a UNION??
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Old 10-02-2009, 01:27 PM   #18 (permalink)
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September Unemployment: The Job Loss Accelerates

There is another interesting graph there concerning actual number of jobs.
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Old 10-03-2009, 04:33 PM   #19 (permalink)
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*Conspiracy Theory Alert*

Ya know, the more unemployed... the more without healthcare... the more critical having a gov't sponsored healthcare option will seem to be the only way to go....

You don't think it's all falling into place do ya...


yeah but if you are unemployed and drawing welfare bennies ... on of those is HC ..
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Old 10-03-2009, 07:08 PM   #20 (permalink)
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yeah but if you are unemployed and drawing welfare bennies ... on of those is HC ..
Those who had job with bennies that suddenly find themselves unemployed are typically not welfare recipents and are not handed gov't paid healthcare.
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