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nanabugg

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15. And the fools don't realize that the reason 401k are so low is because of the scam artists
Wed Jun 6, 2012, 08:51 AM
Jun 2012

controlling them. Doesn't anyone remember ENRON?!!!

It may be time to examine why the general voter out there seem to be against kelly1mm Jun 2012 #1
One problem is pensions... rayofreason Jun 2012 #2
DUers from a certain generation will be happy to remind you Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #4
Earnings in Wisconsin: Public Vs. Private golfguru Jun 2012 #9
And in November, we'll see more areas voting the same. Ah, and then there is double dipping. IndyJones Jun 2012 #26
That would be my generation. hay rick Jun 2012 #10
And the fools don't realize that the reason 401k are so low is because of the scam artists nanabugg Jun 2012 #15
I could be wrong quakerboy Jun 2012 #25
With a 401K what you have is a growing number of people in poverty at 65. jtuck004 Jun 2012 #8
So is the best path (politically) to fight to keep those pensions for public employees or to realize kelly1mm Jun 2012 #11
The best path is what is affordable golfguru Jun 2012 #29
Wall St loves 401Ks, they're much easier to steal. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2012 #28
Because the RW has campaigned against it endlessly Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #3
+100. Peregrine Took Jun 2012 #13
Its called reverse schadenfreude (ie misplaced bitterness and envy) stockholmer Jun 2012 #6
I agree that historically that was the case that public employees traded income for pensions/ kelly1mm Jun 2012 #12
unions (both public and private) are some of the few mass organisations that can stockholmer Jun 2012 #14
Bingo Bigredhunk Jun 2012 #5
good post Skittles Jun 2012 #7
No, it's actually about money. Spending by the Yes on B campaign (San Diego) was about 5 times... slackmaster Jun 2012 #17
If fairness cuts both ways, I'm hard pressed to remember a recent time Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #19
Moneyed interests have had the breaks going their way since money was invented slackmaster Jun 2012 #20
But yet there is no blowback against CEO plunder Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #23
Our problem is that there is no voice out there educating the masses about how they are being played nanabugg Jun 2012 #16
The management-level public employees I know personally are doing better than I am slackmaster Jun 2012 #18
Hate to say it, and I'll probably be flamed, but unreadierLizard Jun 2012 #21
I don't get that... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #22
Yeah, teachers, cops and firefighters are always driving around in BMWs, drinking Cristal ... SomeGuyInEagan Jun 2012 #27
Why don't private sector workers like your parents join unions instead of resenting them? KamaAina Jun 2012 #31
Exactly my point Bigredhunk Jun 2012 #24
Correction: San Jose has a (DINO) KamaAina Jun 2012 #30
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