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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:12 PM Original message |
Your employer didn't pay shit for your benefits |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. The only reason he didn't put that money into his own pocket |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. my employer DID put it into their own pockets...see my post, #8, below. |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. The only problem I have with your post is this: |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that. |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It takes a special kind of person to work very long in an unemployment office. |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. To further your hypothesis |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, my "employer" does. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Would you like to borrow my |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Actually, it was meant to be annoying. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. I have a DLP television, and this actually happens |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Well, I gotta thank you for convincing me that I'm an idiot this AM! |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. bug thing |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Got me too! And I've seen it before. |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. Hi Mercutio...where do you work? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. my employer DID steal my benefit money. |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Please refer to my post #3 |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Question all, it happened to me, too |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Sadly, that does happen, and it's not right to you. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. if i would have had the 20-year old check stubs, i might have gotten credit... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
11. How do you know nobody on DU works for a guano wholesaler? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I don't know. Are there lots of guano wholsalers around? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Excuse me, I have been working long hours lately |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Employers match your FICA bite. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. work, steal or starve |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. You're a little unclear on economic principles, Mahina |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No, (s)he's clear about them, you're not, I'm afraid. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sorry, you're not someone from whom I'll take instruction in any area |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I take it you don't believe in fertiliser? |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Either you're using the terms "fertiliser" and "compost" in non-standard ways |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Thanks, |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Whatevas. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. From your various responses I can see you're someone who refuses to be hemmed in by mere facts |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. How funny that is, and how far off you are, you'll never know. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. No doubt. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. owners and bosses most certainly do create something- jobs. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Agreed. If it was easy, everyone would do it. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Have to disagree |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. You don't get it. Where do you think the money comes from |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. You're talking to the wrong person. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. what comes first- the workers production, or the owners risking of capital to buy the machinery... |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
60. I'm giving up my days to work for a company who couldn't care less about me. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. sorry, that is wrong |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. And the bars customers would have been just as happy |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. Good, helpful OP. K&R'd |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. What are benefits? |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. And here's one of the things the execs. get that workers don't. Their income is "grossed up". |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Plus they get paid tax breaks to outsource jobs |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
25. Isn't this similar to the Chamber of Commerce argument that corporations don't pay income tax. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. K&R |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. Well here's the question I have |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. means of production. the very essence of capitalism. nt |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Reads like RW talking points |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Whoever it is, I've had 'em on my ignore list for a while |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Some do--they either run their own business or "consult" |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. So where am I supposed to get the money and time to start a factory |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. You have been reading too much Ayn Rand |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Well we agree on the last part. |
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MaryRN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Very well said. Thx...n/t |
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trthnd4jstc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. I got screwed by an Employer. What should we do to him? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. you all are missing an important consideration |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
52. Yes, It is definitely part of OUR earnings |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Exactly, just like the business/corporate income tax is part of "our" earnings. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. Required by law |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
58. Yes, your employer does make such payments for your account. |
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