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Nuclear Unicorn

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34. They already pay UE and WC insurance
Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:21 PM
Mar 2013

It's not their fault consumers stopped consuming. They'd rather have the business -- it's how they make that filthy, filthy lucre they love so much.

Got in a PISSER With The Landlord [View all] rsmith6621 Mar 2013 OP
You can't convince someone who is dead set on not listening to opinions outside her head. randome Mar 2013 #1
Brain dead, not dead set RVN VET Mar 2013 #29
Priceless! ReRe Mar 2013 #2
Usually Lurker Deluxe Mar 2013 #3
Disagree, in part. truebluegreen Mar 2013 #7
I've told people for years that it is in the best interest sdfernando Mar 2013 #41
You are absolutely right! truebluegreen Mar 2013 #42
Very well done! Rider3 Mar 2013 #4
You rock, my dear rsmith6621! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #5
"She asked who is paying for the training program" that would be where our discussion ended leftyohiolib Mar 2013 #6
Totally agree! LeftofObama Mar 2013 #19
Landlady. nt raccoon Mar 2013 #8
Eh. 'Actor' usually means both genders now. 'Policeman' the same. randome Mar 2013 #12
Wait.... so no more "Best Actress" Oscar? Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #14
server is the generally accepted term these days. and most actors these days do indeed call bettyellen Mar 2013 #17
"actress" was invented in Hollywood. antigone382 Mar 2013 #23
So are you saying landlady is a derogatory term? A Simple Game Mar 2013 #20
Why should some people get Free education and others HUGE student Loans? Bandit Mar 2013 #9
my state used to give college scholarships to residents by merit RILib Mar 2013 #24
K&R nt demosocialist Mar 2013 #10
Well Done! Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #11
Wait, your landlady doesn't get it? MindPilot Mar 2013 #13
just last week sitting in a local bar where a fair number of business sorts drink after work Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #15
Hey Douglas rsmith6621 Mar 2013 #16
When you do get that better job... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #18
Tell her you went to the Church and the pastor was out buying a new car. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #21
I'm a landperson Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #22
You baffled her with reason and facts. Cleita Mar 2013 #25
she's a fool. Locrian Mar 2013 #26
I never get tired of threads like this Coolest Ranger Mar 2013 #27
In her mind she is thinking (can you smell the brain thinking) you are part of the 47% that southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #28
If all of her tenants lost their jobs and couldn't pay her... Ian David Mar 2013 #30
"how about we make corporations pay, they are the ones laying people off" Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #31
Just Maybe rsmith6621 Mar 2013 #32
They already pay UE and WC insurance Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #34
And maybe it is.... rsmith6621 Mar 2013 #36
What greedy, profit-hungry business puts products "out of reach"? How does that even make sense? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #37
it's not their fault if consumers stop consuming? of course it is, if they're the ones cutting wages HiPointDem Mar 2013 #39
Ha, you bought the myth. Large corporations are job *consolidators* newthinking Mar 2013 #43
maybe they could use some of those record profits they've been raking in? lastlib Mar 2013 #33
Those aren't profits. They're squirreling-away cash reserves. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #35
okaaa-a-a-a-ayyyyyyy.................. lastlib Mar 2013 #38
corporate profits are at all-time highs. so business is certainly good for someone. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40
People don't get that Mega corps are leeches thriving by using their newthinking Mar 2013 #44
She could find no one to rent the places treestar Mar 2013 #45
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