musings - way waay OT

On 2006-10-20, Denny wrote:
One my
more skilled employees has a husband with MS (is on expensive drugs)

Could be as simple as that employee being careless setting their
exemptions. Maybe they get big refunds each April because they overpay
during the year.

By the way, do you offer a sec 125 cafe plan so they can buy those
drugs pre-tax?

--
Ben Jackson AD7GD

http://www.ben.com/

On 20-Oct-2006, "Denny" wrote:

A lesser skilled employee receives Medicaid and food stamp assistance for
herself and her
child...

Am I the only person who sees the system as being broken?


You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.
Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

-Elliott Drucker

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On 20-Oct-2006, "Denny" wrote:

A lesser skilled employee receives Medicaid and food stamp assistance for
herself and her
child...

Am I the only person who sees the system as being broken?


You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not
allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.
Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

-Elliott Drucker


So Jay do you draw a salary that is "almost unimaginable?"

Ben Jackson wrote:

Could be as simple as that employee being careless setting their
exemptions. Maybe they get big refunds each April because they overpay
during the year.


Anyone with any intelligence would never do that. Why give the government
an interest free loan.

wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.
Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

Well the typical socialist answer is "lets regulate salaries". Some of the
outrageous salary and benefits packages some CEO's get not withstanding, the
alternative is pure socialism (or communism).

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". Sounds
so nice I'm sure. Well, the Soviet Union tried it and failed miserably. Castro
is still trying it and it isn't working.... and it never will. It was even
tried briefly in America's first English settlement in Virginia... until they
discovered that people quit working as hard when they discovered they would
receive a sufficient share of food no matter how hard they worked and there
was even less of it.


But don't worry... we'll keep on trying it here in the U.S. because people
still think it will work. It's sort of like the definition of insanity....

Matt Barrow wrote:

Well of course the system is broken and you have pointed
out exactly why. Things will not get better unless some
serious reform is enacted. A flat tax, or a national sales
tax would be an excellent start.


It won't do doodly squat!


What is your suggestion?

"ktbr" wrote in message ...
: Jay Honeck wrote:
:
:
: ALL of this money just vanishes. We don't even get our snow plowed,
: because the road between our two buildings is considered a "private"
: road (yet the city banned parking on it), and I haven't seen a street
: sweeper out front since last spring.
:
: It doesn't vanish, here's where it goes... after various state and
: federal agencies (that exist soley for the purpose of wealth
: re-distribution and nothing else) skim the cream off the top to
: pay for their salaries, benefits and union dues, the remaining
: money is handed out to people who have not earned in order to
: by their vote.
:
: That's the American way.

This is the American way:
http://www.federalbudget.com/

In article IYa_g.29$6f4.23@trndny01, wrote:

You don't say so, but I assume that this "lesser skilled" employee works
full time. What's broken is clearly a salary structure that does not allow
a working person to support herself and her child above the poverty line.

huh? An employer would be an IDIOT to pay someone more than the
the revenue generated by the employee.



Meanwhile, CEOs and upper management draw salaries that are almost
unimaginable, and the gap is rapidly growing.

check out what CEOs were making 100 years ago vs the "average" worker
and compare that to today. I think you'll be surprised.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:


So Jay do you draw a salary that is "almost unimaginable?"



Of course he does. He owns and airplane after all, doesn't he? ;-)

..Blueskies. wrote:

This is the American way:
http://www.federalbudget.com/




Buying votes gets more expensive every year.