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ltorna1
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 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:05 pm Post subject: Super stoked about this election result |
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Thank god. All I gotta say.
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I figured you would be happy with the results. 
But us God-fearing folks know enough to use the proper punctuation when invoking the Good One's name. That is all (you filthy liberal hippy).
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ltorna1
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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I sure hope He's not a stickler for punctuation.
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Central Scrutinizer
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Capitalization. And, I don't mean Obama. Or, is that Socialism... 
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Texican
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Super stoked about this election result |
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| ltorna1 wrote: | | Thank god. All I gotta say. |
wow.
I thought I was the only one. 
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Chef Lefty
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Super stoked about this election result |
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| Texican wrote: | | ltorna1 wrote: | | Thank god. All I gotta say. |
wow.
I thought I was the only one. |
Your avitar crossed my mind last Tuesday.
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THE_BLUFF_RAT
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Super stoked about this election result |
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| Chef Lefty wrote: | | Texican wrote: | | ltorna1 wrote: | | Thank god. All I gotta say. |
wow.
I thought I was the only one. |
Your avitar crossed my mind last Tuesday. |
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Texican
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:48 am Post subject: Re: Super stoked about this election result |
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| Chef Lefty wrote: | | Texican wrote: | | ltorna1 wrote: | | Thank god. All I gotta say. |
wow.
I thought I was the only one. |
Your avitar crossed my mind last Tuesday. |
That could be taken several ways but I will give you the benefit of the doubt and respond with a
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Bighead
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You know guys...I hope you're happy right now, and I hope I am as wrong as all get out, but I am scared poopless right now about the future of the organized construction industries in Texas.
I deal with organized labor and promote using union labor, and right now, we (the management side I represent) are scared to death about what Obamacare is going to do to us.
Not only that, be we all have pensions...and they are in trouble from the fiasco from 2008...and the lack of construction from 2008 to present was bad...we're worried about the slow growth from this point forward.
Not only that, but I have a hunch, that the people that actually have the money to 'build things' that take union labor, are going to sit out for a while.
I hope I am wrong, but I doubt it.
The last little bit of union construction work that we have in Texas is going to go straight down the toilet, at the hands of YOUR GUY. Employers that hire union people are making plans to exit their industries.
Bighead
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FIDO
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| Bighead wrote: | Not only that, be we all have pensions...and they are in trouble from the fiasco from 2008...and the lack of construction from 2008 to present was bad...we're worried about the slow growth from this point forward.
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Bighead,
Not to make you too stressed out but pensions are going to be the first to be hit. Obama must impose a larger dividend tax to move forward with his plan to keep spending high and take-home pay low. Some say he will increase the dividend tax by as much as 10% bring the total from 15% to 25% when he's done. That will be tragic to folks with pensions. Not only will you get less money, but investors are going to shy away buying. Your dividends will go down as the tax rate goes up and you could end up with a fraction of the money you were planning to live on. 401k's will be somewhat protected from that because mutual funds are not subject to a dividend tax, but the market is going to dive everywhere. Just an fyi, you may want to look into it.
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Bighead
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| FIDO wrote: | | Bighead wrote: | Not only that, be we all have pensions...and they are in trouble from the fiasco from 2008...and the lack of construction from 2008 to present was bad...we're worried about the slow growth from this point forward.
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Bighead,
Not to make you too stressed out but pensions are going to be the first to be hit. Obama must impose a larger dividend tax to move forward with his plan to keep spending high and take-home pay low. Some say he will increase the dividend tax by as much as 10% bring the total from 15% to 25% when he's done. That will be tragic to folks with pensions. Not only will you get less money, but investors are going to shy away buying. Your dividends will go down as the tax rate goes up and you could end up with a fraction of the money you were planning to live on. 401k's will be somewhat protected from that because mutual funds are not subject to a dividend tax, but the market is going to dive everywhere. Just an fyi, you may want to look into it. |
I am so glad I am young enough to not have a pension get its claws into me. Every penny I earn and save is MINE. I can do what I want to with it when I retire...and that includes passing along as part of my estate.
My worry is that the employers that work the people that depend on pensions for their retirement and livelihoods are going to simply go the way of the Albatross.
Here's some things I bet ltorna and the other liberals around here don't 'factor in' to voting for the 'cool and awesome'.
The people I represent are all union contractors. They all pay for AWESOME health insurance, no pre-existing conditions, no lifetime max, no annual max...90/10 plans etc. We also offer good retirement plans...namely pension plans.
If a pension plan is going broke...guess who is on the hook? The employer. Guess what rule is in place for multi-employer pensions, and for those in construction....the employer can 'absolve himself' of any pension liability by simply going out of business. IOW, if he sees the plan going belly up, he can simply close his doors and cease operations, and then he is not on the hook for the plan.
You factor in that Obamacare is going to raise the cost of ALL employers, particularly UNION employers tremendously...they are going to be less competitive for what work will be available in an economy that is growing at a glacial pace...and these guys that have risked everything to build a business are going to make a beeline for the exit...and THEY STARTED DOING IT ON NOVEMBER 7TH!
HOPE AND CHANGE M***** F***ERS!
(This rant paid for by a non-partisan left wing libertarian that voted for Gary Johnson and detests the Republican National Committee...just slightly less than I do 'mommie' political persuasion that shall not be mentioned).
Bighead
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ironmanstan
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I'm hoping TEXAS will secede from the union. OBAMA is letting the bad guys in through the back door. He is a muslim.
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ltorna1
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Muslim? I actually heard he was originally a Buddhist, dabbled for a while as a Mormon, and then finally settled on Scientology. Then again, I heard it from Rush, so....
4 more years!
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FIDO
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| ltorna1 wrote: | | 4 more years! |
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