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Old 08-23-2012, 11:33 AM
 
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This "retirement" as you call it is working 60 hours a week at two different jobs, while trying to maintain some sort of family life. Before you ask: I happen to have today off.



*you're

There, I just cost your boss a nickel.
So you have a job, sorry two jobs? Still odd how you take your one day off it appears out of the last two years to make some crazy post about ditch digging. But some are very opinionated about that profession it appears.
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Old 08-23-2012, 11:42 AM
 
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Sorry, all I did was make a correction to your crazy post about ditch digging.
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Old 08-23-2012, 11:43 AM
 
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I think what the OP is talking about is Romney's principles while he was working at Bain. Many of those practices have lead to a decline in jobs and more of the wealth being concentrated amongst Execs.


FWIW I'm not pleased with Obama either.

Oh.............................. now I get it. No............. wait, I don't.

OBAMA has been president for the last four years, during which there has been an INCREASE in the income gap between the rich and poor. The libs are so confused that they are now blaming ROMNEY for Obama's failed policies instead of Bush. I knew it was only a matter of time before the wacky libs started blaming others who have not even been in the White House for their problems. If you want to look for the cause of your problems, look no further than the current president. That president is Obama.

OBAMA'S POLICIES appear to exacerbate this disparity in income. Romney has not been president. A little reality check there for the libs. One must be oriented to person, place and time to be fully oriented.
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Old 08-23-2012, 11:45 AM
 
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And how much does that 15 bucks an hour produce for you? What about HC? Lots of back problems for a lifetime ditch digger I suspect. How many employees have made it to say 40 in your company and the ones who didn't who pays for them now that they have broken bodies?
Are you serious? The man provides jobs and for doing so you make him a bad guy.
Kids dig ditches, as they learn they move up the ladder and install product or sell. Thats the way it works in the real world.
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Old 08-23-2012, 11:53 AM
 
Location: South Carolina
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Oh.............................. now I get it. No............. wait, I don't.

OBAMA has been president for the last four years, during which there has been an INCREASE in the income gap between the rich and poor. The libs are so confused that they are now blaming ROMNEY for Obama's failed policies instead of Bush. I knew it was only a matter of time before the wacky libs started blaming others who have not even been in the White House for their problems. If you want to look for the cause of your problems, look no further than the current president. That president is Obama.

OBAMA'S POLICIES appear to exacerbate this disparity in income. Romney has not been president. A little reality check there for the libs. One must be oriented to person, place and time to be fully oriented.
The GOP supports and has created this problem (you really don't think its a problem so stop pretending) romney/ryan will put it on steroids. The middle class has already shrunk 20% since 1970 and will shrink at least another 10% under romney/ryan. If this is what the Country wants then fine but at least the right/tea party/GOP could try a little honesty.
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Old 08-23-2012, 11:56 AM
 
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Are you serious? The man provides jobs and for doing so you make him a bad guy.
Kids dig ditches, as they learn they move up the ladder and install product or sell. Thats the way it works in the real world.
It looks as if he thinks you could give a red brick a job and the brick should get 6 figures...

I busted my bass sometimes working 18 hour days and at times 3 jobs in the same weeks, months, years as a mechanic, construction labor, carpenter, painter, dry waller, and did horse drawn sleigh rides after work into the morning any times i could get the work for more money to raise my son up well.

No body came calling on me at first to work on things until I gained a rep. And so far i never hit 6 figures either.
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Old 08-23-2012, 11:57 AM
 
Location: South Carolina
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Are you serious? The man provides jobs and for doing so you make him a bad guy.
Kids dig ditches, as they learn they move up the ladder and install product or sell. Thats the way it works in the real world.
Another thing where is paying this 15 bucks? Is it in the south? If not then 15 bucks is not that much. Business owners need to man up to some of their BS also. They let the tax payer supplement their employees wayyyy to much. Do any of his workers have to get foodstamps or medicaid? Do thier children eat free lunch? Lets have an honest discussion about job creators shall we?
http://buylikebuffett.com/making-mon...oney-than-you/
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Old 08-23-2012, 12:00 PM
 
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Another thing where is paying this 15 bucks? Is it in the south? If not then 15 bucks is not that much. Business owners need to man up to some of their BS also. They let the tax payer supplement their employees wayyyy to much. Do any of his workers have to get foodstamps or medicaid? Do thier children eat free lunch? Lets have an honest discussion about job creators shall we?
http://buylikebuffett.com/making-mon...oney-than-you/
If it is in NH USA you would be lucky to get 8 bucks an hour for that labor... Certainly no more than 10, and kids at Micky Dee's are at 10 and they are white kids....

Nobody is going to hand over a good job to someone who refuses to work for it. If you think in these times or any other times jobs and the big bucks just come rolling in to anyone you are WRONG....
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Old 08-23-2012, 12:01 PM
 
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I busted my bass sometimes working 18 hour days and at times 3 jobs in the same weeks, months, years...
...And so far i never hit 6 figures either.
Some people would have you believe that the harder you work, the more successful you will be. Your story proves this to be untrue, I would venture to say that the hardest working Americans are usually the most under-paid.
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Old 08-23-2012, 12:32 PM
 
Location: USA
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So make them irrelevant by rejecting them and nominating/electing the one who is not a team player in their corruption. If enough people ignore the rigged candidate nominees we can make the GOP and DNC as we know them irrelevant.

It has to start somewhere. It may as well be with Ron Paul and it may as well be now. Time is short.
I'd be down for a change just to shake things up. Show me that his campaign is relevant and he'll have my vote.

Edit: Not only my vote, but the youth vote. Will make sure to it.
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