1 From last thread - McDonald's considering dropping health insurance for workers.

2

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy grew at a 1.7 percent annual rate in the second quarter, marking the start of a slowdown in growth that has concerned the Federal Reserve.

“We have a slow-growing economy,” said Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. “What we’re getting will do nothing to bring down the unemployment rate. The improvement in the labor market is very slow.”

 

Looks like GDP is out to get Barry too.

3 We'll get the good (!) news about increases in our coverage premiums and other fees in October. The early scuttlebutt is that premiums will increase between 13% and 40+%, depending upon your coverage. We're a Fortune 500 company with sites around the country, so this manner of "spreading the wealth" should redound to Obi-Won's and the Dim's credit come November 2..

4 The October Surprise will be (drum roll please): Obumbles orders a six month suspension of home foreclosures. Mortgage payments? For suckers and rethuglicans!

5

But on a brighter not for Barry, there seem to be a few people out there digging this slide toward police state socialism:

http://tinyurl.com/2f3daly

Of course they aren't what we would describe as 'savory' types.

6 I'm callin it the Gregorian conspiracy.

Well, I do my best...

7 McPukils, who never saw a leftard cause they didn't like, it threatening to cancel their insurance.

8 Oh, yes, of course.  The fact that every business I've worked for - public or private - has it's benefits enrollment period at this time of year has nothing to do with it.  It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!

9 " and come to realize that the expiration dates have been reached on ObamaÂ’s promises, they will probably not look too charitably at the party that railroaded this through congress. At that point, the elections will be less than a month away." Has White America lost it's mind??? http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-29/news/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/

10 Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money.

11 Long-time lurker, first time poster here. I work for a big bank, and we got talking points for benefits the other day. Costs are going up across the board, and next year they're dropping all health plans except for the high-deductible "consumer driven" option. Thanks, 52%!

12 Huh, it's almost like we choose benefits at this time every year...

13 If you like your health care, well, fuck you anyway.......

14

 "Looks like GDP is out to get Barry too. "

He got GDP before it got him though.

 

15
"...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!

Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons

16 "Slow Growth"?  Stagflation.

17 I'm callin it the Gregorian conspiracy.

We haven't gotten our quotes yet.  It'll be a couple weeks, I hear.

18

EFF Sues Newspaper ChainÂ’s Copyright Troll

Righthaven, the Las Vegas-based copyright troll, may have sued one website too many. The Electronic Frontier Foundation hit the company with a lawsuit Monday alleging Righthaven is abusing copyright law by suing for excerpting or posting newspaper articles without permission.

[ . . . ]

San Francisco’s EFF, which has been shopping for one of the cases to take, has agreed to defend user-generated Democratic Underground, a site that says it provides “political satire and commentary for Democrats.”

19 A conspiracy? KRYMG.

20

It took me a while to get insurance but i finally got it at the rate i wanted. I had been rejected but reapplied with doctors notes, etc etc. I jumped through all the hoops. Well three months into it I get a letter saying they are applying for a rate increase. I am assuming everyones insurer is applying for a rate increase.

This was a f*cking debacle of epic proportions.

Costs are going up, large companies are dropping their plans, the elderly can't continue to see their doctors because the doctors are either dumping their medicare patients or not accepting new ones. Small companies are firing employees to get un the 50 employee cutoff line which means they don;t have to buy insurance or face a penalty.

 

21 Actually, I don't think it's a calendar year. I think it's the IRS that determines when open enrollment must take place.

22 Did you know that Obama is a test tube baby? He wasn't worth a fuck back then either.

23 20

It took me a while to get insurance but i finally got it at the rate i wanted. I had been rejected but reapplied with doctors notes, etc etc. I jumped through all the hoops. Well three months into it I get a letter saying they are applying for a rate increase. I am assuming everyones insurer is applying for a rate increase.

This was a f*cking debacle of epic proportions.

Costs are going up, large companies are dropping their plans, the elderly can't continue to see their doctors because the doctors are either dumping their medicare patients or not accepting new ones. Small companies are firing employees to get un the 50 employee cutoff line which means they don;t have to buy insurance or face a penalty.

 

Posted by: Ben at September 30, 2010 09:48 AM (wuv1c)

But other than that - we're cool, right? Wanna watch with shot some hoops with over-paid, felony convicted NBA stars?

24

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons

Actually we're both wrong.  It's the Illuminati.  It's so hard to keep it all straight. 

25 Bidnesses have finally caught on to Ebola's MO.

26 Well damn, what's the point of being an evil corporation if you can't even be evil about it?

27 Costs are going up, large companies are dropping their plans, the elderly can't continue to see their doctors because the doctors are either dumping their medicare patients or not accepting new ones. Small companies are firing employees to get un the 50 employee cutoff line which means they don;t have to buy insurance or face a penalty.

And it was obvious it was coming.

Looks like 'recovery summer' was the calm before the storm.

Biden says 'gird your loins.'

28

@5

You know, every time some new law is enacted that infringes upon civil liberties the common retort is usually, "If you're not doing anything wrong then you don't have anything to worry about." Well, that's my response to police who get PO'd about someone filming them in the course of their duties: if they're not doing anything wrong then they have nothing to worry about.

29
"...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!

Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons

Actually, it's us, the Sith. Search your feelings, you know this to be true.

30 28 Well damn, what's the point of being an evil corporation if you can't even be evil about it?

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at September 30, 2010 09:51 AM (e8T35)

The government is just a little more evil I guess.  It's kind of like the Chronicles of Riddick: you have to fight evil with another kind of evil.  Or something. 

(Yes, I did just bring up The Chronicles of Riddick. No I am not proud)

31 MWR at 8, apparently the Bildbergers are on our side now - see WUWT: http://tinyurl.com/398gn33

32 Ha wingnuts, I won't have to worry about enrollment because I'm being laid off.

33 I thought Obama was all about health care for the poor and elderly, and the Dems spent their time creating jobs and helping the poor.  Yeah, not so much:

(link)From December 2008 to December 2009, Medicaid enrollment rose by nearly 3.7 million people, the biggest 12-month increase since the early days of the program's implementation, the report found. That accompanied a surge in demand for other low-income assistance. Nearly 12 million households received food stamps last year, a record.

Nearly every state - 48 in all - took some action to limit Medicaid spending last year, and most plan more cuts next year. Although they didn't reduce eligibility, Kaiser found that states took steps to restrict the scope of coverage:

- A record 20 states placed restrictions on benefits, and 14 plan new restrictions next year. Arizona, California, Hawaii and Massachusetts eliminated some or all dental coverage. Other states limited medical imaging, therapies, supplies and personal care.

- Thirty-nine states cut or froze payments to hospitals, doctors and other service providers, and most plan another round next year. Medicaid payment rates are already so low that in many states it's hard to find doctors who will accept the coverage.

- Eighteen states placed limits on long-term care services, and 10 plan additional limits next year.

The recession officially ended in mid-2009, but the Kaiser study indicates its ill effects will take a while longer to wear off.

34 Why aren't businesses just absorbing these costs? They're rich, they can afford it. They really are out to get Obama.

35 But, but, your premiums will go down 3,000%.   As I have said it, so shall it be!

36 9 Has White America lost it's mind???
http://www dot villagevoice dot com
Posted by: Crashpanic at September 30, 2010 09:38 AM (t6BV4)

Members of the VV staff who happen to be white, and certainly have not lost their minds, will henceforth refer to themselves as "Ecru-Americans"

37

I'm callin it the Gregorian conspiracy.

You will be hearing from our attorneys. 

38

Costs are going up, large companies are dropping their plans, the elderly can't continue to see their doctors because the doctors are either dumping their medicare patients or not accepting new ones. Small companies are firing employees to get un the 50 employee cutoff line which means they don;t have to buy insurance or face a penalty.

I'm sure this is just "unintended consequences" and NOT Cloward-Piven on a grand scale.

Cause that would just be nutty.

39 So it turns out centralized planning is hard.  If only we had documented evidence of this fact, maybe none of this would have happened.

40

From Drudge

Man dies after drinking pint of vodka in 4 seconds.

41 It makes you wonder if the businesses are just out to make money!  The gall of some people.

42 Man dies after drinking pint of vodka in 4 seconds.

If someone is stupid enough to drink a good vodka so fast that he can't enjoy it he deserves to die.

43

The government is just a little more evil I guess.  It's kind of like the Chronicles of Riddick: you have to fight evil with another kind of evil.  Or something. 

Lol.. well, a corporation try's it's best to convince you to give it money in return for a product or a service.  Sometimes they don't always highlight all the terms and conditions for you, and yes sometimes they use questionable tactics.  Sometimes the product turns out to be substandard.  But then you always have the choice of not giving them any money next time around. 

The government on the other hand takes your money regardless of your wishes and then spends it on the stupidest crap imaginable, because it's not their money.  There is not accounting, no oversight, just abuse after abuse after abuse.  And the best part?  You have no choice, they take your money one way or the other.  They are going to keep taking your money and if you refuse you go to jail.

So to paraphrase a line from another movie of questionable cinematic reputation, in comparison corporations are like the diet coke of evil.. lol

44 Really. I don't have a fucking clue....

45

 So it turns out centralized planning is hard.  If only we had documented evidence of this fact, maybe none of this would have happened.

You mean like Greece?  Or pretty much all of Europe? The USSR?

Lol

46 Man dies after drinking pint of vodka in 4 seconds.

If only more idiots could be convinced to remove themselves from the gene pool....

47

"...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!

Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons

Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.

 

48 Small businesses within 1 year will be staffed entirely by 1099 contractors.

My health care expires at the end of this year and I shudder to see what it will be for next year, if at all.

49

Man dies after drinking pint of vodka in 4 seconds.

If only more idiots could be convinced to remove themselves from the gene pool....

Sadly it does us no good whatsoever, even dead he'll still be voting democrat. 

50 It occurs to me that, given the machinations of our government recently, the "American Dream" is little more than a great big fucking lie anymore.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

51 45 It makes you wonder if the businesses are just out to make money!  The gall of some people.

The nerve of some people wanting to start a business and provide a decent service and/or product while providing for themselves and their families.  Madness, isn't it?

When I was in HS, one moonbat history teacher who tried to explain to me how corporations control our lives.  WTH?

 Sure, corporations try to entice us to buy this brand of shoes or food, but in the end, they cannot force us to buy their products (well, they can't unless said business got into an unholy alliance with the government where you have to use their service/product to satisfy some regulation).  However, the government can and does control our lives by regulation and taxation.  Try to not comply with filing your taxes next year, and you'll soon discover how much power the federal (and other tiers) of government have over your life.  Ask Wesley Snipes about the IRS in particular.

52 The government on the other hand takes your money regardless of your wishes and then spends it on the stupidest crap imaginable trying to destroy your business, life and liberty.

53 51 "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?

54 This year's Savannah Oktoberfest has a new treat in store:  Fried Beer.

A Texan, Mark Zable, created it and it had its world premiere at the State Fair of Texas Sept. 24.  Fried Beer is made from salty, pretzel-like dough shaped like ravioli.  The confection is filled with beer and deep fried.

55 Pot, kettle, some assembly:

The House of Representatives voted 348 to 79 Wednesday to send a strong pre-election, bipartisan message to China: Stop manipulating your currency to keep it artificially low or the U.S. will get tough and move against you.

http://tinyurl.com/3xgpo5o

56 #53 Sadly it does us no good whatsoever, even dead he'll still be voting democrat.

Brain death or life-ceasing death always compels a person to vote Dem. 

57 "even dead he'll still be voting democrat. "

Thanks for the snorty-laugh, StuckonStupid. Good thing I wasn't sipping coffee at the time.

58

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

Where's the Illuminati when you need them?

59

Thanks for the snorty-laugh, StuckonStupid. Good thing I wasn't sipping coffee at the time.

Not to worry, while I can no longer afford health insurance fortunately keyboard coverage is still pretty inexpensive

60 McDonald's considering dropping health insurance for workers.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Evil Corporations! (linky no safey for workey)

61 I think I've figured out Obama's strategy for the election:  "Look!  A cluster!  Let's fuck it!"

62 Oh, it's a conspiracy alright.  Feel free to blame us for this one.  Suck it, Obama!

63 Herr - I have an American Dream, and the government isn't going to like it very much.

64 60 Pot, kettle, some assembly:

The House of Representatives voted 348 to 79 Wednesday to send a strong pre-election, bipartisan message to China: Stop manipulating your currency to keep it artificially low or the U.S. will get tough and move against you.

http://tinyurl.com/3xgpo5o

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at September 30, 2010 10:33 AM (5aa4z)

When will those damn Chinese learn that manipulating the US dollar is my job!

65

I guess it never occurred to Obama and his ilk that businesses are "screwing him" because it's all they can do to stay afloat? 

To quote Gunny Sgt. Hartman: "They're paying for it, you eat it!"

66 Best September on Fraud Street since 1939, though.

But something else also happened in September of 1939.  Can't seem to recall... oh yeah, that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland

History - it never precisely repeats, but it always rhymes.

67 Herr at 60, cool - should be a lot of open seats at the next bond auction.

68

Sadly it does us no good whatsoever, even dead he'll still be voting democrat. 

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at September 30, 2010 10:29 AM (e8T35)

Even though he was British, they'll find a way to prop his corpse up in the voting booth in Chicago and call it valid.

69

Small businesses within 1 year will be staffed entirely by 1099 contractors.

Vic. believe me, its already there man.

The 1099 wave started a while back, but once companies ee that it allows them to bypass healthcare, all companies will be using it.

Say goodbye to benefits and hello to doing your own withholding.

70

The House of Representatives voted 348 to 79 Wednesday to send a strong pre-election, bipartisan message to China: Stop manipulating your currency to keep it artificially low or the U.S. will get tough and move against you.

Seriously, what are we going to do, give them a nasty nip? 

71 66 I think I've figured out Obama's strategy for the election:  "Look!  A cluster!  Let's fuck it!"

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 30, 2010 10:36 AM (xxgag)

Knight jumps US! Bishop jumps US! Pawns jump US! *Gangbang*!

72 You know--fuck you guys sideways.

73 Herr - I have an American Dream, and the government isn't going to like it very much.

I think we're all reaching a point where being lied to just isn't cutting it anymore.

74

Seriously, what are we going to do, give them a nasty nip? 

I see what you did there . . .

75 LOL ... never heard of year end have we ...

76 Say goodbye to benefits and hello to doing your own withholding.

What tax revolt?

77

Rubio almost at 50 percent in a poll.

 

phew, that's good news.

78 58This year's Savannah Oktoberfest has a new treat in store:  Fried Beer.

A Texan, Mark Zable, created it and it had its world premiere at the State Fair of Texas Sept. 24.  Fried Beer is made from salty, pretzel-like dough shaped like ravioli.  The confection is filled with beer and deep fried.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2010 10:32 AM (UOM4

Oh no he di'nt!

79 Time for an antithetical hippy revolution. Tune in, turn on, and drop out while you still have money to buy gold.

80 You losers and your timekeeping methods which fail to presage apocalypse, doom and chaos make me laugh.

81 77  You know--fuck you guys sideways.

Posted by: Julian calendar at September 30, 2010 10:40 AM (wOGfT)

Well I've got my own personal Doomsday Conspiracy, so suck it.

82

Say goodbye to benefits and hello to doing your own withholding.

What tax revolt?

that is an upside that never occured to me.

If you're a 1099 you are responsible for paying all the taxes and the companies medicare and social secuirty withholding.

So instead of paying just the employees 6.2% Social Security Witholding and the 1.45% Medicare Witholding,  you will also being paying the companies share of that too.

So 7.65%  just became 15.3% for every worker.

 

Normally the company offsets this buy paying the contractor a higher hourly rate by than the employee, but i don't forsee that happening when companies move large portions of their employees to 1099 status.

83  "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?  Posted by: Archimedes Plutonium at September 30, 2010 10:31 AM (yRrAd)

 

Puny Humans.

84

Seriously, what are we going to do, give them a nasty nip? 

I see what you did there . . .

Well, any day you can fire of a Monty Python reference and maintain enough racist cred that you'll still get invited to tea parties, by goodness that's a good day.. lol

85

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Homes in the foreclosure process sold at an average 26 percent discount in the second quarter as almost one-fourth of all U.S. transactions involved properties in some stage of mortgage distress, according to RealtyTrac. Inc. 

“We’re still clearly building up more distressed inventory,” Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac’s senior vice president, said in a telephone interview. “That will either put downward pressure on prices or keep them from going up.”

 

The housing market is in on the conspiracy against Barry

86

wow type-o's galore

companies = company's

and

buy=by

87 History - it never precisely repeats, but it always rhymes.

Posted by: DocJ at September 30, 2010 10:39 AM (AWzOz)

Funny you should say that. I am currently reading "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan. It was recommended by one of the Morons in one of the Monty Sunday Book threads.

It tells the story of the hard times that the farmers in the panhandle country had at the start of the depression and into the dust bowl.

The parallels with the start of the great depression and today are simply frightening. History is repeating itself.

What is even more amazing is the author, a liberal NYT reporter, is even spouting the code of today in the time frame then. Evil Republican President refused to help the poor farmer (Hoover) and FDR/New Deal the best thing since sliced bread.

I am only halfway through the book and it is a good read if you discount the typical liberal propaganda and read up on how bad the people really had it back then.

The whiners of today need to have this shoved down their throats.

88 76 66 I think I've figured out Obama's strategy for the election:  "Look!  A cluster!  Let's fuck it!"

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 30, 2010 10:36 AM (xxgag)

Knight jumps US! Bishop jumps US! Pawns jump US! *Gangbang*!

Posted by: Barack "King Louis XVI" Obama at September 30, 2010 10:40

 [stoned] You men go northwest! You men go southwest! I'm gonna walk around right here in a circle.

89 The month of October is racist.

90

The housing market is in on the conspiracy against Barry

Interesting.. so your saying the housing market crash was a huge conspiracy against Barry.

The crash was pretty much engineered by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.

Ergo, Barney and Chris are both racists.

 

91 So 7.65%  just became 15.3% for every worker.

Not true, if I am not mistaken it is 10% SS tax called the "self-employment" tax.

92

And the best part is, it is so..............unexpected!

 

Either Obama and his administration are really manipulative and clever, and this is really Cloward-Pliven on steroids, or they are dumb as a box of rocks.

Frankly, I'm going with dumb as a bunch of rocks.  None of them impress me a being THAT clever. It's not so much what they think they know.  It's just most of what they know is wrong.

93 Testing

94

Seriously, what are we going to do, give them a nasty nip? 

I see what you did there . . .

Well, any day you can fire of a Monty Python reference and maintain enough racist cred that you'll still get invited to tea parties, by goodness that's a good day.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at September 30, 2010 10:45 AM (e8T35)

That reminds me of that scene from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Dr. Nokitofa: Technically sir, tomatoes are fags.
Dr. Morrison: He means fruits.

General: You'd better bring a coat Mr. Richardson, there's a little Jap in the air.
Dr. Morrison: He means nip.

95 97

And the best part is, it is so..............unexpected!

 Either Obama and his administration are really manipulative and clever, and this is really Cloward-Pliven on steroids, or they are dumb as a box of rocks.

Frankly, I'm going with dumb as a bunch of rocks.  None of them impress me a being THAT clever. It's not so much what they think they know.  It's just most of what they know is wrong.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch says..... at September 30, 2010 10:49 AM (usS2T)

Nah, if he was smart, he would have done Obama-care in steps. He was just jumping through hoops for SEIU. He's an idiot with good handlers.

96

I think I've figured out Obama's strategy for the election:  "Look!  A cluster!  Let's fuck it!"

I just shamelessly stole that.

97 Remain calm.  All is well!

98 98 Testing

Posted by: Dire Straits at September 30, 2010 10:51 AM (eGgq7)

Test failed, negotiating TCP/IP stack windowing re-size. Try changing MSS to 64 bytes.

Time Dst IP Src IP Protocol Description 20.862 157.57.24.193 157.57.11.169 TCP ....S., len: 4, seq: 346564214, ack: 0, win: 8192, 20.866 157.57.11.169 157.57.24.193 TCP .A..S., len: 4, seq: 339000739, ack: 346564215, win: 8760, 20.866 157.57.24.193 157.57.11.169 TCP .A...., len: 0, seq: 346564215, ack: 339000740, win: 8760, Example of Graceful Close (Modified 3 Way Hand Shake) Time Dst IP Src IP Protocol Description 39.295 157.57.11.169 157.57.24.193 TCP .A...F, len: 0, seq: 339000917, ack: 346564257, win: 8718, 39.295 157.57.24.193 157.57.11.169 TCP .A...., len: 0, seq: 346564257, ack: 339000918, win: 8583, 39.298 157.57.24.193 157.57.11.169 TCP .A...F, len: 0, seq: 346564257, ack: 339000918, win: 8583, 39.300 157.57.11.169 157.57.24.193 TCP .A...., len: 0, seq: 339000918, ack: 346564258, win: 8718,

99

88  "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?  Posted by: Archimedes Plutonium at September 30, 2010 10:31 AM (yRrAd)

 Puny Humans.

Posted by: The Grays at September 30, 2010 10:45 AM (pcJe3)

*whistles innocently, looks down at his shoes to avoid eye-contact...*

100

Testing

This was only a test.  Had this been an actual blog comment it would have been followed by official information, news, or perhaps just generally silliness.  Again, this was only a test. 

101 88  "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?  Posted by: Archimedes Plutonium at September 30, 2010 10:31 AM (yRrAd)

 Puny Humans.

Posted by: The Grays at September 30, 2010 10:45 AM (pcJe3)

*whistles innocently, looks down at his shoes to avoid eye-contact...*

Posted by: Col. Sanders at September 30, 2010 10:56 AM (kC3nL)

Nah, it's us

102 Work for a major corp.  We haven't been told exact percentages but we've been told that the regular healthcare plans will be gone starting 2014, with much higher premiums in the meantime.  They'll then be totally in the consumer driven plans.  I have the consumer driven plan, and I like it, especially in combination wtih a health savings account.   But I joined mid-year after my wife left her job and didn't have a savings built up.  Made for some medical bill hell for a few months.

103 I'm callin it the Gregorian conspiracy.

Look to your own salvation...

Ha HA Ha HA Ha HA Ha!!!!!!! (Aim for the head!)

104 Apparently President Toonces can't even make the trains run on time.

105 My wife left the house this morning on the verge of tears. She got her first paycheck after her health care costs went up. It cut a pound of flesh out.

106
Look to your own salvation...

Ha HA Ha HA Ha HA Ha!!!!!!! (Aim for the head!)

Posted by: Father Grigori Ravenholm at September 30, 2010 10:59 AM (shB9l)

I have to wonder...did Father Grigori ever make it out of Ravenholm?  Will there ever be an Episode 3?

107 It makes you wonder if the businesses are just out to make money!

"Sometimes I think that there's a time when you've just made too much money."

Frankly, I'm going with dumb as a bunch of rocks.  None of them impress me a being THAT clever. It's not so much what they think they know.

Nope.  Remember, there is not one person in the current administration that has ever run a business.  Had to meet payroll.  Shop for and administer a benefits package.  Was responsible for making ends meet or to even make a profit.  All this stuff is as foreign to them as a profits to earnings ratio.

108 "Look!  A cluster!  Let's fuck it!"

Finally, I get some peace.

109 "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?  Posted by: Archimedes Plutonium at September 30, 2010 10:31 AM (yRrAd)

 Puny Humans.

Posted by: The Grays at September 30, 2010 10:45 AM (pcJe3)

*whistles innocently, looks down at his shoes to avoid eye-contact...*

Posted by: Col. Sanders at September 30, 2010 10:56 AM (kC3nL)

Nah, it's us

Posted by: Guild of Calamitous Intent at September 30, 2010 10:57 AM (zqzYV)

Slow down boys, your all just out of your league.

 

110 22 - Sorry if this has already been answered:

No, the IRS doesn't set that, your company does.  Technically, Open Enrollment can be any time during the year.  Most companies have it May/June for benefits to start in July or October/November for benefits to start in January.  There are rules stating how often they can change that, and how to handle "short" or "long" years (basically, if someone doing OE in June wanted to move down to November, or vice versa), and a bunch of other regulations I don't remember (used to work for a COBRA/FSA Administrator).  So, in effect, having set Open Enrollment for October/November, most companies will just keep those dates because it's too much of a pain to change even if they wanted to do so.

111 Fox is about to have Mulvaney on next. They are saying Spratt is in big trouble in SC-5. Let's see if they have a new poll since May.

112 Oh, indeed...quite the conspiracy. Because I'll bet most businesses have had their open enrollment periods in October...probably for decades. Because of course the Evil Big Business Cabal of Evil Evilness used their time machines to foresee the rise of B. Hussein Obama, Lightbringer...and are colluding to bring him down. Poor Barry.

113
Open-enrollment Shock- THIS is the kind of October Surprise I can support!

114 Wait...wait...careful.  Without sarcasm,   Obamacare is obviously a poison pill approach, a Step I to getting single payer, so we need to temper our enthusiasm for its FAIL.  FAIL, without a flip of Congress and the Presidency gets us single payer.

115 94 The month of October is racist.

Posted by: Mr Pink at September 30, 2010 10:48 AM (MA7lj)

And when the democrats go down in a storm of fire and lava in November, that month will be racist, too.  November is already pretty racist because of how the pilgrims slaughtered the Indians to eat them and steal their blankets or something, but it'll be even MORE racist after the mid-terms.  November is only not racist when we elect a blackish president.  Then it's okay.

116

My friends, D is for drive, while R is for reverse.  You don't want to go in reverse do you? 

 

_{Oh, shit!}

117 Err, the November racist thing is actually me.  Darn sock puppetry!  I BLAME THE CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN!

118 Gregorian Conspiracy.  That's funny. Since Gregorian calendar is tied to Pope Gregory, it's not just the businesses, it's the Roman Catholic Church going after "the one", giving credence to that fact that he's the "anti-Christ".

119 My friends, D is for drive, while R is for reverse.  You don't want to go in reverse do you?

No, GOP is party of STOP.

120 December is the most racist month of all. What do you think of when someone says "december"? Hmmmmm? You racist.

121 December is the most racist month of all. What do you think of when someone says "december"? Hmmmmm? You racist.

Posted by: dagny at September 30, 2010 11:18 AM (2yvas)

Kwanzaa?

122
What do you think of when someone says "december"?

You know what color snow is, right?

Gaia - also a racist.

123

Democrats think Open Enrollment in October is bad...just wait until we get a President / Congress ballsy enough to move Tax Day to November 1^st!

124 Say goodbye to benefits and hello to doing your own withholding.

Hey, just think of all the fun you'll have filing and paying your quarterly estimated taxes!

125 115 "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?  Posted by: Archimedes Plutonium at September 30, 2010 10:31 AM (yRrAd)

 Puny Humans.

Posted by: The Grays at September 30, 2010 10:45 AM (pcJe3)

*whistles innocently, looks down at his shoes to avoid eye-contact...*

Posted by: Col. Sanders at September 30, 2010 10:56 AM (kC3nL)

Nah, it's us

Posted by: Guild of Calamitous Intent at September 30, 2010 10:57 AM (zqzYV)

Slow down boys, your all just out of your league.

 

Posted by: The Vatican at September 30, 2010 11:10 AM (IebeI)

 

Not yet, but its about to be...

126 If it OK for illegal aliens to give fake SSNs; is OK for 1099er to forget their digits? Is their an I9 form responsibility for 1099er's? I think not.

127

I can't bring myself to disapprove of Obama. Did you guys know he's black?

It's true. Think how racist it would be if I held him to any kind of standard.

128

You know what color snow is, right?
Gaia - also a racist.

Dirt is brown.  Gaia is not the racist.

WEATHER, ON THE OTHER HAND...  What color are happy, fluffy clouds?  How are their storm-causing counterparts different?

129 Dunkirk - I though Obamacare got rid of those medical savings accounts?

130 "Is their an I9 form responsibility for 1099er's? I think not." W-9

131 We're up in ur base, fucking shit up.
-Math

132 131 115 "...It's a CONSPIRACY.  Damn you, Bilderberg Group!
Posted by: MWR at September 30, 2010 09:37 AM (4df7R)

Bilderberg Group?  I thought it was the Masons
Posted by: Nighhawk at September 30, 2010 09:43 AM (OtQXp)

Actually it's the Pentaverate.
Posted by: opus at September 30, 2010 10:27 AM (IebeI)

What, no lovin' for me?  Posted by: Archimedes Plutonium at September 30, 2010 10:31 AM (yRrAd)

 Puny Humans.

Posted by: The Grays at September 30, 2010 10:45 AM (pcJe3)

*whistles innocently, looks down at his shoes to avoid eye-contact...*

Posted by: Col. Sanders at September 30, 2010 10:56 AM (kC3nL)

Nah, it's us

Posted by: Guild of Calamitous Intent at September 30, 2010 10:57 AM (zqzYV)

Slow down boys, your all just out of your league.

 

Posted by: The Vatican at September 30, 2010 11:10 AM (IebeI)

 

Not yet, but its about to be...

Posted by: Sons of Liberty! Part 2 at September 30, 2010 11:26 AM (AdK6a)

Poseurs!

133 Posted by: Guild of Calamitous Intent at September 30, 2010 10:57 AM (zqzYV)

To hell with you!

134

OK for illegal aliens to give fake SSNs; is OK for 1099er to forget their digits? Is their an I9 form responsibility for 1099er's? I think not.

no, 1099 people don't have to fill out I-9s

135

We're up in ur base, fucking shit up.
-Math

ALL YOUR BASE-EIGHT ARE BELONG TO US.

136

My friends, D is for drive, while R is for reverse.  You don't want to go in reverse do you? 

Umm.. well, ya, actually I do.

I want to reverse the damage Barry has done to our economy.

I want to reverse out of control spending.

I want to reverse all of the slush funds that only seem to payout to Democratic donors and democrat controlled districts.

I want to reverse Obamacare

In short, I pretty much want to reverse the tremendous damage this administration has done to our country.

137

130 Democrats think Open Enrollment in October is bad...just wait until we get a President / Congress ballsy enough to move Tax Day to November 1^st!

 

I believe it was Reagan who wanted to eliminate withholding taxes, and make taxpayers pay the whole thing on April 15th.  THAT would get everybody's attention in a ny minute.  By accepting withholding of your pay, you don't notice how badly you are being bled by the leeches.

138 135 Dunkirk - I though Obamacare got rid of those medical savings accounts? Posted by: Jean at September 30, 2010 11:33 AM (9usBU) Not quite. They are dropping the FSA allowed amount to 2500 from 5000, but the HSAs are still ok. I think I remember something about FSAs going away completely later on, but meh. FSAs are kinda dumb with the whole "use it or lose it mechanic", and HSAs beat them on that alone (HSAs carry over to next year). We had a meeting to go over our new benefit options last week, and the HMO/PPO stuff is all gone. It's now all this "Consumer Driven" crap, and the HSA version appears to be the best of the 3 options. It all still equates to more out of pocket expenses. Premiums stay about the same, but you pay more for each service you consume. No more simple co-pays.

139 My company sent out our benefits reminder this week.  In it it stated,"Due to the Health Care reform OTC drugs are no longer available using the Medical Spending Accounts." 

While I knew this because I actually pay attention to politics, the vast majority of my co-workers did not realize this was part of the bill.  Many people use OTC allergy medicine, pain relievers, antacids, and other meds that they pay for the spending accounts.

Our benefits costs went up due to the bill, too.

140 wow type-o's galore

I think you mean typos...  .>8^O

141 IT'S THE PHONE COMPANY MAN !!!!!!!!!!

142
Democrats HATE privately run corporations.

Vilification!  hate!  hate!  ridicule!  propaganda!

DEMOCRATS HATE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.
Democrats want to ass fuck the nation and give it all to the communist union thug war-lords.

True story.

143 "I'm callin it the Gregorian conspiracy" Diet coke now in my nose.

144

My friends, D is for drive, while R is for reverse.  You don't want to go in reverse do you? 

 

_{Oh, shit!}

Posted by: Deep Thoughts From Brand D at September 30, 2010 11:16 AM (sOtz/)

Wrong metaphor.

"D" is for Dive.

"R" is for Return to the surface so we can catch our breath.

It's obviously a submarine metaphor cleverly disguised as a '58 Edsel...