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CA Retirees, Pensioners: Avoid this Facility
"Residents suffering from incontinence were left soaking in their own urine" The cost of rapid assisted living growth. Part 1 of a 4-part series.
By icarlosdanger <no_reply@...> · #413 ·
Re: Can we use this forum to collectively help the group?
So your issue is a concern/fear that ACA will impact you negatively. What have you done to confirm or elevate your concern/fear? Have you tried to call IBM ESC and ask them? Sent a email to IBM HR
By rspee7 <no_reply@...> · #412 ·
Re: Can we use this forum to collectively help the group?
You are mistaken that IBM would have to pay ANY fine if they dropped health insurance coverage for retirees. There is a fine *only* for not providing coverage for full-time employees. It's amusing
By edward_berkline <no_reply@...> · #411 ·
Re: obama care and a a link to grow on.
Sue, I have to ask, do you or did you ever work for IBM? Or are you just posting to tis board because you have nothing better to do?
By [email protected] <zimowski@...> · #410 ·
Re: Can we use this forum to collectively help the group?
There have been no posts on IBM pension issues for the longest time. If you have a pension issue that you would like to discuss, post something and we'll do our best to help you out. I. BTW, am
By [email protected] <zimowski@...> · #409 ·
Re: obama care and a a link to grow on.
It's not true that unions in general and James Hoffa in particular don't want Obamacare. They just don't want their unions to be disadvantaged. They want to tweak what Obamacare is. They actually
By Sue Runyon · #408 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
Hey Dino - if you are going to plagerize material from Wikipedia, you should at least provide an attribution.
By edward_berkline <no_reply@...> · #407 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
I think after being fired a few times Keith now works as a baseball announcer somewhere. I sometime feel that all of the announcers you listed really don't believe what they preach but do it for the
By Sam Cay · #406 ·
Re: The Inequality President
The purpose of my post was to talk about the here and now. Can you please explain how Obama's Galesburg speech did anything to bring the two opposing sides together to facilitate a discussion that
By [email protected] <zimowski@...> · #405 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
The statements "You have your right to your own opinions and beliefs. Not your own facts." have been popping up on this forum quite a bit lately. I thought that this was a quote from Keith Olbermann,
By [email protected] <zimowski@...> · #404 ·
Can we use this forum to collectively help the group?
If you really want to helpful to the rest of us post something simple and concise that informs us of something specific that might impact us IBM retirees. Or ask the group to collectively help with a
By rspee7 <no_reply@...> · #403 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
Perhaps young people will buy health insurance because they actually get something in return for the premiums they pay, such as preventative care and the peace of mind that if something serious
By edward_berkline <no_reply@...> · #402 ·
Re: The Inequality President
The middle class has been having issues for 30 years. It didn't suddenly start with Obama. For decades, basically since the Industrial Revolution, as the productivity of workers increased, their wages
By Sue Runyon · #401 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
Socialism is an economic system characterised by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy.[1] "Social ownership" may refer to cooperative enterprises,
By Sam Cay · #400 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy. The name originates from the 1848
By Sam Cay · #399 ·
Re: The Inequality President
Without a doubt, Obama knows how to give a speech. But every speech he gives, pits some segment of the U.S. population against another. Rich vs not so rich. Moral vs immoral. Those with common sense
By [email protected] <zimowski@...> · #398 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
Don't worry. The word communist is thrown around by those who neither know what the word means nor have any real desire to communicate honestly. When a person uses the word communist as it was used
By Rick b Cool · #397 ·
Re: Interesting Podcast to Listen To: ObamaCare Invades Your Personal Life
One of your best posts ever. I'd like to share another thought on this topic. One needs an id, usually a government provided picture id, to open a savings account and when one wants to withdraw money
By [email protected] <zimowski@...> · #396 ·
Re: Union Fears Destructive Consequences From Obamacare
Spoken like a true person who doesn't like the facts and what they mean or imply. You have your right to your own opinions and beliefs. Not your own facts. You have the right to not believe simple
By Rick b Cool · #395 ·
Re: Part Deux" o'bama care and a a link to grow on
Quite True....there is a joke circulating on the Internet that is More Truth, than Joke. It goes something like...."This Nation is becoming increasingly divided between those who "Work" for a Living,
By Don Mininger · #393 ·