Purpose of this board
I created this new board as a place to talk about issues with the
ibmpension board.
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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Other issues boards
This is actually one of four boards I created on September 22, 2012, as a place to talk about issues with IBM related boards on Yahoo. The four issues boards in alphabetical order
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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Moderation
The moderators seem to be
Anti-IBM
Bitter
Dwell on the past
Labor Union bigots
Left-Wing
Obama lovers
Getting Amazon commissions from some book they keep mentioning
Leaning toward socialism
I feel
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namremf <no_reply@...>
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Re: Other issues boards
Members of my 4 issues boards at this point:
ibmemployeeissuesissues 28
IBMissues 43
ibmpensionissues 54
ibmretireeissues 55
I assume that ibmemployeeissues membership is by far the lowest because
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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Suggestion on How to Make this Board More Worthwhile
I completely agree with your view of the moderators. Roughly 50% of my appends are censored by the moderators. I think the sole reason is that they simply disagree with the views that I express,
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zimowski@sbcglobal.net <zimowski@...>
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AT&T will boost pension fund with $9.5 billion equity stake
Some different news!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/19/us-att-pension-idUSBRE89I14Y20121019
"AT&T's pension plan was underfunded by about $10.2 billion at the end of 2011, a company
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namremf <no_reply@...>
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Re: AT&T will boost pension fund with $9.5 billion equity stake
Is there an implication that IBM's Pension fund is underfunded?
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Dick
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Re: AT&T will boost pension fund with $9.5 billion equity stake
Please read:
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120329/NEWS03/120329851?tags=|307|77|82#
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namremf <no_reply@...>
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Re: AT&T will boost pension fund with $9.5 billion equity stake
According to your referenced URL:
With $86.6 billion in plan assets, Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp. had the second-largest pension program in 2011. Its plans were 89.3% funded last year, down slightly
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Dick
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Re: AT&T will boost pension fund with $9.5 billion equity stake
According to this post over in the real IBM pension group, the
US pension fund is in even better shape than that. It was only about 2% underfunded at the end of
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edward_berkline <no_reply@...>
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Re: Suggestion on How to Make this Board More Worthwhile
zimowski,
I like your idea, however, I seem to recall that Yahoo has a rule against reposting messages from one board to another withoug permission from the author. Does anyone know for sure? I will
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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Re: Suggestion on How to Make this Board More Worthwhile
For years, this boring website routinely rips-off postings from Yahoo message boards and posts them for all to see:
http://www.ibmemployee.com/
All the mentions of "throat" and "crammed" are
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namremf <no_reply@...>
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backroom bailout meeting on Delphi pension plans
Democrats, please don't read: (it's about vote buying)
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/28/documents-treasury-officials-held-2009-backroom-bailout-meeting-on-delphi-pension-plans/
So glad IBM was not
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namremf <no_reply@...>
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Re: backroom bailout meeting on Delphi pension plans
Typical Chicago Democrat politics,,,, ?Chicago is my home town,,,, it hasn't changed since Al Capone was King.
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Dick
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Re: Suggestion on How to Make this Board More Worthwhile
namref and zimowski,
I have decided to try the idea and see who complains about it.
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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U.S. companies take aim at pension risk with lump-sum offers
Here is an interesting subject that was the source of some good discussion on the ibmpension board that was prematurely cut off by a moderator. I am posting the entire thread here and inviting
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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Re: U.S. companies take aim at pension risk with lump-sum offers
As a retiree, I am lucky enough to have IBM health care coverage and, although our benefits seem to shrink a bit more every year, having IBM coverage is much better than having no coverage. Given
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zimowski@sbcglobal.net <zimowski@...>
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Speculation on health care options of the future
I attempted to post the following message on the ibmpension board several days ago. Post never made it so I assume the moderators rejected it. Would someone that knows how to bypass the moderators
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flatiron_blues <no_reply@...>
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Re: Speculation on health care options of the future
OK flatiron_blues. I know how to bypass the moderators on ibmpension and have posted a message on your behalf there fully recognizing the risk of being banned from the ibmpension board but really
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max17s <no_reply@...>
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Re: U.S. companies take aim at pension risk with lump-sum offers
You are hoping PPACA gets repealed? You do realize companies are under NO obligation to provide healthcare to anyone, with or without PPACA. PPACA may be your only choice someday and you hope it
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teamb562
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