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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:59 AM Original message |
The perfect solution for unemployment: fine the unemployed! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. YEAH! THOSE FUCKING DEADBEATS! MAKING THE ECONOMY SHITTY! |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Yes. You'd have to be "irrational" to oppose a measure that ... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. How is it different than making not purchasing private insurance illegal? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I think you need to reread my posts on the subject. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Do you include a substantial check with the call or letter? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Deleted sub-thread |
rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I'm sure Senator Landrieu would've had a change of heart--if only I'd used the right TONE. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Sounds like you need to start working on getting better representation.. |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Great, I'll get right on that. I will single-handedly turn Louisiana blue. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. IMO it is a stupid analogy. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Is this a stupid analogy? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Actually the analogy was quite apt. |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I see it as a pointed criticism of this administration's mindset, and a way to frame it that shows |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Not at all. Pointed humor to illuminate the situation. n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Would you say this quote is completely worthless too? |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's what Nixon did with inflation: he made it illegal |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Just as long as there are NO unemployment regulations. Wouldn't want regulations |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. FAIL. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not if you are self employed.. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Unemployment insurance also fails to cover short-time workers. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. ..and part-time workers |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. If the government gave the business the money for the workmen's comp |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Workmen's comp is a major racket.. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That doesn't answer my question |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Like I said, if you haven't dealt with it as a small employer you really don't understand it.. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Here's my point |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Unemployment insurance is ALMOST a joke. It is a paltry sum based on what you earned |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. You CAN refuse a position if you are collecting UI if it is not within your skill set |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Poor Houses = bring back Poor Houses... |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I remember the "poor farm" in NE Missouri |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. how about debtors prisons..nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wow! Genius..absolutely genius.... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. What the Dickens?!?! as in Charles... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Loafing bastards, the lot of them. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. That is, sadly, a not so far fetched analogy to how we are 'fixing' health care nt |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. OP really brings the healthcare situation into focus. Thanks. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Place them |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Do we get healthcare while at the work camps? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Ohhh.. well done, as usual. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Way'at dixiegrrrrl! |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Interesting, but how will we sell it to the masses? Put it in a war funding bill? |
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TiberiusGracchus (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. I know you're kidding but that principle existed under "welfare to work", where the unemployed were |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. Well, if you'll put the flame down for a minute, you'll realize they do this already. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. What do you mean "pay back"? It isn't a loan. |
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