The last election leaves me pondering what more damage can be done before we turn totally socialist in this country? How far must we turn left before we go communist with the current leadership taking us down a path of ruin from which there will be no return?
The politicians in Washington, and many states along with them, seem hell bent on taking as much as possible from the so-called middle class and giving it to the have-nots; those not willing to pursue a living, and standing at the door with their hand out. The "I'm entitled" class grows larger and larger and those who feel that way have done absolutely nothing to gain an entitlement. No work, no service to their country, absolutely nothing but take up space on this planet and complain that what they get is not enough.
Oh, add in pro-creation as many continue to have illegitimate children by the numbers, and refuse to remember or name the "baby daddy" as that could somehow affect the amount of welfare, WIC, and other free gimmes they receive if the "baby daddy" were found and ordered to pay. Of course, from what my research elicits, even if found, most never pay the amounts adjudicated due, many are already incarcerated, and others are already living with the mother surreptitiously, but being claimed as missing and unknown. Yet, the taxpayers are paying for this.
Medicare and MediCal or whatever your state wants to call it is all on you, the taxpayer. You pay for the medical care of the welfare and indigents who won't work. Okay, if someone cannot legitimately work due to a real medical disability, that's reasonable. But again, research shows so a great number of cases where the disability may not be justified and the person can do some sort of work. Complicity runs rampant in the system yet it just grinds on. There are not enough investigators to make a dent in the fraud in the system, and we're paying for it.
Illegal immigration also makes a huge dent in your wallet. Just ask about the Section 1011 Form that the local hospital fills out for care to illegals in the Emergency Room or as an inpatient. No signing or anything. Check the box, admission signs and the bill goes to the U.S. Government for the illegals care. You try that if you go to the Emergency Room or the hospital without insurance. You'll get hounded until hell freezes over, have your wages garnished, placed in collection, etc. Why? Because you're an American and here legally! Check it out here:
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/CMS-Forms/CMS-Forms/downloads/cms10130a.pdf
Things will be getting worse. Doesn't matter whether you're a Republican or a Democrat at this stage. You all need to pray to someone higher than the tower in Washington to help us out of this mess. I predict we'll se a recession again bigger than the recent one (I think we're still in it) and plants will close in record numbers. By 2016 we'll be on the skids so bad that we may never get out. The two parties will be at each others throats and won't accomplish much due to their constant fighting. They coin new phrases like "fiscal cliff:" to describe their self-made messes and love to create drama like a cheap soap opear on the taxpayers billions.
Hang on for the ride, folks, because you'll need a good seat belt and maybe even a three point harness for this one. And, a hard hat and safety goggles might not hurt either.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Goodbye to The Unionized Twinkie
Sadly, the Hostess Brands Company filed for liquidation on November 16, as union picketers walked the picket line around numerous locations, demanding yet more concessions from a company that was already sliding into the abyss of oblivion. The company asked for concessions from the union, but the union would rather see 18,500 employees out of work nation wide than give in to save jobs. Eight percent reduction in pay and paying twenty percent of their medical costs would be too much to handle to keep working. Unemployment must have looked a lot better. Or at least that's what the union bosses decided.
From the press:
"A small union's stubbornness in contract talks with Hostess is being blamed for the shutdown of one of America's snack food icons, the loss of 18,500 jobs just before the holiday season and much-needed tax revenue from hundreds of plants and shops across the country.
The privately-held company had reached a deal with the Teamsters, but a smaller union representing bakery workers refused to agree to concessions, prompting the mass layoffs and closing down of hundreds of plants, bakeries and delivery routes. That prompted harsh words from both the company and from Teamsters officials.
The national strike by members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) that began last week decimated the 82-year-old company’s ability to produce and deliver products at roughly 12 of its 33 plants. The company announced earlier in the week that the ax would fall on Friday if the strikers didn’t get back to work, but the union didn’t blink.'
So, folks, when you no longer have your favorite snack cakes on the shelves, be it Twinkies, Ho-Ho's, Ring Dings, Sno-Balls, Devil Dogs, Hostess Cup Cakes or even Wonder Bread, don't blame Hostess for failure. They declared bankruptcy once already and were trying to crawl out of that hole. But unfortunately, the weight of union demands placed them in an untenable position.
It's kind of a strange epitaph when a company is placed in a position to tell the union that if you don't go back to work, we can't sustain ourselves, and will have to close and liquidate, and the union essentially says screw you, and the inevitable happens. Then listen to the wailing of the workers who have no jobs but relied on the union to be their spokesperson and do right by them. Sadly, the workers, in my opinion, got screwed by the union they trusted!
There are no winners here, just losers. Including all those lovers of the fine products you have enjoyed for generations. And the families of all those workers who really had no say in the demise of this great business.
RIP, Twinkies...
From the press:
"A small union's stubbornness in contract talks with Hostess is being blamed for the shutdown of one of America's snack food icons, the loss of 18,500 jobs just before the holiday season and much-needed tax revenue from hundreds of plants and shops across the country.
The privately-held company had reached a deal with the Teamsters, but a smaller union representing bakery workers refused to agree to concessions, prompting the mass layoffs and closing down of hundreds of plants, bakeries and delivery routes. That prompted harsh words from both the company and from Teamsters officials.
The national strike by members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) that began last week decimated the 82-year-old company’s ability to produce and deliver products at roughly 12 of its 33 plants. The company announced earlier in the week that the ax would fall on Friday if the strikers didn’t get back to work, but the union didn’t blink.'
So, folks, when you no longer have your favorite snack cakes on the shelves, be it Twinkies, Ho-Ho's, Ring Dings, Sno-Balls, Devil Dogs, Hostess Cup Cakes or even Wonder Bread, don't blame Hostess for failure. They declared bankruptcy once already and were trying to crawl out of that hole. But unfortunately, the weight of union demands placed them in an untenable position.
It's kind of a strange epitaph when a company is placed in a position to tell the union that if you don't go back to work, we can't sustain ourselves, and will have to close and liquidate, and the union essentially says screw you, and the inevitable happens. Then listen to the wailing of the workers who have no jobs but relied on the union to be their spokesperson and do right by them. Sadly, the workers, in my opinion, got screwed by the union they trusted!
There are no winners here, just losers. Including all those lovers of the fine products you have enjoyed for generations. And the families of all those workers who really had no say in the demise of this great business.
RIP, Twinkies...
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