Green Energy
Wealth Redistribution The Obamanomics Way
My wife asked me if I was making more now than I dd on unemployment.
No, about 2/3 what I was making then I told her.
Which, of course, got me to thinking.
In the summer of 2009 I was making $28.25 an hour plus overtime at time and a half, double time Sundays (and there was ALWAYS overtime).
8 months into Obama and my position was unceremoniously and without warning eliminated.
And then I was making (roughly) $14.12 an hour on unemployment (we won't again discuss the tens of thousands spent from my now defunct IRA and the former wealth I still owe the government for the privilege of using my own money).
Then for about 10 months I had no income at all. Until I started working in the backroom of the Big Box Retailer (no, not that one, the other one)(I lift things up and put them down).
Where I now make $8.25 an hour for less than 40 hrs a week
Since they carved my old position into many tiny pieces and gave them to a bunch of supervisors plus a little outsourcing tell me, where did that other $20 an hour (plus overtime)($800 a week)(plus overtime) go?
Why, right back into the pocket of the corporate entity that formerly employed me of course.
My wife has a very similar story to tell.
As do millions of other Americans.
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Green Energy
Wealth Redistribution The Obamanomics Way
My wife asked me if I was making more now than I dd on unemployment.
No, about 2/3 what I was making then I told her.
Which, of course, got me to thinking.
In the summer of 2009 I was making $28.25 an hour plus overtime at time and a half, double time Sundays (and there was ALWAYS overtime).
8 months into Obama and my position was unceremoniously and without warning eliminated.
And then I was making (roughly) $14.12 an hour on unemployment (we won't again discuss the tens of thousands spent from my now defunct IRA and the former wealth I still owe the government for the privilege of using my own money).
Then for about 10 months I had no income at all. Until I started working in the backroom of the Big Box Retailer (no, not that one, the other one)(I lift things up and put them down).
Where I now make $8.25 an hour for less than 40 hrs a week
Since they carved my old position into many tiny pieces and gave them to a bunch of supervisors plus a little outsourcing tell me, where did that other $20 an hour (plus overtime)($800 a week)(plus overtime) go?
Why, right back into the pocket of the corporate entity that formerly employed me of course.
My wife has a very similar story to tell.
As do millions of other Americans.
How's that for Wealth Redistribution?
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The Year Of Making Lunches Redux On September 2, 2009 Barack Obama had been in office just over 7 months, the U.S. unemployment rate was 9.8%, unemployment compensation was stretching 99 weeks in many places, I posted this and the position I had...
- A New Chapter
Many of you have patiently followed my rants and ravings on the unemployment situation in America (especially my own) for nearly six years now. My wife was working full time at a non-profit and teaching yoga classes at night. I finally landed a part time...
- No Depression
New CBO Report Decimates 'Obamanomics': Real Unemployment Hits 15% “The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country...
- Too Big To Fail, Too
You have all patiently listened to me complain and bitch these last 14 months about the unemployment crisis in this country, especially as it pertains to me. So this is addressed as much to those about to be elected selected and sent for their turn in...
- A Parable For Our Time
Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed. Once in the restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" button, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference — just imagine...