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What gets me is that the republican lawmakers aren't the billionaires their policy is designed to benefit... like do they also think they're just inconvenienced billionaires like the people voting for them?
 
BlazerCaravan said:
What gets me is that the republican lawmakers aren't the billionaires their policy is designed to benefit... like do they also think they're just inconvenienced billionaires like the people voting for them?
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If you're pursuing the cynical perspective--no, they don't think they're put-upon billionaries, themselves. They simply want the put-upon billionaires to donate huge quantities of money to their Super PACs. In general, it's a lot easier to fundraise if your constituents are extremely rich, rather than poor or middle class.
 
I'm actually kind of worried about this since my Unions contract is up next august and a big thing on the table will be how to compensate employees that have worked for a long time with the company while the minimum wages increase drastically. If Trump is still in office the threat of a strike wont carry as much weight since i think trump could easily be convinced to strike the strike down.
 
Rhal said:
I'm actually kind of worried about this since my Unions contract is up next august and a big thing on the table will be how to compensate employees that have worked for a long time with the company while the minimum wages increase drastically. If Trump is still in office the threat of a strike wont carry as much weight since i think trump could easily be convinced to strike the strike down.
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You're still working for UPS right?
 
How is your 401K or retirement plan doing?

Mine's up 20% this year.
 
Denny Crane said:
How is your 401K or retirement plan doing?

Mine's up 20% this year.
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My Teamster ran pension is doing great. Its a well funded plan. One of the best in the US of its kind.

My 401K through Prudential is doing good I guess. I contribute 3% right now, which is about $15,000 a year.
 
Denny Crane said:
How is your 401K or retirement plan doing?

Mine's up 20% this year.
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20 percent....that'll help with out of pocket medical expenses down the road...they're probably going up more than 20% and then as long as you don't need a nuclear fallout shelter from N Korean missle attacks....you should be fine
 
Shaboid said:
Sounds like a bubble...
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What I've read is that wall street doesn't care about what's going on in Washington, the companies' earnings are sufficient to justify the prices, and the enacted and promised regulatory changes would do better.

We may be in a bond bubble, though.
 
BrianFromWA said:
If you're making 500k, you aren't in a union. :)
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That might be my pension. West Coast Trust fund its called. I accrued $15,000 last year.

My 401K comes out of my paycheck weekly and its usually about $120 a week.
 
MickZagger said:
Damn. Never wanted to go driving?

Are you waiting out for a combo job?

I'm coming up on 11 years as well. Over 5 as a driver.
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I didn't want to go driving while my Daughter wasn't in school, she just turned 6, so now that she is in school fulltime i'v debated driving and Full time combo but I think I may wait until my Wife is done with Graduates school to make a choice since having an open schedule really helps out with my wifes school since she doesn't have a choice of when her classes are anymore.
5 years as a driver, did you not want to go Feeder when they had openings a year ago.
 
Rhal said:
I didn't want to go driving while my Daughter wasn't in school, she just turned 6, so now that she is in school fulltime i'v debated driving and Full time combo but I think I may wait until my Wife is done with Graduates school to make a choice since having an open schedule really helps out with my wifes school since she doesn't have a choice of when her classes are anymore.
5 years as a driver, did you not want to go Feeder when they had openings a year ago.
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They're still hiring in feeders. People with a lot less seniority than me have been going to feeders. I might do the feeder thing when I'm close to retirement, but I actually enjoy being out there and doing the daily grind in the package division. Days go by quick. Everybody I've talked to in feeders loves it. But I just don't think its for me. If you ever decided to go driving feeders probably wouldn't take a long to get to. They make like $130k a year. You'd be able to retire at 51 with a pretty phat pension.

Is Tony Fuller still the day sort manager?
 
MickZagger said:
They're still hiring in feeders. People with a lot less seniority than me have been going to feeders. I might do the feeder thing when I'm close to retirement, but I actually enjoy being out there and doing the daily grind in the package division. Days go by quick. Everybody I've talked to in feeders loves it. But I just don't think its for me. If you ever decided to go driving feeders probably wouldn't take a long to get to. They make like $130k a year. You'd be able to retire at 51 with a pretty phat pension.

Is Tony Fuller still the day sort manager?
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Fuller retired about six months ago after being on nights for a little over two years. Malito got mad at him and moved him to nights. We'v had Todd Gurts, not sure on his last name, running Days since Tony got moved.
I might go Feeder if I go driving but I'd want to give the daily grind a nice shot before deciding mostly because most people say the day goes by really quick.
 
Ok, so what's a feeder? Somebody who delivers packages to the route drivers like you, Mick?

barfo
 
barfo said:
Ok, so what's a feeder? Somebody who delivers packages to the route drivers like you, Mick?

barfo
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Long haul drivers. Any time you see a semi with the UPS emblem its a feeder driver.
 
Rhal said:
Fuller retired about six months ago after being on nights for a little over two years. Malito got mad at him and moved him to nights. We'v had Todd Gurts, not sure on his last name, running Days since Tony got moved.
I might go Feeder if I go driving but I'd want to give the daily grind a nice shot before deciding mostly because most people say the day goes by really quick.
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Todd is a cool guy. He got to his position at a young age because the company offered him a job because he got his arm sucked into an extendo and almost had to have it cut off.

Elizondo is my favorite. Super cool dude.

Malito reminds me of a mob boss.
 
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