Personal attack Tangent

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> "omg  did I get going off on a right wing tangent.."
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> Yes mudd ... you did ... and a personal attack tangent at that.
>
> First, lets talk about pensions ..... in this day and age there are really
> no more pensions ... unless you are a government employee or schoolteacher.
> Most companies that HAD a pension plan either converted it into an
> optional 401K program or dropped it altogether, only giving pensions to
> those that were grandfathered in when the change was made.
>
> Several companies have gone under because the cost of medical/dental
> benefits and pension is too overwhelming.
>
> Now lets look at a couple of names you may recognize ..... Enron, Arthur
> Anderson, WorldCom, Tyco (just to name a few). What if Orlee's friends
> worked for one of those companies ? Do you think they PLANNED to not have a
> pension ? Do you think they planned to work for 10, 20, 30, or more years
> for a company only to have it collapse around them and give them shit in
> return ? IDFTS !
>
> Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are three of the industrial centers in
> America hardest hit by unemployment, hundreds of companies have gone out of
> business, downsized, or outsourced and left behind a ton of enemployed
> people that suddenly lost retirements, pensions, or practically everything
> they worked for.
>
> So what gives you the right to judge Orlee's friends and their lack of
> pensions? You have NO CLUE as to the circumstances behind it. And then
> to suggest she throw some of her and Willie's pension funds over the fence
> to them .... that's out of line ... even for you.
>
> Bottom line is this ... we all work now and do our best to set ourselves up
> to retire and be comfortable. We have a lot of friends we love, but our
> family comes first and we are about as willing to give up part of our
> retirement funds as much as our friends are willing to share some of theirs
> with us. I just don't see it happening.