Comments on: How to End ‘Class Warfare’ in America http://www.roblimo.com/node/537 Observations about politics, the Internet, and other random topics Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: runbei http://www.roblimo.com/node/537/comment-page-1#comment-185181 runbei Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.roblimo.com/?p=537#comment-185181 I drive the ugliest car in Silicon Valley. I wouldn't call myself poor but proud, rather strapped and good-humored. In the Land of Lexus, I drive a 1995 Escort with 250K miles. Happily. I drive the ugliest car in Silicon Valley. I wouldn’t call myself poor but proud, rather strapped and good-humored. In the Land of Lexus, I drive a 1995 Escort with 250K miles. Happily.

]]> By: Bob http://www.roblimo.com/node/537/comment-page-1#comment-182736 Bob Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:38:11 +0000 http://www.roblimo.com/?p=537#comment-182736 <i>Are auto workers’ and other union retirees’ pensions excessive? Possibly.</i> Not in the least. If anyone gives their life to a company the least that company can do is give them a comfortable retirement. Baby boomers that have seen their 401k's shrink remarkably placing a greater reliance on Social Security will realize this soon enough, unfortunately for them it will be too late. <i>are their medical benefits excessive? Probably.</i> Again, not in the least, Medicare is fine as long as you are healthy, but there are enough retirees on Medicare that simply can't afford to pay for their medication that should prove to anyone that the health care system in this country is broken. Insinuating that someone's retirement medical plan is excessive is like telling someone that just lost their house that there is a corrugated box in the alley behind the local bar they could sleep in. It is rude and shows a marked lack of respect for someone's dignity. Are auto workers’ and other union retirees’ pensions excessive? Possibly.

Not in the least. If anyone gives their life to a company the least that company can do is give them a comfortable retirement. Baby boomers that have seen their 401k’s shrink remarkably placing a greater reliance on Social Security will realize this soon enough, unfortunately for them it will be too late.

are their medical benefits excessive? Probably.

Again, not in the least, Medicare is fine as long as you are healthy, but there are enough retirees on Medicare that simply can’t afford to pay for their medication that should prove to anyone that the health care system in this country is broken. Insinuating that someone’s retirement medical plan is excessive is like telling someone that just lost their house that there is a corrugated box in the alley behind the local bar they could sleep in. It is rude and shows a marked lack of respect for someone’s dignity.

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