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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
It's a lot more like what George said than like what PGRDN said.Unless your very high tech,your screwed when you work for somebody else.It's all set up for business owners.They get to pay as little as possible,and then the gov't taxes the worker on that shitty pay.Then when he struggles,they tell him to get a "better" job.This was the job that was supposed to be "good."Meanwhile,the business owner gets to write off the cost of his 2 cars etc. etc. on his taxes,and then starts telling the worker that he now has to take another 8th of his wages for the medical coverage.See,that's a new one.Businesses used to pay the medical,but now it's somehow more and more on the worker.The "somehow" is because it's designed for them(the owners.) So,don't work for somebody else. It's not set up to work for you that way.The exception is working like PGRDN does(for a school district etc. that isn't out to make a profit.) He isn't getting ripped off,and so he thinks others get a fair deal(they don't.)Capitalism is set up for people to be able to capitalize off of the poor position of other people.That's the part of Carlin that's right,and PGRDN is right about owning a business.
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i pay for everything else, but someone else should pay for my medical insurance? i think that's where things get a bit twisted. for some reason, medical care is suddenly someone else's responsibility? i keep hearing about the 47 million without health insurance, but i wonder how many of them turned down available coverage. i see it every day where i work. oh, i don't need that, i never get sick. oh, i don't want to pay that portion. so then everyone else on coverage pays a higher rate than they would if more people got in. then when the rube who turned down coverage needs it, well it's someone else's fault he didn't have it.