Popular Post Joey Mack Posted August 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2022 The Progressive curse of the Biden Klan, is once again showing itself here in Salisbury N.C. Our city built a really nice park and ampitheater, with beautiful landscaping and a waterfall, and such. It's very nice.. It's been open since last October.. There is a group of 'Vets' that stand on the corner, right where a civil war statue was removed last year.. They are waving American flag's, trying to get our city to install a flag pole and fly OUR flag.. The news channel says the city is reviewing the "Issue" What issue????.. The crazy thing is that on June 25th. They held a rain or shine "Pride Event" with many rainbow flags-a-flyin.. They had that event scheduled for months in advance... I say put up a flag pole where the Civil War statue used to stand... Right on the end of the median that divides the road.. I pray for the day that this Progressive B.S. ends soon,,, Jojo 3 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-505982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Here's a small way to start the anti progressive's campaign... Have a "Keep Brittney Griner "... Rally.. Seem's to me the only time she ever got on her knee's ,,, was to protest our great Country... Well,, Maybe she can get on her knee's, and ask for forgiveness.. I guess one benefit for her now, is that she won't hear our National Anthem... Unless of course the Russian jail, play's it over and over in her 'cell'.. Hell, she might ask for a firing squad after that.. Problem solved.. Where else in the world, can the Great,, Great,, Great,, Great,, grand daughter of a slave, become an Olympian and a Millionaire.. ( I dont know if 'she?' comes from a slave) It is just the standard cry from her kind.. God Bless America... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Yes Joey that’s what I was talking about quality job lots of them here as well as everybody else needed help as far as insurance ours sucks This year we had a $4000 deduction but neither one of us knew anything about what a f———— n rip off what next .. Bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 When the communist pig started Obamacare I don’t think any of us knew or expected the rest of us would be paying for it one way or another… my company used to have really good Insurance not anymore.. bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Gotcha,, BOB. I'm good.. I will, just take my time to find the place for me.. I have a new customer scheduled for Monday.. Plus I have to go back to the construction company soon, to pull an E-7 Mechanical, out , and bring it home to re-build it.. I need to get back to my re-build room project, but my wife had shoulder surgery yesterday, so i'm by her side all day today.. anyway, thanks bud,, jojo Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Best of luck bud… and the shoulder…. Job availability,,,, I guess it just depends on where you are even waste management union trash is starving for help crazy… bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post RowdyRebel Posted August 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2022 On 8/11/2022 at 10:37 AM, 67RModel said: From my observation, studying of history, and knowledge of economics this is the problem with the American system and the status quo in this country. Employers refusal to pay a living wage and/or provide benefits except for semi skilled and above jobs and even then the benefits are most times very lacking. $14.80/hr on a 40 hour work week is a little less than $30,000 pre tax dollars. Literal poverty wages regardless of your location within the country. So your only option is to work 60+ hrs/week to make ends meet. I was in a barber shop recently and listening to an old timer say how he couldn't understand how McDonalds and such couldn't get enough workers even at the $15.00/hr they are now offering. He went on to say that he only made $2.75/hr washing dishes at a restaurant in 1970-71. I didn't join his conversation but quietly pulled out my phone and checked an inflation calculator. $2.75 in 1970 is equivalent to $21.00 today. Good luck finding that wage for an entry level job that requires zero skill in todays world. Benefits are the same story. Hollowed out an stolen over the years so more profits are funneled to the top. It's actually rather comical (and sad) to me your healthcare is somehow coupled to your level and/or status of employment in the US. The richest county on earth can't figure out how to provide healthcare as a condition of citizenship. Every other industrialized and developed country got it decades ago. I often wonder how different the small business landscape would look if healthcare here wasn't such a burden to obtain and/or pay for. Pretty tough to quit your job and start your own gig while always worrying you could get hurt and how you might pay for medical bills or an insane insurance premium. If you have a family it only gets worse. I checked what it would cost me out of pocket per year to buy the exact same health insurance my employer provides my family and I. I forget the exact amount but it was somewhere around $24,000....nuts. Good luck on your job search Joey. I hope you find something that pays you well enough while still giving you time to play with Mack trucks. ( and contributing on BMT). Companies got into the insurance business during WWII due to the wage freezes imposed by government. Since they couldn't give employees raises, they started offering benefits. In other words, government created this mess...and they've been making it worse ever since. When I bought my truck, I had a BC/BS policy that cost me $58/month. $1750 deductible, then 80/20 split up to $4750 max out-of-pocket per year. $5M lifetime cap. Then comes the unaffordable care act. Couple years later, it was over $300/month, I was about to get married, and I wouldn't be able to add my wife or eventual kids to the policy without losing my "grandfathered" status. So, I dropped it. Under Obamacare, I could've bought a policy for my wife & me for $1000/month. $6000 deductible IF you were "in network" (which there weren't any providers in our area) or else it was a $12,000 deductible. In network was 80/20...but we'd be 50/50 out of network. In other words, we were better off without insurance, paying out-of-pocket for everything, and hoping nothing major happened. Healthcare doesn't HAVE to be expensive. It IS expensive because the consumer typically isn't the one paying the bill. When you aren't the one paying for the service, you couldn't care less how much it costs. The one paying the bill isn't the one receiving the service, so they couldn't care less how crappy the service might be. So, you end up with really really expensive, but crappy, service. But at least you can get service. Now go to one of the "single payer" countries where the consumer isn't paying & the payer isn't consuming...but the provider has no choice but to accept the crappy pay from the single provider if he wants to work...and since the person paying doesn't care if the service sucks, there is no incentive to do anything beyond the bare minimum for the crap pay. So, as a consumer you wait 6 months for an appointment, and by then you've either kicked it or it's kicked you. At least your health insurance wasn't tied to your employment, though, right? 2 2 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, RowdyRebel said: Companies got into the insurance business during WWII due to the wage freezes imposed by government. Since they couldn't give employees raises, they started offering benefits. In other words, government created this mess...and they've been making it worse ever since. When I bought my truck, I had a BC/BS policy that cost me $58/month. $1750 deductible, then 80/20 split up to $4750 max out-of-pocket per year. $5M lifetime cap. Then comes the unaffordable care act. Couple years later, it was over $300/month, I was about to get married, and I wouldn't be able to add my wife or eventual kids to the policy without losing my "grandfathered" status. So, I dropped it. Under Obamacare, I could've bought a policy for my wife & me for $1000/month. $6000 deductible IF you were "in network" (which there weren't any providers in our area) or else it was a $12,000 deductible. In network was 80/20...but we'd be 50/50 out of network. In other words, we were better off without insurance, paying out-of-pocket for everything, and hoping nothing major happened. Healthcare doesn't HAVE to be expensive. It IS expensive because the consumer typically isn't the one paying the bill. When you aren't the one paying for the service, you couldn't care less how much it costs. The one paying the bill isn't the one receiving the service, so they couldn't care less how crappy the service might be. So, you end up with really really expensive, but crappy, service. But at least you can get service. Now go to one of the "single payer" countries where the consumer isn't paying & the payer isn't consuming...but the provider has no choice but to accept the crappy pay from the single provider if he wants to work...and since the person paying doesn't care if the service sucks, there is no incentive to do anything beyond the bare minimum for the crap pay. So, as a consumer you wait 6 months for an appointment, and by then you've either kicked it or it's kicked you. At least your health insurance wasn't tied to your employment, though, right? Preach We don’t have “health” insurance, we have health maintenance plans that are crazy expensive either you use them or not Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I'm a self employed 'White Man' (Sole Proprietor) I aint got sh!t.... Its better for me to pay as I go,, I'm greatfull for 'Pro Med' $120.00/ walk in,, Wal-mart for cheap scripts... Of course, when I use these services.... I'm paying for it,,,,, but I wait in-line behind Mexicans that dont speak english.... I wonder what their cost is???? F.J.B. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 11 hours ago, storkmack said: Preach We don’t have “health” insurance, we have health maintenance plans that are crazy expensive either you use them or not Exactly. I always ask people how expensive their car insurance would be if it had to cover fuel, tire rotations, oil changes, and tune-ups. Insurance isn't supposed to cover regular ordinary anticipated costs. It is for the unexpected losses that occur. If we'd get back to THAT, the cost of insurance policies would drop significantly. 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOBWhite Posted August 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2022 I don't see how people can honestly think that more government intervention in our healthcare system will make anything better when government intervention has caused all of these problems to begin with. Everything the government becomes involves with because another politician power funding money grab. Why can't our healthcare system work like everything else and have companies compete for your business? It's worked before and prices have subsequently gone down. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 And Good luck on your job search Joey. Brother ran a grader for our county for 7 years before he realized that it wasn't for him. The older guys there had been doing I that for 30 years and got nothing out of it besides a broken back and a broken mind. Some retired old guys would come back and clock in before they were told that they retired 5 years ago and then they would remember. Don't let them break you 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted August 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, RowdyRebel said: Exactly. I always ask people how expensive their car insurance would be if it had to cover fuel, tire rotations, oil changes, and tune-ups. Insurance isn't supposed to cover regular ordinary anticipated costs. It is for the unexpected losses that occur. If we'd get back to THAT, the cost of insurance policies would drop significantly. nope. if we went back to pay your own way policy costs would drop significantly. rite now you are paying for not only your visit, but all the people with no insurance too. 4 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 im sure i brought this up before,,,my 2 implants went from 3 Gs to 7 Gs out of pocket before and after dickheads ooobummercare (IDIOT)....worse part,,,we the people have to pay for that jackass to live the life of riley,,,,,frankly i think that asshole should be in jail,,,fed bread and water...bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted August 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2022 51 minutes ago, mowerman said: im sure i brought this up before,,,my 2 implants went from 3 Gs to 7 Gs out of pocket before and after dickheads ooobummercare (IDIOT)....worse part,,,we the people have to pay for that jackass to live the life of riley,,,,,frankly i think that asshole should be in jail,,,fed bread and water...bob not me. i think he should be sent back to kenya.... or maybe iraq or iran so he can be with his isis brothers. 3 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted August 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2022 Lets see how we can tie this one to our KING.. The prisons here in central N.C. are putting Narcan, in the vending machines for drug overdoses... Really???? I already have a headache and 20 question's.. But I literaly have tremendous back pain and my left knee is about to fold over... i cant get affordable care for either issue.. So I just keep working.. I am not looking for a free ride,, just want to get fixed so I can finish the last 15+ years at work.. without having to buy a wheel chair... just sayin'... where the hell is the concern for those of us who are in the same boat as I am?? jojo 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 how are people in prison getting drugs to overdose on to need the narcan? something ain't kosher in that prison. 1 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63146-best-of-biden/page/89/#findComment-506396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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