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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I believe, naively perhaps (likely... who am I kidding?), that everyone should aspire to be his own boss. I don't buy the wiring in of the worker/boss relationship. And I've put my money where my mouth is. I recently walked from a cushy slot to a dangerous slot for the promise of more money and freedom. People think I'm insane. But if I had to wake up for the rest of my life realizing there'd never be a day where I'd eventually be my own boss, I'd probably have to shoot myself. I can't think of a horror worse than accpeting being "worker" forever.*
* Well, unless the cash was ungodly. We're tlaking the sort of cash where the word "pension" wouldn't even enter your vocabulary.
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I bet Bill Gates and the Waltons have fucking enormous pensions, and protect them like a mama lion protects her cubs. The people making the most money, every place I have worked, have been the most interested in deferring compensation -- directly, by saying "hold this much back" or indirectly, by bargaining for obscenely rich non-qualified pensions. And bargain for getting their co-pays on the health plans reimbursed -- and then insist on taking up tons of time of the head of HR if those $10 reimbursements aren't processed fast enough. Or bitch that they think they are entitled to $25,218 a month in pension, not $25,132, because the bonus they got in 2001 was supposed to be included in the compensation considered in computing the pension, not excluded.
The fat cats, for the most part, care the most. And completely ignore that the guy making $25k/yr is having to decide whether or not to even GO to the dr, because specialist vists are now $50 copays.
Which is to say, you don't know what the FUCK you are talking about, and it's even more annoying than usual. And I fucking can't put you on ignore.
