Thursday, August 26
The Big Squeeze
The Big Squeeze
David J. Sirota has things nailed. This is why I fear a Shrub repeat. Go read the whole thing.
Health insurance—I've seen this creeping up on me, and this was when I was a bachelor just trying to get myself taken care of. My insurance payments would double, meanwhile my out of pocket expenses doubled (and more) from increases of co-payments. Things have pretty much followed the same with The_Roses's insurance.
Prescription drugs—Again, something that I've become accutely aware of in the past 5 years. My drugs are very expensive. Ridiculously so, actually. Everything I take is now generic (it didn't used to be), and my monthly drug bill without insurance would have been over $400. Per month. Now that I've got generics for that, It's probably down considerably. I don't know if I could still afford it without insurance though.
Energy—That's something that hasn't been too bad for us, although living in Florida, we go through the electricity. But as far as cars go, we're not driving, so we're not getting hit over the head with that. Yet.
Wages—I guess you have to get a job first. And the positions that I'm seeing (applying for, but not getting any response, but that's another entry sometime…) aren't paying squat, certainly not here in Florida. I'm seeing a little better in Ohio, but that has it's own issues there.
Taxes—Again, you have to have a job. The check we got last year for 4 kids was nice. And we barely got a tax refund this year, so those people talking about the nice big refund checks everyone should be expecting were actually full of shit.
I like this quote:
But what is happening in this country is no laughing matter. Average Americans are being screwed as never before, and our government is helping those turning the screwdriver. The result is that George W. Bush has become not just a “war president” on foreign policy but also on domestic policy. Only here at home, he is waging a war on the middle class, and the results have been downright devastating.He wraps it up nicely. Relevant Link Permanent link posted by bytehead @ 8/26/2004 12:25:00 PM
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