I have to turn down my raise at work

[Texacon]

Boo Frickin' Hoo.  I'll let the people pay for my daughter.

guitar man  (1000+ posts)     

Wed Jan-20-10 11:27 AM
Original message

I have to turn down my raise at work
 Yep, I worked hard, I earned it and now I have to say thanks but no thanks. Unless something changes radically before November this will be the last year my family has health coverage, they've raised and raised the premiums and I almost didn't re-enroll this year.

My daughter qualifies for Sooner Care (SCHIPS) but if our gross income goes up any at all, she doesn't, we're right under the income limit by a razor-thin margin and any raise at all will put us over.

In the meantime we have a nest of scheming bastards that couldn't agree on the color of shite dithering about instead of growing a spine and doing the right thing.

Welcome to America, greatest country in the world
 

I have to go do some stuff but this one kind of hit me wrong.  Rather than take a pay raise .... which may lead to more raises this idiot chooses to let the people pay for his daughters insurance!  I didn't ask it to have a daughter or a son or anything else.  Why should I cover it if the DUmmie has a job?!

KC

[Freeper]

Hey DUmmy you will need that raise to pay for Obama's health care plan and new taxes.

[BadCat]

I thought the buck a pack cigarette tax was supposed to pay for SCHIP?

[AllosaursRus]

Hey DUmmy you will need that raise to pay for Obama's health care plan and new taxes.

No Shit Sherlock!!!! What is this asshat thinkin'? Hell, a raise of 50 cents nets you 20 dollars a week. That's over a 1,000 dollars a year! Hell I pretty much have close to one of those cadillac plans and I only pay about 1800/year! Of course that is just for me personally, but I could cover "Toots" for another 900! Has this leach even looked into it?

Anyone know what the cut-off is for the ShitS program?

[LadyLiberty]

Sounds like the prototypical liberal welfare collector to me...if they are working a minimum wage job, they will call in sick if they get over a certain amount of hours so they don't lose out on their welfare.

This guy is doing the same thing..."don't pay me any more, because then I won't get it free off the sweat of the backs of others, and I'll have to for it myself!"

This REALLY pisses me off.

[kenth]

I'm thinking about going back to playing music and recording full time next year and just forgetting about the job. One of the most attractive things about it was the health benefts and sans that, I might as well go back to doing what I want if I'm going to be poor and uninsured anyway.

[Chris]

I'm thinking about going back to playing music and recording full time next year and just forgetting about the job. One of the most attractive things about it was the health benefts and sans that, I might as well go back to doing what I want if I'm going to be poor and uninsured anyway.

"If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!"
- Peter Pan
 

[dandi]

guitar man  (1000+ posts)     

Wed Jan-20-10 11:27 AM
Original message

I have to turn down my raise at work
 Yep, I worked hard, I earned it and now I have to say thanks but no thanks. Unless something changes radically before November this will be the last year my family has health coverage, they've raised and raised the premiums and I almost didn't re-enroll this year.

My daughter qualifies for Sooner Care (SCHIPS) but if our gross income goes up any at all, she doesn't, we're right under the income limit by a razor-thin margin and any raise at all will put us over.

In the meantime we have a nest of scheming bastards that couldn't agree on the color of shite dithering about instead of growing a spine and doing the right thing.

What a sack of shit.  **** you, DUmbass. 

These are the only people on earth who could possibly game the system, bitch about "scheming bastards", and whine about the very country that lets them get away with it without flinching.

It's shit like this that reminds me of why I'm a conservative.

[jukin]

No put that same concept into working and taxes. Why would people work longer, harder, smarter to make a small business when it doesn't pay due to taxes, fees, and regulations.  Everybody loses but particularly the lower skilled worker. I can only think that what DUmbasses are so for is only because they know nothing of what they support.

[Specbid]

Geez DUmmie...find a way to lower your taxable income. Donate more to charity. Max your contribution to IRA/401k plan. Talk to a damn tax accountant. Find something. If you worked for me and turned down a raise, you would be on the way out. My word...what the hell is wrong with people?

[Chris_]

I joined here in January of 2008. I don't know how long before that I was a member of CU. In all that time I don't remember reading a single "I had to turn down a raise in order for my child to keep state health care" story.

Isn't it ironic that during the time that government health care is being debated such a story BOUNCES onto the scene at the DUmp?

Maybe it's just me. Or maybe there were hundreds of such stories in previous years and I missed them all.

[DumbAss Tanker]

This is the same kind of idiot that finds out he needs a 2.0 to graduate from college, then structures the entire amount of effort he puts into it so that he doesn't 'Waste' any valuable screwing-off time getting a cumulative average higher than a 2.1.

[IassaFTots]

Here is the income guideline for Texas.  I have many employees here that qualify and are enrolled.  Especially single moms.  It's cheaper than the premium they would pay here.  

[Texacon]

This guy is a piece of shit;

guitar man  (1000+ posts)     

Wed Jan-20-10 12:28 PM
Response to Reply #17

21. same here
 
I ditched cable tv and internet at home, cancelled all the magazine subscriptions and got rid of my 4x4 truck for one I could afford the payments on. A friend gave me his old iphone when he upgraded to the new one and I got my wife an iphone for christmas so we can be connected to the net in some way, it's just become a vital link in this modern world, but we've cut back in every way possible and we just keep getting slammed at every turn.

I'm thinking about going back to playing music and recording full time next year and just forgetting about the job. One of the most attractive things about it was the health benefts and sans that, I might as well go back to doing what I want if I'm going to be poor and uninsured anyway.

First he says he cut back on all this stuff then moves into how he got rid of a truck HE COULD NOT AFFORD.  He is telling us he lives beyond his means.

Then in the bold part he says THEY have iPhones!  "But we've cut back in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE"  Bull SHIT. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the iPhone connection to the internet run like an extra $30/month/phone?! 

DUmbass doesn't know the first thing about cutting back if this is what he is doing.

Yeah, I'm glad to know the fine citizens of OK are supporting your daughter.

KC

[Celtic Rose]

This guy is a piece of shit;

First he says he cut back on all this stuff then moves into how he got rid of a truck HE COULD NOT AFFORD.  He is telling us he lives beyond his means.

Then in the bold part he says THEY have iPhones!  "But we've cut back in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE"  Bull SHIT. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the iPhone connection to the internet run like an extra $30/month/phone?! 

DUmbass doesn't know the first thing about cutting back if this is what he is doing.

Yeah, I'm glad to know the fine citizens of OK are supporting your daughter.

KC

It is closer to $72 a month for calls and internet service, and the internet is required.  He would have been much better off getting a pay as you go type phone, and using the library for internet

[Texacon]

It is closer to $72 a month for calls and internet service, and the internet is required.  He would have been much better off getting a pay as you go type phone, and using the library for internet

I thought the internet connection was required.  Dammit!  It would be cheaper to keep cheap ass cell phones (if you must have one) and an internet connection than paying for that.

Before my kids got their cell phones my cell phone bill for me and my wife was $72.00/month.  Both of us.  Total with taxes.

KC

PS someone should take his kid away.  He doesn't know what he is doing.

[Texacon]

Here is the income guideline for Texas.  I have many employees here that qualify and are enrolled.  Especially single moms.  It's cheaper than the premium they would pay here.  

This DUmmie claims he makes $34k/year and his wife makes $7k.  According to Texas they don't qualify (if I'm reading that chart right).  OK must be a little more liberal on who they give money to. 

$41,000/year in OK.  That isn't too bad a living depending on area.  Where I live he could do just fine.

KC

[delilahmused]

Maybe he can get together with the California piggy...she can write the lyrics, he can write the tune.

Cindie

[debk]

If I had an employee that was stupid enough to turn down a raise.....I would question why.

Then if he told me the truth.....for the reasons this guy above gave.....I would be looking for a reason to fire him.

MY reason.....if he is so willing to blantantly scam/cheat the system to get something for nothing.....how do I know he won't scam/cheat ME?

[Specbid]

"SCHIP was enacted to provide health coverage to targeted low income children. Federal rules and waivers allow states to set their income eligibility at levels that are higher or lower than the target level of 200% of the federal poverty level ($43,300 for a family of four in 2007). States that cover families at higher income levels usually require some cost sharing.
Oklahoma sets eligibility for coverage at 185% of the federal poverty level'

http://www.aap.org/advocacy/washing/SCHIP_factsheets/Oklahoma_SCHIP.pdf


Am I reading this right? Poverty level @ 43K. 185% 0f that is @80K...son, you can afford to buy insurance.

Edit: aha..I see 43K is 200% of FPL. for family of 4. So he fits in under about $40,000 not 80,000. Sorry

[Texacon]

"SCHIP was enacted to provide health coverage to targeted low income children. Federal rules and waivers allow states to set their income eligibility at levels that are higher or lower than the target level of 200% of the federal poverty level ($43,300 for a family of four in 2007). States that cover families at higher income levels usually require some cost sharing.
Oklahoma sets eligibility for coverage at 185% of the federal poverty level'

http://www.aap.org/advocacy/washing/SCHIP_factsheets/Oklahoma_SCHIP.pdf


Am I reading this right? Poverty level @ 43K. 185% 0f that is @80K...son, you can afford to buy insurance.

That's for a family of four .... this turd is talking about a family of 3 and saying they can't make it on $41,000/year.

KC

[Chris]

"I have to turn down my raise so I can continue to mooch off the government.  Sorry."
 

[Specbid]

That's for a family of four .... this turd is talking about a family of 3 and saying they can't make it on $41,000/year.

KC

True. I definately had my numbers wrong. My apologies to the DUmmie op.

[IassaFTots]

This DUmmie claims he makes $34k/year and his wife makes $7k.  According to Texas they don't qualify (if I'm reading that chart right).  OK must be a little more liberal on who they give money to. 

$41,000/year in OK.  That isn't too bad a living depending on area.  Where I live he could do just fine.

KC

I don't see many married people here qualifying.  Sad thing is, I see quite a few Mom's not marrying, but living with a man, so that their EIC and CHIPs doesn't go away.  And, these are working moms.  NOT unemployed living off welfare moms. 

[Specbid]

"I have to turn down my raise so I can continue to mooch off the government.  Sorry."
 

I've been reading up on this CHIPS program and Medicaid...seems to me we already have universal health care in this country.