| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 119409 | 2011-07-21 22:08:00 | Craziness in America Again | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1218217 | 2011-07-21 22:08:00 | Kathy Meltsakos, a special education paraprofessional working in northeast Massachusetts Initially earning $13.74 for a 35-hour week with the Pentucket schools, Meltsakos paid 20 percent of her insurance, which was manageable, and she did that for 10 years until laid off in June 2010. She was later rehired at a lower pay rate, with five less hours, and with a higher contribution for her healthcare. “I was placed at the bottom of the scale at $10.74 an hour for a 30-hour week. After taxes, I paid 60 percent of my medical insurance. My pay stubs from February to June 24 (the end of the school year) show no net take home pay since February. Oh – and the insurance rates went up in May.” By April she was frustrated with no take home pay and knew she had to get a second job. “My husband is doing everything he can but we have kids in college and of course the regular bills to pay. I tried a pizza shop, then found work with a discount store, twenty hours a week during school, and a few more now that school is out. They pay a little more per hour but no benefits.” Meltsakos is not shy discussing economic facts, having been a local Massachusetts Teacher Association leader for 11 years. She served on her local bargaining team three times and currently serves as an MTA board member representing ESPs and teachers at the state level. She is also a graduate of the 2011 NEA ESP Leaders for Tomorrow program. www.educationvotes.nea.org And we complain about what in NZ??? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1218218 | 2011-07-21 23:45:00 | America has it good points though like the right to bear arms and shoot burglars | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1218219 | 2011-07-21 23:56:00 | Aaand you would keep working for $0 because...? | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1218220 | 2011-07-22 00:09:00 | Didn't Obummer pass some health care bill that's supposed to enable people to exist without the need for medical insurance? | Cato (6936) | ||
| 1218221 | 2011-07-22 00:12:00 | Why pay medical insurance when you can ask yourself : "what would Bear Grylls do?" | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 1218222 | 2011-07-22 00:57:00 | I looked it up - Massechuscetts has a law that if you don't pay insurance they start to charge you 1/2 years premium as penalty. Crazy. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1218223 | 2011-07-22 01:47:00 | Ah.....the land of the free! | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 1218224 | 2011-07-22 02:36:00 | Didn't Obummer pass some health care bill that's supposed to enable people to exist without the need for medical insurance? He tried but the Republicans don't like free anything to they vetoed it.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1218225 | 2011-07-22 02:45:00 | I believe they call it taxachusettes for a reason. Unless I misheard it. And forgive the spelling. Bleargh. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1 | |||||