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In reply to the discussion: Why your job sucks: Sub shop employees fired two days before Christmas. [View all]brewens
(13,760 posts)bad they couldn't see it coming a long time ago. It's like a number of people that used to work for a medical insurance company in my town. It was one of the biggest employers, still is actually but they have had a lot of layoffs. WTF did you THINK was gonna happen? Yup, vote Republican for thirty years! Believe it gets you lower taxes and that beating down the unions and the working class in general makes you farther ahead somehow. But what happens when you've taken medical benefits away from millions and then tried to make up for that by squeezing more profit from those that you still insure? Now you're out of a freakin' job and without insurance too! Didn't work out so well did it?
It gets worse pretty soon. Unemployment benefits and food assistance being cut will have the same effect. Everyone working at grocery stores and their vendors, delivery guys and contractors will all feel it. The potato chip sales/delivery guy will feel the squeeze and cut back on his buying beer or switch to a cheaper brand. The beer guy will lose out on that and cut back, if he keeps his job.
A lot of right-wingers that helped screw themselves might wise up. They can blame Obama at first but that won't fix anything.