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TexasBushwhacker

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35. Yup, my aunt started as a temp during the holidays

Reply to Stonepounder (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 12:57 PM

Apr 2016

She had always been a housewife, but once she had an empty nest, she could only do some many crafts! She took the job on a lark for a little extra Christmas money but liked it so much she got her own full time route.

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Mr. Stossel, if hospitals were like Fed Ex instead of USPS.... [View all] Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 OP

Yep! ^ world wide wally Apr 2016 #1

This is basically happening already, almost! Baobab Apr 2016 #40

Well stated! MerryBlooms Apr 2016 #2

+1 narnian60 Apr 2016 #19

4. They would hire nurses and assistants off the street during busy times n2doc Apr 2016 #3

During natural disaster HubertHeaver Apr 2016 #8

+1! Enthusiast Apr 2016 #26

good post! n/t KT2000 Apr 2016 #4

D'oh awoke_in_2003 Apr 2016 #5

I think that beat down by the wrestler rpannier Apr 2016 #6

It taught him "I'm not getting paid enough for this shit"... JHB Apr 2016 #10

Just a minor quibble (I agree with the thrust of the OP) Stonepounder Apr 2016 #7

Yup, my aunt started as a temp during the holidays TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #35

I hate that snake Elmer S. E. Dump Apr 2016 #9

I don't know what happened to him TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #36

I hate what they have done to the post office. tecelote Apr 2016 #11

Many dist centers closed to increase delivery time, then use USPS to perform final segment delivery. TheBlackAdder Apr 2016 #17

Isn't Stossel a kind of fungal disease Thespian2 Apr 2016 #12

I heard things. pdom694 Apr 2016 #24

Excellent! Thespian2 Apr 2016 #30

They'd buy off Congress, make competition prefund retirement, then have a PE firm loot it. TheBlackAdder Apr 2016 #13

I agree with everything you said, except ... aggiesal Apr 2016 #14

here here trc Apr 2016 #22

am i awful to say i hope his prognosis is very over optimistic? dembotoz Apr 2016 #15

All I can say is SCantiGOP Apr 2016 #16

K&R. Well said. Overseas Apr 2016 #18

If my experience with UPS and Fed Ex are anything to go by JoeyT Apr 2016 #20

When I hear the name FedEx, I think fast and expensive. Not two words I want to hear re: healthcare! reformist2 Apr 2016 #21

Also quakerboy Apr 2016 #23

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations. Enthusiast Apr 2016 #25

Both UPS and FedEx failed to deliver parcels too me recently Canada Post ten flawless deliveries in Monk06 Apr 2016 #27

Perhaps we could have "charter" hospitals, staffed not with real doctors and nurses, but ... Scuba Apr 2016 #28

Well, hey, we can do that with teachers now in Wisconsin. AllyCat Apr 2016 #31

Everyone has been a student, so they all think they can be teachers. hunter Apr 2016 #32

great post - bookmarking for use against freemarket true believers - n/t Locrian Apr 2016 #29

I wish I could rec this more than once eom wryter2000 Apr 2016 #33

Stossel AND George Will are oxygen theives. rickford66 Apr 2016 #34

USPS is able to do all of these things....at a loss of billions per year. MadDAsHell Apr 2016 #37

They operate at a profit but lose money becausw Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #41

As they should. Since when is it a Democratic ideal to let employers off the pension hook? MadDAsHell Apr 2016 #43

I agree. Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #44

Nicely done! Stossel needs to see this. 11 Bravo Apr 2016 #38

Tell it! GrapesOfWrath Apr 2016 #39

The middle and lower classes can never suffer enough for the likes of that asshole! wolfie001 Apr 2016 #42