one step forward - knocked on our ass two steps back

in #life6 years ago

we really really REALLY need universal health care in the US.

The other day when I went to the emergency room and got a prescription I found out my health insurance was canceled. So my wife calls and discovers they said they 'sent an email' requesting income information.

To make a long story short her raise bumped us up just over 'poverty' level so now we have to pay for insurance - it will be about as much her raise.

The even shittier part is that we now also will have massive co-pays for doctor visits and prescriptions. Seeing that we can't even keep up with the fucking bills and bank fees as it is.

The company also has a bonus (incentive they call it) program - so we have to call her boss and opt of the bonus's so we go backwards to poverty zone so that we can keep our medical insurance.

Isn't that a motherf***er. You think you're finally getting somewhere and then you get kicked in the face - again.

It shouldn't be any surprise really, we've been on and off welfare for going on 30 years now and this happens every time we get to the point where we are going to pull out of it and then something fucking changes and we end getting benefits cut - or losing them altogether.

Maybe someday we experience freedom. This 'thing' we live in now isn't free at all.

Working 40 hours a week and still can't keep up - always behind on something - and forget about empathy and compassion. We are suckers for helping our kids who as young adults are struggling the same we are.


The easiest way to help the broke carpenter is an upvote and maybe a resteem.

The next best way is to sign up for the fucking fastest dex on the planet - bitshares - https://wallet.bitshares.org/?r=rxhector2k5

and there is always the good ol' just send it to a wallet

xrp (ripple) : rL4fPHi2FWGwRGRQSH7gBcxkuo2b9NTjKK
bts : rxhector2k5
btc : 14kqFXASNjFxw8kNcJFWd1rbptwrPw8xcT
eth : 0xc112088e2236b137c37c265d23803e52e9c505a3
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projects you may end up funding

  • better server

  • better network equipment (better switch/router)

  • better drives (need storage space on servers - thinking about a boinc node)

  • future servers/vms

  • need to run a bitshares node

  • need to run a steemit node

  • investigate eos

  • colocation = $650/mo

  • server = ????; (cluster @$5k/ea)

  • bills = $2k/mo

unemployment ain't gonna fix that

i got a few website/gamification ideas - but need to get network and nodes running better before jumping back to development environment

[manna]
https://www.mannabase.com/?ref=38c7fefa79

[basic income]
https://steemit.com/basicincome/@steembasicincome/steem-basic-income-a-complete-overview
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[whaleshares]

#life #of #a #broke #carpenter #posting #ulog #for #steemit #basicincome

© rxhector
peace ;)

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