tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543451.post6954767768214275984..comments2024-02-13T18:38:01.973-08:00Comments on To Which I Replied...: You really have no idea what you've just done.Fletchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719982260089858624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543451.post-42161154954912738782012-11-16T00:39:07.293-08:002012-11-16T00:39:07.293-08:00Great read, JP. Thanks for the link!Great read, JP. Thanks for the link!Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719982260089858624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543451.post-67581210078938047902012-11-14T08:03:21.046-08:002012-11-14T08:03:21.046-08:00thought of this convo as soon as I read this from ...thought of this convo as soon as I read this from Sarah Hoyt:<br />http://accordingtohoyt.com/2012/11/14/dont-lie-flat/<br />Don't know if you read her or not (The Darkship books are very good)but take a gander at her blog and some of her short stories. JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904120914423802777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543451.post-19044113291958499712012-11-14T06:46:11.273-08:002012-11-14T06:46:11.273-08:00indeed. Since this regime, and even with a corpora...indeed. Since this regime, and even with a corporate buyout, I've had two raises and niether has been in line with inflation, so I am making "less" and I know the profit made on my work (some products it nears 1000%!) so I still tend to be a tad grumpy about it. But I also know how much more it is costing to just keep me on as a worker, and how much more I will be losing to taxes ifJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904120914423802777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543451.post-13781861614243960982012-11-14T06:01:23.408-08:002012-11-14T06:01:23.408-08:00Now is the time to tighten the belt. I'm not m...Now is the time to tighten the belt. I'm not making a lot of money right now, I'd rather make more (mostly because I always have), but now that the election and half the electorate has gone sideways, it almost feels like going Galt.<br /><br />Maybe that's the only solution.Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719982260089858624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543451.post-88528686079339044412012-11-10T19:11:07.319-08:002012-11-10T19:11:07.319-08:00What really makes me mad is they are hell bent in ...What really makes me mad is they are hell bent in taking you and I down with them, all the while picking our pockets for having the temerity of being wage earners. And they wish to make it impossibly harder for us to survive (while actually only making it more inconvenient as we still can over come their short life span primers and other obstacles). I can live rather well off the land if needed, JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904120914423802777noreply@blogger.com