ObamaCare Hitting Home with LOWES Employee.

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Posted: 2/14/2013 8:03:47 AM EDT

I stopped by Lowes on my way to work this morning to grab a couple things. There's a guy there named Ed, nice guy probably mid 50s, who I'd chat with whenever I stopped in. I hadn't seen him the last couple time I was there; well this morning he’s there and informs me his hours had been cut from 40/week to 15!!! Lost his healthcare benefits, sick and vacation time were chopped. He was pissed and said OBAMACARE was to blame (DUH). So we talked politics (for the first time) and he said a Dem and confessed he voted for Obama. I told him it sucks but unfortunately he only had himself to blame. Went into my whole Obama spiel and didn’t hold back. I said if I were you I pass the word on because you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Guess they'll have to learn the hard way!!!

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:04:42 AM EDT

[#1]

Good for him.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:06:06 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:

Good for him.

He wanted it, he got it. Hope he enjoys it

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:06:06 AM EDT

[#3]

Hopefully Obamacare will make a huge difference on the midterm elections in 2014 and the elections in 2016.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:06:34 AM EDT

[#4]

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:06:39 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Good for him.

Good for him as he received what he bargained for. Good for you for telling him.

Reality sucks for Democrat supporters lately.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:06:47 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Good for him.

Ed is a stupid fuck. He is getting what he deserves for voting Dem.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:08:15 AM EDT

[#7]

He voted for it , now it's a reality for him. Hope he enjoys the ride.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:08:33 AM EDT

[#8]

some people learn the hard way, lets see how he votes in a few years...
Id make it a point to seek him out prior and remind him of his mess, if he is still around.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:09:00 AM EDT

[#9]

You need to sing a little jingle for Ed:

You asked for it,

You got it,

Bend-oooover.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:10:05 AM EDT

[#10]

Business is always going to pass of costs. It might be in cost of goods sold, materials used or employee cuts. They have to make a profit or they die. Sorry to the dems on this board but it is survival of the fittest and a lot of people are going to get cut out.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:10:12 AM EDT

[#11]

Hate to see bad things happen, but he got exactly what he asked for so my give a fucks is at zero.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:10:30 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
I stopped by Lowes on my way to work this morning to grab a couple things. There's a guy there named Ed, nice guy probably mid 50s, who I'd chat with whenever I stopped in. I hadn't seen him the last couple time I was there; well this morning he’s there and informs me his hours had been cut from 40/week to 15!!! Lost his healthcare benefits, sick and vacation time were chopped. He was pissed and said OBAMACARE was to blame (DUH). So we talked politics (for the first time) and he said a Dem and confessed he voted for Obama. I told him it sucks but unfortunately he only had himself to blame. Went into my whole Obama spiel and didn’t hold back. I said if I were you I pass the word on because you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Guess they'll have to learn the hard way!!!

Elections have consequences.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:11:15 AM EDT

[#13]

Sucks for Ed that he had to learn the hard way. Sucks worse, though, for the rest of us that knew what was coming...

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:11:29 AM EDT

[#14]

ITT:

Bad things happen to idiot voters.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:11:38 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Hopefully Obamacare will make a huge difference on the midterm elections in 2014 and the elections in 2016.

I was just talking to a good friend about that this morning. I was telling him the Lowes story and told him I truly believe all this Obama shit is going to blow up in the Dems faces. I think it will take enough time to happen where people will still have it fresh in their minds come mid-term election time.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:12:17 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Hopefully Obamacare will make a huge difference on the midterm elections in 2014 and the elections in 2016.

If it hits enough people in the paycheck it will.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:12:18 AM EDT

[#17]

Consider this an introductory lesson in microeconomics.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:14:18 AM EDT

[#18]

The 40 hour work week will be a thing of the past for anyone that works for a large business and is unskilled labor. The FSA only has themselves to thank as they asked for it. Now they will have to work 2 or more jobs, and buy their own health insurance. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:15:34 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Good for him.

Ed is a stupid fuck. He is getting what he deserves for voting Dem.

Exactly

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:15:35 AM EDT

[#20]

These clowns won't blame their messiah. They will just blame "big business". That's all.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:15:41 AM EDT

[#21]

I have a liberal coworker that informed me that what employers have been doing to avoid having to pay for Obamacare should be illegal and they need a new law to make it necessary for companies to only hire full time employees... Where does socialism stop

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:18:32 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Sucks for Ed that he had to learn the hard way. Sucks worse, though, for the rest of us that knew what was coming...

Some have found a way to twist Bush into this. I bet he will.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:19:04 AM EDT

[#23]

Crap sammich. He made it.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:20:17 AM EDT

[#24]

Hows that utopi working for him.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:20:24 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

The 40 hour work week will be a thing of the past for anyone that works for a large business and is unskilled labor. The FSA only has themselves to thank as they asked for it. Now they will have to work 2 or more jobs, and buy their own health insurance. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

Negative.

Many, many more people...people who never even considered going on welfare, will find that it's easier and cheaper to work 1 PT job and go on the .gov healthcare plan.

How many people will say to themselves:

So, I can work 50 hours/week, make less money than I did before, and pay more for health insurance?

Or, I can work 25 hrs per week, get "free" health insurance, food stamps, cash benefits, utility assistance, huge EIC checks, and actually have more money in my pocket?

Speed

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:20:49 AM EDT

[#26]

FSA working??

They sure as the hell will not work two jobs to pay for anything. It is hard enough to get them to work one.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:21:21 AM EDT

[#27]

I'll bet that old Ed, defended Obama and blamed....oh I don't know...Bush...the mean spirited Republicans?

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:22:24 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Good for him.

He wanted it, he got it. Hope he enjoys it

Exactly.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:23:01 AM EDT

[#29]

But wait! The news just had announcements that Lowes was hiring nationally at a higher rate this year due to the IMPROVING ECONOMY AND ADDITIONAL HOME BUILDING. This being a sign of how well the current administration is improving things.

Just one story..there are others

I can't believe that they would just be hiring more people to reduce the hours of current employees to avoid Obamacare cost!

Idiots.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:24:13 AM EDT

[#30]

Oh well, welcome to the New Red Amerika.

The funny thing about most people these days I guess that they did not take economics in HS.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:24:40 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The 40 hour work week will be a thing of the past for anyone that works for a large business and is unskilled labor. The FSA only has themselves to thank as they asked for it. Now they will have to work 2 or more jobs, and buy their own health insurance. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

Negative.
Many, many more people...people who never even considered going on welfare, will find that it's easier and cheaper to work 1 PT job and go on the .gov healthcare plan.

How many people will say to themselves:

So, I can work 50 hours/week, make less money than I did before, and pay more for health insurance?
Or, I can work 25 hrs per week, get "free" health insurance, food stamps, cash benefits, utility assistance, huge EIC checks, and actually have more money in my pocket?

Speed

I wish it wasn't true, but sadly it is.

The government has literally made it the rational choice to work less and leech off the producers in society.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:25:02 AM EDT

[#32]

in before the dumbass photo's

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:25:42 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Good for him.

Ed is a stupid fuck. He is getting what he deserves for voting Dem.

Tell Ed to enjoy single payer medical care with quality that will make Togo look like European fee for service.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:27:09 AM EDT

[#34]

Too bad I changed my avatar, it was made for threads like this.

HR? I'm showing 53 employees. Fire four.

Quoted:
I have a liberal coworker that informed me that what employers have been doing to avoid having to pay for Obamacare should be illegal and they need a new law to make it necessary for companies to only hire full time employees... Where does socialism stop

In Socialist Europe it doesn't stop with the hiring.

Purt near impossible to fire them.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:28:38 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Good for him.

Ed is a stupid fuck. He is getting what he deserves for voting Dem.

Exactly

I wish some of my coworkers would get what they deserve for voting dem.

Well... we're ALL gonna feel the unlubricated rubber glove for the selfish/ignorant/lazy voting dem.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:30:10 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hopefully Obamacare will make a huge difference on the midterm elections in 2014 and the elections in 2016.

I was just talking to a good friend about that this morning. I was telling him the Lowes story and told him I truly believe all this Obama shit is going to blow up in the Dems faces. I think it will take enough time to happen where people will still have it fresh in their minds come mid-term election time.

It might cause more Republicans to get elected, but don't count on them getting rid of Obamacare. I remember during the GOP convention, there were several commenting that if Obama got re-elected, Obamacare would be permanent. I think they'd love to control Obamacare in the future, and now they can do that while blaming Obama for putting it into place.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:32:33 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:

The 40 hour work week will be a thing of the past for anyone that works for a large business and is unskilled labor. The FSA only has themselves to thank as they asked for it. Now they will have to work 2 or more jobs, and buy their own health insurance. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

Negative.

Many, many more people...people who never even considered going on welfare, will find that it's easier and cheaper to work 1 PT job and go on the .gov healthcare plan.

How many people will say to themselves:

So, I can work 50 hours/week, make less money than I did before, and pay more for health insurance?

Or, I can work 25 hrs per week, get "free" health insurance, food stamps, cash benefits, utility assistance, huge EIC checks, and actually have more money in my pocket?

Speed

I wish it wasn't true, but sadly it is.

The government has literally made it the rational choice to work less and leech off the producers in society.

I've personally witnessed this exact scenario play out w/ single mothers. They work as much as they can w/o losing their benefits. They go to school and get degrees, hoping to find a professional enough position that will allow them to get off welfare, but the free healthcare, daycare, food stamps, cash assistance, housing vouchers, etc...make it almost impossible to transition to a full time job and still pay their bills.

They basically need to find a $60k+ job w/ full medical and daycare right off the bat. They do not allow the mothers to get partial benefits in the daycare, housing, and healthcare areas to transition to working. I've seen women crying about this, ashamed to be on welfare, but trapped by it

Speed

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:33:46 AM EDT

[#38]

I have an obama voter next to me, he works in real estate and he confessed the market is total shit and he almost went Bankrupt last fall.

I cut lose on obama and how he has fucked every industry he can. Then I asked him how he could still support the dipshit.......and the answer was....silence.

I am absolutely convinced liberalism is a disease.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:35:06 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Good for him.

He wanted it, he got it. Hope he enjoys it

Yeah,......HOPE he enjoys that CHANGE.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:35:12 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Good for him.

He wanted it, he got it. Hope he enjoys it

But it is too bad we all took a screwing in the process.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:37:04 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
You need to sing a little jingle for Ed:

You asked for it,

You got it,

Bend-oooover.

BOHICA

Bend
Over
Here
It
Comes
Again

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:37:57 AM EDT

[#42]

It is a shame there are laws against burning democrats alive.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:38:00 AM EDT

[#43]

Ed from Lowes certainly got the "Change" and instead of "Forward" he got Backward. Lots of folks gonna see more of this.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:38:26 AM EDT

[#44]

Free fucking health care,wowweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:39:49 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Ed from Lowes certainly got the "Change" and instead of "Forward" he got Backward. Lots of folks gonna see more of this.

He must have the shirt where it is spelled foward.

I would call him a retard, but that would be demeaning to retarded folks.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:40:58 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The 40 hour work week will be a thing of the past for anyone that works for a large business and is unskilled labor. The FSA only has themselves to thank as they asked for it. Now they will have to work 2 or more jobs, and buy their own health insurance. I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

Negative.
Many, many more people...people who never even considered going on welfare, will find that it's easier and cheaper to work 1 PT job and go on the .gov healthcare plan.

How many people will say to themselves:

So, I can work 50 hours/week, make less money than I did before, and pay more for health insurance?
Or, I can work 25 hrs per week, get "free" health insurance, food stamps, cash benefits, utility assistance, huge EIC checks, and actually have more money in my pocket?

Speed

You realize this was by design, right?

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:42:24 AM EDT

[#47]

The sheep voted to put lamb chops on the menu.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:42:25 AM EDT

[#48]

Just wait till they raise min wage to $9 and companies who pay min wage fire 20% of thier employees because they either have to raise prices and lose business or cut employees to cover the increase.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:42:36 AM EDT

[#49]

So he is a dumbass when it comes to politics........so is 52% of the populations.

Posted: 2/14/2013 8:42:45 AM EDT

[#50]

I have zero issue with people that voted with greed in their hearts getting shafted. Anyone that voted for the entitlement king deserve to feel the pain.

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