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Dees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:02 PM
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Are you making your Republican boss a good living?
Years ago I did. The man played a tremendous amount of golf. Somebody had to get it done. I was fortunate enough to go out on my own and do very well.
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:05 PM
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1. Yes I do.
Boatloads of dough in fact. At least he pays me well and I've got good benefits.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 09:15 PM
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14. A former boss of mine made the Forbes 400 while I worked for him...
...I quit and whadya know, he's no longer anywhere near the Forbes 400.

Message to boss: Keep Greendog happy or be prepared to lose millions.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:09 PM
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2. yes. however he has NOT voted repub this year
Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 08:21 PM by lionesspriyanka
a lot of it had to do with my calling him an idiot...seemed to work.
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thoughtanarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:09 PM
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3. yes and no
My boss and the founder and chairman are all lefties.

:bounce:
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:12 PM
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4. All three partners have a very good living.
We do all the work and they reap all the benefits.

But I do get paid well and it is a pleasant (usually) atmosphere.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:15 PM
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5. Bush is still making $400k/year, right?
I guess I am...
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Nitrogenica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:17 PM
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6. My yatch owning boss once said
"people who listen to NPR are communists." Wasn't communism a Right Wing thing?
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:22 PM
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9. no real communism was left wing
and it was never really tried anyway
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Acryliccalico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:31 PM
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12. I think
that the founder of communism (the one who came up with the idea of it) came from Chicago and was left wing.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:18 PM
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7. I did once upon a time.
Yes, I did and often with very little thanks.
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Kazak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:21 PM
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8. My boss is a Dem, thankfully...
But I sure as hell do make him a lot of money anyway.

:shrug:
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Acryliccalico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:26 PM
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10. No I am not
I am on SSI. :) I am living poorly but not helping them for sure.
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:30 PM
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11. I am, thankfully, self-employed.
My old job was killing me, and I wanted less work and less stress.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 08:44 PM
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13. Luckily, I work for a liberal -- and --
-- she gave me $4k above what I asked for in salary when she hired me. After almost 4 years out of work in the Bush "economy," this was a minor miracle!
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 10:06 PM
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19. congrats
Congratulations on your job; I know how hard it is to get employment in this Chimp disaster of an economy.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 11:02 PM
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20. Thanks so much! :) n/t
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GreyRoofoo Donating Member (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 09:19 PM
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15. Well I'm in the military
And my boss makes a pretty decent living with lots of vacation
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 09:35 PM
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16. My husband is a Democrat, thank God
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 09:43 PM
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17. My boss is a moderate republican.
Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 09:45 PM by LWolf
With a small flaw; he likes to work outside the box and color outside the lines. He's currently been targeted for replacement by his more right-wing bosses because he didn't march in lock step with their agenda. He's been too innovative, and he's spent too much time letting his employees do things their way. The fact that we've been more successful than our more obedient counterparts doesn't matter. He's toast.

I guess you could say that working with an "anarchist" (his term for my attitude)like me, and giving me, and other like-minded co-workers latitude to get the job done our way, has put him in this position.

He was also in a car accident with his family this weekend in the midst of southern california flooding; I'm thinking good thoughts for him.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 09:44 PM
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18. Your thread title would make a great bumper-sticker.
like this:

R U making your
REPUBLICAN boss a good living?
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