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It all falls apart so quickly.

Yerda

Yerda

Veteran Member
Saint Frankenstein said:
I'm going to a lawyer to deal with Kroger. They have been jerking me around for months, saying the money they owe me is coming and it never arrives. The union is just making up excuses for them. Every week is the same crap. I contacted a lawyer today. They're going to give me what they owe me, at the very least.

I cut up my name badge and threw everything away. I will never work there again, and may never shop there again when I'm done with this. Kroger has shown itself to be evil, malicious and abusive. They have a battered workforce that is too afraid to really stand up to Kroger as Kroger keeps them poor and most of them are living paycheck to paycheck, barely making ends meet.

Another thing that has broken my heart is that I learned I have no retirement savings from my time with Kroger. I called because I was thinking of accessing my benefits, but there's nothing there. All these years, I believed I was automatically enrolled and my payslips were saying that money was being taken out for 401k. Guess not! That really hurt. I have nothing at all to show for working at that dump for years! Not a damn penny!

So I'm off to the plasma donation center to eat again. My bank account is really overdrawn due to bills going through. Oh, well. I'll have to let that bank account go as I'm too poor to have a bank account.

I'm trying to figure out how to apply for unemployment again but I don't really understand it and the site barely works on my phone. Someone needs to help me through the process as I've never done it before. I hate dealing with the government.

Then I have court for the eviction on Wednesday. Fun, fun!

Oh, but I least got to send in my application for school! I might be homeless and destitute, but I'll be a student! :rolleyes:
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Fingers crossed it goes well in court for you on Wednesday, brother.
 
Watchmen

Watchmen

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Saint Frankenstein said:
I'm going to a lawyer to deal with Kroger. They have been jerking me around for months, saying the money they owe me is coming and it never arrives. The union is just making up excuses for them. Every week is the same crap. I contacted a lawyer today. They're going to give me what they owe me, at the very least.

I cut up my name badge and threw everything away. I will never work there again, and may never shop there again when I'm done with this. Kroger has shown itself to be evil, malicious and abusive. They have a battered workforce that is too afraid to really stand up to Kroger as Kroger keeps them poor and most of them are living paycheck to paycheck, barely making ends meet.

Another thing that has broken my heart is that I learned I have no retirement savings from my time with Kroger. I called because I was thinking of accessing my benefits, but there's nothing there. All these years, I believed I was automatically enrolled and my payslips were saying that money was being taken out for 401k. Guess not! That really hurt. I have nothing at all to show for working at that dump for years! Not a damn penny!

So I'm off to the plasma donation center to eat again. My bank account is really overdrawn due to bills going through. Oh, well. I'll have to let that bank account go as I'm too poor to have a bank account.

I'm trying to figure out how to apply for unemployment again but I don't really understand it and the site barely works on my phone. Someone needs to help me through the process as I've never done it before. I hate dealing with the government.

Then I have court for the eviction on Wednesday. Fun, fun!

Oh, but I least got to send in my application for school! I might be homeless and destitute, but I'll be a student! :rolleyes:
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I applaud you for getting a lawyer. I know it’s not easy.
 
Saint Frankenstein

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
Yerda said:
Fingers crossed it goes well in court for you on Wednesday, brother.
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It did. I'm not getting evicted. This is the first time I've left eviction court and not lost my home!

We made a legal agreement. An aid organization is going to pay off most of my back rent. There's still a balance of a thousand dollars left over, and we made a payment agreement about that. I also have to go to the housing authority tomorrow because they're playing around. The paperwork declaring zero income for me was sent a while ago and they haven't responded. So I'm going there tomorrow to correct that. I might be able to get them to reduce the rent as I've been out of work for 2 months now.

I'll have to make a fundraiser, as well. I also have a power bill that is way too much. I might be able to get some help for that but every bit counts. I hope I can get the amount reduced and my power bill paid off. That would be a totally fresh start for me and I can finally focus more on other things, like the job search and getting school started. I have other things I have to apply for and do, as well.

I've also reconnected with my older sister, which I haven't spoken to in years and it's wonderful. Lots of positive things happening.
 
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Saint Frankenstein

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
Update:

Well, some things are better and others are at a standstill. Most of the rent has finally been paid of, after a bit over a month after I went to court. I have started school and have schoolwork to do. I'm proud of myself for that.

Still trying to find work but still nothing going on there. I don't get it. At this point, I don't really think people are hiring. I wish I had more bus fare to get around more as there's a vocational place here that helps with that stuff. I was rejected from unemployment and now I'm trying to apply again, but I don't know if I'll be able to provide all the info they need, because I don't have access to my payslips anymore. It's only online and that access ended when my employment ended. (Edit: I just saw they denied me again. :mad:)

The biggest thing is that the person from Macy's I needed to contact about my mom's pension there get back to me, after 8 years of not being in contact. I thought I wouldn't ever hear from her again. So I can get that out and that would solve my immediate issues! I was pleasantly surprised to hear that it's more money than I thought!

Unfortunately, I can't even file the necessary paperwork because I can't afford the filing fee. I called the court and asked if they could waive it or reduce it, but they said they couldn't. :rolleyes: So I'm really stuck there. I need money to get a much bigger amount of money. I think it's ridiculous the probate court wants $120 just to file a small amount of paperwork.

I also need my mom's death certificate but I lost that years ago. I looked for it and can't find it. I haven't seen it in years. I think I lost it when I left the last place we lived together. Another obstacle. :facepalm:

I'm also getting the runaround with my Medicaid coverage. They still haven't done anything with my application, and it's complete. I have presumptive eligibility and it covered some of my meds, but not the testosterone. So I haven't had that in almost a month now. That's really not good.

So I'll probably need help. (I really didn't want to say that.) :( I have to figure something out.

I'm also rather depressed right now because basically the closest friends I have here, who I hang out the most with and have known the longest, are moving to Las Vegas in a little over a week. I'm hurt but I'm glad for them. I wish I could go with. I know we'll hang out again when I go west. I try to think positively about it, that they're blazing a trail. But it still sucks. Just more of a reason to leave.
 
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Saint Frankenstein

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
Valjean said:
We need government of, by and for The People, ie: more Socialist, less Capitalist/Neoliberal; government as a social service co-op.

"The business of America is business," not its people.
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I know I wouldn't be struggling this hard if Job and Family Services would stop screwing me by denying my unemployment benfits when I'm doing my best to jump through their hoops, especially when I don't have regular access to a computer!
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Valjean said:
We need government of, by and for The People, ie: more Socialist, less Capitalist/Neoliberal; government as a social service co-op.

"The business of America is business," not its people.
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Instead of jumping into the fire (socialism)
why not a UBI? Then the unemployable
& low-wage types would get a real boost.
 
Valjean

Valjean

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Premium Member
Saint Frankenstein said:
I know I wouldn't be struggling this hard if Job and Family Services would stop screwing me by denying my unemployment benfits when I'm doing my best to jump through their hoops, especially when I don't have regular access to a computer!
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We began radically cutting back on social services and access back in the early '80s, with Reagan's transition from a Keynesian to a Neoliberal, small government, free market, economy. Government stopped supporting the needy and began supporting Big Business, on the theory that both the "job creators" and workers would thrive and the wealth would then "trickle down" to the general public.

It never worked. The wealth trickled up, and now we have a huge wealth disparity, tent cities and a Republican party continuing to shrink government and blame it on the liberals.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Valjean said:
It never worked. The wealth trickled up, and now we have a huge wealth disparity, tent cities and a Republican party continuing to shrink government and blame it on the liberals.
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Republicans don't shrink government.
Under ever Pub Prez in my lifetime,
the Code of Federal Regulations grew
by leaps & bounds.
 
Valjean

Valjean

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Premium Member
Revoltingest said:
Instead of jumping into the fire (socialism)
why not a UBI? Then the unemployable
& low-wage types would get a real boost.
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A UBI isn't socialism? I'll bet the GOP would call it socialism, and cry about lazy "UBI Queens!" ;)

But I agree, UBI seems to have been successful where tried.
 
Valjean

Valjean

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Revoltingest said:
Republicans don't shrink government.
Under ever Pub Prez in my lifetime,
the Code of Federal Regulations grew
by leaps & bounds.
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They claim to shrink the government, even vowing to "drown it in the bathtub," just as they claim to be fiscally abstemious -- while spending like drunken sailors. But you have a point. They're selective in their shrinkage and regulation. They're happy to shrink social services, oversight and safety agencies, education grants, &c.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Valjean said:
A UBI isn't socialism?
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It's an assistance program.
Doesn't require that government own the means of production.
Valjean said:
I'll bet the GOP would call it socialism, and cry about lazy "UBI Queens!" ;)
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Does it matter what ignorant partisan wags say?
Valjean said:
But I agree, UBI seems to have been successful where tried.
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It's the most libertarian way to aid
those low on the economic ladder.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Valjean said:
They claim to shrink the government, even vowing to "drown it in the bathtub," just as they claim to be fiscally abstemious -- while spending like drunken sailors. But you have a point. They're selective in their shrinkage and regulation. They're happy to shrink social services, oversight and safety agencies, education grants, &c.
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They often pursue an image rather than fulfilling campaign promises.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
sun rise said:
And the deficit went up more than under Democrats.
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Of course, there are more factors than just
who's Prez. Congress writes the spending bills,
which is why it fell under Clinton.
Nonetheless, Republicans are generally....
 
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