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Wal-Mart employee “can’t afford” $15/week for health insurance, but can afford cigarettes
wordpress ^ | November 12, 2012 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 11/12/2012 3:25:53 PM PST by grundle

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1 posted on 11/12/2012 3:26:00 PM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Wait, let me get a smoke.

Ahhh, ok, let’s ban Wal-Mart employees from smoking!


2 posted on 11/12/2012 3:29:27 PM PST by occamrzr06
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To: grundle

Priorities. It’s all about MEEEEE! How many kids does he have and can’t be bothered to buy some diapers for?


3 posted on 11/12/2012 3:29:50 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: grundle

Well, if he smokes 2-3 packs a week, depending on the brand, he’s paying at least $15 a week in ciggies.


4 posted on 11/12/2012 3:35:21 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: grundle

Man you have to have your priorities! Have you ever tried to smoke health insurance? Even with a charcoal fliter its all one can do to stand it for more than a couple drags!


5 posted on 11/12/2012 3:37:13 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: grundle

My wife works for Walmart, asst. Manager, and our healthcare and dental insurance costs have been rising every year. It seems that when she gets a raise the healthcare/dental increase costs eat up the raise. I wonder how long before Walmart will continue to offer insurance?


6 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:47 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: grundle

My sister’s brother in law couldn’t afford baby formula but could get his cigs.


7 posted on 11/12/2012 3:39:49 PM PST by Sybeck1 (When do the vodka rations start?)
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To: grundle

Gotta have another cigarette!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8RAQla6tv8


8 posted on 11/12/2012 3:41:50 PM PST by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Sybeck1

addiction sucks


9 posted on 11/12/2012 3:41:59 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: grundle

He’s 22 . Why pay for it now when he can wait.


10 posted on 11/12/2012 3:43:46 PM PST by linn37 (Newt supporter here.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Average ciggie smoker does a pack to a pack and a half a day. Basic monthly would be somewhere around $270 a month depending where you live. ($7 avg. per pack at 40 packs per month) - just a guess. What’s a carton go for in the states now?


11 posted on 11/12/2012 3:43:56 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church shows up at your funeral)
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To: grundle

How will he pay his Obamacare fine for not having insurance?


12 posted on 11/12/2012 3:45:51 PM PST by WKB ( Remember "Bush Lied and People Died" Now it's "People died and Obama Lied")
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To: grundle
Harris, a 22-year-old smoker, was set to see his cost per paycheck rise to $29.60 from $25.40. He says he has decided not to sign up for coverage.

Good for him. Why should he be forced to buy something that it is unlikely he'll use. Healthy, 22-year old males don't go see doctors unless they get hurt. They don't go for checkups. They don't go if they got a case of the sniffles. I didn't see a doctor one single time throughout my late teens, 20s and early 30s. Not once.

Of course, healthcare and specifically Obamacare are dependent upon healthy, 20 and 30-something males paying for insurance they won't use.

Let him smoke. He's contributing significantly to other people's health care costs through the exorbitant taxes he's paying for cigarettes.

13 posted on 11/12/2012 3:50:06 PM PST by Drew68
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Well, I'm not going to judge the guy. He's young. When I was 22, I didn't care if I had health insurance or not. 22 year old's are very healthy. He probably believes he doesn't need it. I never got sick, nor participated in extreme sports where I might get injured enough to require serious medical attention.

But then, when I was 22, a healthcare package was part of every job, I just never used it. If I had had to pay for it then, I probably would have done without it, too. Such it is when you're young.

14 posted on 11/12/2012 3:52:50 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: SkyDancer

that’s what I meant by prices vary by brand and how you buy (pack vs carton).

I think with some brands, you can get a carton (10 packs?) for $55. But I know other popular brands are more than that. Not a smoker, but I sometimes look around the checkout areas when I shop for groceries. I see those prices per pack or by the carton and am glad smoking actually makes me physically sick.


15 posted on 11/12/2012 3:54:47 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Drew68

Of course nobody will want to sell him insurance when he finally does develop a sickness and find it’s cancer. If he goes on the public dole healthcare then he’s sucking off all of us and he’ll easily use more than he’s ever contributed via cig taxes. Besides those taxes aren’t paying for anything medical. They go into the general fund.


16 posted on 11/12/2012 3:57:41 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: SkyDancer

Price depends on the state.

About #85.00 per carton in MA.


17 posted on 11/12/2012 3:58:45 PM PST by Mears
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To: grundle

I don’t care if he smokes.

But smokers should be paying several times the ‘standard’ health insurance rate simply based on the fact that smokers are not as healthy as non-smokers.


18 posted on 11/12/2012 3:59:34 PM PST by O6ret
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since the gummint doesn’t discriminate against other vices, shouldn’t we be paying for his cigs? /sarc


19 posted on 11/12/2012 3:59:59 PM PST by bigbob
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It’s his money! I see obese people riding carts at the grocery store too fat to walk, buying junk food with OUR money! Obesity is probably more costly that smokers because they have all kinds of problems due to weight...diabetis being just one.


20 posted on 11/12/2012 4:01:02 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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