Politics
Me Working For My Monthly Payments
how else will they get college-educated, white, suburban kids to work at Apple Retail or GAP or at the many other menial jobs that major corporations require to function? Seems to me the best way to do it is to set up a system where they’re paying for their wonderful education for the rest of their lives so they have no choice.
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I can tell you one thing, these numbers are at least troubling and a sign that money isn't moving around like it should in a healthy economy.
Read MoreI remember it like it was yesterday. My dad and I were in his van, driving to my Aunt's house for Christmas Eve. We were coming from the warehouse, moving around some showcases so he could deliver them later that week. We used to talk Politics a lot in the van. I used to bait him with my extreme, liberal values but then he'd start yelling at me, the veritable philips-head screwdriver in the conservative toolkit, so I stopped. That night, though, he baited me.
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CLIMATE CHANGE, I mean.
Well, this is embarrassing.
Growing up, my parents made me practice good dental hygiene. But the prevailing feeling was, DEFINITELY brush in the morning, MAYBE brush at night and flossing is just a SUGGESTION. I also had (and have) perfect teeth. Me going into a dentist's office is like Stockard Channing going into a plastic surgeon's office. "Ooooo! Look at those teeth! You must have had braces. No!? Oh my goodness, Charlene get in here!" Feels good. So, if I have perfect teeth, those "flossing" rules don't apply to me. Except after popcorn and/or BBQ ribs.
So I lived my life. People may have suggested that things would get worse, but I thought nothing of it. I'm special. My teeth are stronger. Perfect. Different. But my dentist's suggestions to floss quickly turned into strong urgings. Then they brought on the disease talk. "You'll get Gingivitis!" " You'll need surgery!" "Nothing will ever be the same again!"
But I didn't HAVE Gingivitis. I was just closer than ever to getting it. No big. Besides, what do Dentists know? They're just trying to sell me dental work. They're nothing more than used car salesmen. So I stopped going altogether. Partially because I didn't have dental insurance anymore, and partially because I really didn't like the dentist I was going to. And I hadn't heard of ZOC DOC yet. (Thanks facebook!)
But then my mouth started to hurt. Specifically, the molars on my right side. Eating a Caesar Salad felt like I was shoving rocks in between my teeth. So I made an appointment with a dentist. Using ZOC DOC! I went to my appointment, they cleaned my teeth, looked at my X-Rays, and...
Turns out I need a root canal. And root canals cost $4000. And my insurance won't cover it. Well, they'll cover $1000 of it. Maybe. After a 45-day approval process. During which my tooth will only get worse. Great. Some decay that could have easily been destroyed with floss had been eating away at my tooth, getting closer and closer to the root. I denied, denied, denied. Tried flossing for maybe a week and a half at a time. But it took so much TIME. And it was hard to reach the back teeth! And the flossers hurt my GUMS. Well, now that my tooth is destroyed, eaten away by decay on the inside, I'm definitely going to be flossing. But... it's destroyed. But I'm definitely flossing.
Oh, and on a related note, ocean levels definitely aren't rising.
Millennials won't stand for complication. We like things simple. Things like Netflix. Love. Want a movie? Get it instantly for a monthly fee. I've always thought Health Insurance was too complicated. Can you imagine if Netflix worked the same way? I took my actual health insurance numbers and put together this handy infographic.
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