While Ned gleefully excoriates the plutocracy for its rapaciousness, amorality and greed, he is not prejudiced, and if a positive report of plutocratic doings reaches his keen ears he will report it, and let the chips fall where they may.
So yesterday's NYT brought a report which Ned found so astonishing he had to let it cool, so to speak, before acting on it. Seems that some corporate leaders have decided that their higher-paid employees will pay more for their health "care" than their more lowly-paid functionary brothers and sisters. Thus, GE, for example, makes its plutocrats and plutocrat wannabes pay more for health care, as much as 14% more next year, while some folks get a cost decrease, even though they see their deductibles increase. Now, Ned expected that universities would have taken the lead in this and sure enough Vanderbilt U. requires its over 50k employees to pay a higher increase next year than those below 50k.
Who says capitalism can't have a smiley face now and then? Now, if Ned's friends and associates can just get jobs so they can even QUALIFY for plutocrat-subsidized health care, it may indeed be Morning In America.
(Smiley face here.)
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