Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 22, 2015

Now he’ll really know what it’s like to be worked to death.

Oh, you didn’t know about the insurance? Standard at Wally world, I hear…

I think you mean a grim demeanor.

My retirement plans involve falling face first into my keyboard…

What’s this “retirement” thing??

Sadly I’ve seen it happen.

I once worked in a newspaper (you remember those?) which had a “no forced retirement” policy. As a result, the promotions only occurred when somebody died.

Yeah, dis job will kill you.

WalMart doesn’t buy life insurance, they are self insured. What that meant, in my case, is that the GA Insurance commissioner said they couldn’t help me at all. They could only interfere if an actual insurance company is involved. All $950+ of my medical expenses counted toward the $500 deductible for that year..Coincidentally, that is the last year I worked for WalMart.

My health ins. plan was one of those "YGS-YD " plans !

You get sick- You die plans !

Jeez, reminds me of Cat Stevens’ “Matthew and Son”. Nothing much changes. Double jeez, that song is 50 years old and I remember it like yesterday….Now where did I leave my glasses…..

Please teach the rest of us how you managed that. Each year, retirement seems even less affordable…

Home Depot is self insured too, the health insurance took 25% of the paycheck . At both Walmart and Home Depot I was an associate NOT an employee.

I was quite pleased my employer provided a 50k life insurance policy, that is until I found out it paid THEM – so they could pay someone new to wrap up my assignments…

But you have to give two weeks notice prior to your death so you can train your replacement.

this is what the GOP intends as replacement for Social Security