United Airlines Pension Default

Vess Irvine · 2005-05-11T21:34:25+00:00

Hi Guys:Welcome to the brave new world of GWB corporatism (also known as fascism). UAL is given the "right" to screw all it's employees out of their pensions. You are a pilot, flight attendant, A&P mechanic; and you worked for UAL for thirty years.Now it is time to retire and guess what? You think you are going to have a retirement? Yea right.Meanwhile the Republicans want to "invest" your social security in companies like United Airlines. Just when you need social security the most, because your lying, thieving company is breaking all promises to you; guess what? S.S. will not be there either.Recall that in 1998 UAL and all the airlines made the most profit in the history of that industry. They made billions and billions in PROFIT. Clinton was President. Did any of those billions go to shore up the pension funding? The airplanes were full. The load factors were breaking all kinds of industry records.At this very moment, the Republicans pass a new law that makes it impossible for average citizens to declare bankruptcy, so that people with this problem will have to pay the corporations for the rest of their lives, with no possibility of relief. Now recall, 70% of bankruptcies are people who get sick, or the children get sick, and they cannot afford basic medical services because some friggen doctor is charging them $600 per hour.OK all you neocon modelers. Don't you get the picture by now? You are getting screwed left, right, up and down by these Republicans! You voted for these fascists. Now you have to live with the consequences.The GOP wants you to live in poverty and flipping burgers for a living. As you have to work for peanuts, the Bushies and their corporate buddies will continue to earn 500 times what the average worker earns.If this UAL give-away is not a wake up call, I don't know what might be.Have you had enough of this crap? Do you have the balls to stand up and make your voice heard? I would hope so, but my confidence in you modelers as responsible...

May 11, 2005 24 Replies

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WmB 21 years ago

Well his head is in his ass, so it stands to reason. ;-)

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Al Superczynski 21 years ago

The kit 'donations' I could probably handle but paying for the postage would be a problem.

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Ron 21 years ago

Consider incentive to avoid troll feedings....

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mik21usa 21 years ago

It's ironic he leaves out the fact that under the billion dollar profits and not putting them into the pension plan IT WAS EMPLOYEE OWNED AND OPERATED. Actually United did fine until the Unions and Democrats started running it. Regarding Social Security. It was fine until LBJ gave it all away. Now Ted Kennedy and McCain want to give it all to anyone that can walk across the Rio Grande.

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frank 21 years ago

No he's not! He used "OK all you neocon modelers". That keeps it on topic! :)

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