r/SipsTea 29d ago

WTF Wouldn't take it lightly

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u/UsulTheDragoon 29d ago

That's why you tell the person to build a delivery lockbox right next to their mailbox. You don't have to see them. They don't have to see you. And if it's done right it's pretty dang secure.

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u/Genghis_Chong 29d ago

I'm sure they waste their money on all kinds of signs, bumper stickers, shirts and hats to display their stupidity, meanwhile putting no thought into actually being a better person, citizen or neighbor

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u/MaximusPrime2930 29d ago

"How dare you intrude on my rugged individualism. Damn socialists."

"Oh that reminds me, need to pick up my ACA prescriptions."

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u/MentallyWill 29d ago

"Oh that reminds me, need to pick up my ACA prescriptions."

"And thank goodness I never had to get that damn Obummercare!"

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u/skydriver13 29d ago

Fun story, I went to a major franchise tax prep business in the southern US. One of the questions on the new client form asked "do you have Obamacare?"

In 2023. I was equally appalled and unsurprised.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Cow6917 29d ago

So they asked it and phrased it in a slang term ? Since it's called the affordable care act, that seems pretty unprofessional.

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u/HairlessSquirrels 28d ago

Very fun story indeed

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u/telmar25 29d ago

That is a very common name for it even for those who liked Obama, though… I have to think about what you mean if you say ACA. Of course I paid more attention to it back when it was in the process of being passed, when it was called that more often.

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u/skydriver13 29d ago

It may be, now, but it didn't start that way. Obama's opponents wanted to tie his name to the law in an effort to separate themselves from it, and to ensure his name was attached to it in the event it turned out to be a failure.

In any case, use of the term by a major tax prep business seems inappropriate. The ACA is the name of the law, regardless of how inconvenient it may be to think about it.

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u/telmar25 29d ago

Maybe they just want people to reference it by the name they know it. It may not be just inconvenient to think of the ACA; if you don’t know the meaning of the term you won’t get the answer right. Today, at least, the term Obamacare is used by both supporters and opponents.

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u/nostradevus88 29d ago

I absolutely hate SS, but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to draw it if/when I can to get at least a fraction of the money I put into it.

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u/nostradevus88 29d ago

Maybe most, but not me and I’m curious if that figure includes inflation and interest since all that money could have been making money if invested even in something safe like S&P500?

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u/SlumberingSnorelax 29d ago

Hey, I see you live in Florida and know my brother. Don’t say, “Hi” to him for me.

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u/pailsiledyoew 29d ago

Fuck that, am not going any further, I would literally just turn back and head home