tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695929798247959127.post7207630789103205619..comments2024-03-20T07:29:14.652-07:00Comments on Map of the Week: Where Your Money Really GoesDughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05787505045121628368noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695929798247959127.post-31530168011347779872012-05-29T10:28:01.065-07:002012-05-29T10:28:01.065-07:00This is not a private company, it's a mutual i...This is not a private company, it's a mutual insurance company - as far as I know they're required to distribute their profits to their shareholders (anyone who buys their insurance) in the form of dividends or lower rates. <br />You may call it "private" money if you want but the fact is that it's my money that's going to send executives on planes to resorts and I basically have no say in the matter.Dughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787505045121628368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695929798247959127.post-68287265746972583262012-05-26T08:02:24.423-07:002012-05-26T08:02:24.423-07:00Former chief executive Ted Kelly, when not whining...Former chief executive Ted Kelly, when not whining about the "excess" salaries and "very rich" benefits that public employees like myself get, has no problem taking the public's money...<br /><br />Wow, I love your map blog, but your fuzzy rant about what constitutes "public". I'd love to argue with you about this, but I don't think it would accomplish much. Suffice to say, "taking the public's money" is a term which you have boldly misconstrued. I am not a public, I am a private - citizen. It's not public money, it's private money. That's the fundamental error that PUBLIC sector entities make. Amirite, GSA??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11615567301005691023noreply@blogger.com