So... my overtime pay should be more, but taxed at a flat rate of 50%?

I am not in your voting block. :)

Somewhere a moose needs to be sacked.

This whole thread is just too funny.

Every? Implying a lot? I think you need to recuse yourself as an expert on driving in this thread.

If you show up at McDonalds asking for a job and the most recent experience on your resume is a 150K job with the government, the Pimply Faced Youth doing the hiring is going to gloss right over.

Let's say the Mr. Whistle does get by the the initial screening and becomes a serious candidate. As the company is doing due diligence like reference checks and background checks, it is very easy to tank someone's chances. I'm not talking about nefarious shadow men showing up making dire innuendo. The 'secret' question to ask when checking references is "Would you hire this person again?". If the answer is no, you are black flagged at the vast majority of places.

It sure as hell does not help to google a candidate's name and the top 600 hits are news stories about looming indictments and comment vitriol both for and against.

Hope this helps.

Ancient Worms May Have Saved Life On Earth ...from threadfall?

Mod parent up. This does happen.

I've been in several sysadmin consulting situations disguised as interviews with mid size businesses.

Self check out != self pay. :) Just thought I'd point that out.

Yea, sure, but basic application use? Applications that are nominally designed to be intuitive?

There's training wheels, and then there's wheelchairs. The beef here is in the second camp.

Citation?

I was taught that the phrase 'indian giver' referred to whitey breaking agreements with Indians, not the other way around.

Heck, look at the equity of the bargaining positions: Pick one, Genocide, or subsistence living on crap we wouldn't even graze goats on. Who knew that all that ground would be perfect to put casinos on?

As a person of mixed American heritage, I often have issues with determining when to self loathe and when to bask in martyrdom.

Do you really expect "Sal" at the yard to recognize a pendulum from a century old clock?

NC has a state income tax of something like 6-8%. I'll look somewhere else, thanks.

On a totally unrelated note, the Asheville area is gorgeous.

Because our ancestors found that all you really need for civilized society are the ten laws of God inscribed on a rock.

Things get more complicated with an overcrowded technological society, I guess.

I'm not denying that voters can be stupid, but I'm fairly sure none of the sitting board members during this fiasco campaigned on a platform of "let me watch your children in their bedrooms".

You are assuming that pay raises everywhere follow the calendar year. Almost every place I have worked at has adjusted pay based on their fiscal year.

No way, dude! U. S. Americans is everywhere

--Ms. South Carolina contestant