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hope you had a good one!  not too many left probably

meh, doesnt matter if she caused the accident unless she was reckless or it was intentional most likely (if their workers' comp system is similar to ma's that is).  in a lot of systems the person is still entitled to workers' comp even if their negligence causes the accident as long as it was in the course of their employment.

comp was introduced to have a sort no fault system of benefits for injured workers.  you have a much less burden to prove entitlement to comp than a civil case for personal injuries but the trade off is that you don't get punitive damages and pain and suffering etc.  you just get compensated for your a percent of the loss of earning power based on the wages you were making at that time.  of course that is the system in massachusetts and i believe that is the norm for most states. some states (like CT) i believe you just get a flat sum which is awarded based on the amount of loss of function or scarring or impairment of certain body parts that are listed in the statute

id support higher wages for teachers if they got rid of tenure, based the raises on merit instead of length of time there and they had to take out malpractice insurance at astronomical rates like doctors and lawyers these days and be held accountable for negligent teaching.  a lot of medical professionals, or at least solo practitioners, are not making as much money as you might think when you look into how much loans they have to pay back and how much malpractice insurance costs they have to pay to keep their business running because assholes like me sue them all the time.

there is little to no accountability for state, government, union and public employees in general in the united states which means the only motivation to work hard is each individual's work ethic which obviously varies a great deal from person to person.  i've worked in state jobs and private sector jobs and have seen a significant difference in how much effort employees in both sectors put in.  for instance, when i worked at a state court one of the highest paid employees in the clerk's office, probably making about 80-100k, only looked for items on ebay all day except for 5 minutes at the end of the day when she had to sign off on some things.

less accountability and motive to excel should absolutely result in lower wages.  unfortunately, that is not how it works these days and anyone that is not in a state/union/public job can look up on their state government's site to see the wages of various public employees to confirm that.

Also, most new lawyers (unless hired by mommy or daddy's law firm) either make very little or no money right now depending if they get hired and depending where they live ha ha.  there are way too many new lawyers right now and as a result they are in low demand.

dpenguins good

@ mandrewsf

are you talking about college or k-12?

what i said was indeed a very general statement which i only met to apply to suburban public k-12 grade teachers who have tenure.  it was also only based on my own experience.  for instance, there was a 6th grade history teacher who would write notes on the board at the beginning of the day and have the students copy them when they got to class and they could sit quietly or work on other stuff for the rest of the class.  there was little to no instruction.  of course, there are good and bad teachers just like there are good and bad employees in every field but my own experiences have led me to believe that tenure and teacher unions for public school k-12 teachers are dangerous things for our youth.

to contrast, we had a christian private high school where tuition was about 6k a year (this is 12 years or so ago) and the teachers were mostly brothers who made nothing near public teachers nor did they get the same benefits.  their students typically went on to much better schools than the students from my public high school.  the wealth of the respective students did not vary a great deal because the town i lived in was a very affluent area.  thus, my own personal observations have led me to believe that tenure and strong unions for public school k-12 teachers tend to encourage laziness

also, i'm probably biased because our teacher union went on strike every year and had to be imprisoned one year for violating a court order to return to work.  their repetitive greed (except for the teachers who got so sick of the union that they just left for another district) has probably influenced me a great deal on this issue haha

and yes i'm too lazy to edit this post for spelling or grammatical errors

dpenguins

just name your favorite sex position.

mine is reverse cowgirl

haha fair enough.  i still need to visit their brewery in boston since it's only about an hour away from where i live

Happy birthday TBO!!

You may be ginger but you still deserve to have a great birthday!

this is kind of reminds me of a Law and Order episode when the chick was the DA (district attorney) and she held that the death penalty would be on the table even though she strongly disagreed with the death penalty because the public demanded it.

i would be interested to know the amount of african american and hispanic legal voters in the county and when the next DA election is

i saw this on another site i think arby posted in chat and believe it said they could bite through steel toed boots. if the contest was sponsored by miller lite or a better beer company and the gift certificates were for beer then i'd consider getting a group of friends together and try our luck.   however, the certificate for the bass shop doesn't do me any good