[speaker001:] hello how you doing I'm Lee with uh uh I'm over here in Plano Texas
[speaker002:] hello fine okay let me ask you something can I run a minute and shut my radio off okay
[speaker001:] oh sure  oh
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] where are you calling from or where are you at
[speaker002:] Arlington Arlington Texas yes
[speaker001:] Arlington well there's a lot of stuff going on in Arlington these days
[speaker002:] yes not all good stuff
[speaker001:] are you involved in any of that no
[speaker002:] no no I'm not not personally
[speaker001:] well uh what benefits uh do now do you work
[speaker002:] I'm going to school right now I can tell you about my last job or whatever you want to talk about that or my husband's or what I think I've got a lot of
[speaker001:] oh you are okay yeah because I I work for myself and so uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh there's a lot that I that I guess I do miss uh a lot of benefits from working for a big corporation I miss uh insurance and uh the steady paychecks that come but uh
[speaker002:] yes right yes yes I've been in my own business Mary Kay in fact I'm selling it out now to go to school for a turn and I enjoyed the freedom of having
[speaker001:] oh is that right
[speaker002:] that you know go to work when I wanted to and not but you know the benefits weren't there so
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah I uh I own part of a roofing company
[speaker002:] oh do you yeah
[speaker001:] in the in the Dallas Fort Worth area
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh you you know unfortunately we we were part of a of a bigger bigger company and they uh you know we we had all the benefits there and and I do miss that you know but uh on the other hand I
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah
[speaker001:] I uh I enjoy having the the time that I have with my family and
[speaker002:] right yep um-hum
[speaker001:] being able to you know work when I want and
[speaker002:] I think today the thing that I uh would appreciate the most uh because my husband gets his medical through his company but we have to pay for mine
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and we're the only one that I'm the only one that's being insured
[speaker001:] oh is that right
[speaker002:] and and we pay the same amount that someone over there that has four children have I mean so it's kind of and I would I really and the way medical expenses are
[speaker001:] yeah it's a
[speaker002:] I think that's probably one of the biggest benefits to have you need to have
[speaker001:] yeah it really probably it yeah I'll tell you what that is the single most uh benefit that I that I
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] enjoyed and I do miss because I looked into picking up some uh medical insurance for my just for my family you know just and it is unbelievable how much you have to pay for it
[speaker002:] it's out of sight right it's out of sight
[speaker001:] and uh yeah
[speaker002:] even at a group rate I couldn't believe how much is our
[speaker001:] oh yeah even at a group rate uh it's it's unbelievable and uh the amount that you have to pay for you know for kids and and if you want to add dental to it I mean that's
[speaker002:] right it goes up right
[speaker001:] that eats even more so yeah I guess what the other benefits that uh that I uh that I miss I guess is uh you know some of the bonuses and stuff that that goes on with just being involved with a big company you know and course these days you can't count on that because
[speaker002:] um-hum right
[speaker001:] uh you know I feel bad for the people that are involved in that uh GM deal there in in Arlington and I'm I'm sure it'll be you know quite a few people are affected by that so
[speaker002:] right right it's going to hurt the city although uh I will personally tell you I used to work at a bank and I would see the GM people come in when they were they would shut down to retool
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] they were paid that whole time and I don't know if you're aware of this right yes
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] they come in there just they go off fishing and stuff and come in and every Friday and go to the safety deposit box and I'm sitting there making a hundred dollars a week you know and they had all these great I I really believe they have done this to themselves
[speaker001:] is that right
[speaker002:] in a way because of the unions being so strong
[speaker001:] the Union yeah
[speaker002:] and right now anybody that's laid off from GM will have a full year's paycheck I just read this in the paper the other day plus probably an additional six months through the the worker's stuff that they have at
[speaker001:] is that right
[speaker002:] at uh through the company so I'm sorry you know I'm sorry it's happening because it's going to hurt but I don't feel as sorry for them if my husband were laid off tomorrow we'd get one more check and that would be it
[speaker001:] yeah well really the yeah really the ones it's gonna hurt is is actually the the businesses around in that area you know that's the ones that that that's going to hurt because they depend on that uh
[speaker002:] yes oh yeah that's already hurting yeah but I think there's a case where benefits have gotten they voted them in and they got so good I mean like two dollars for a prescription no deductible on the medical all these things you know
[speaker001:] oh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] and it made the prices of cars go up and
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and you know the I we I believe in unions but they went too far
[speaker001:] well I tell you I I've had my fill of unions I use
[speaker002:] I mean I can't make eighteen dollars an hour I mean I know someone out here that makes eighteen dollars an hour
[speaker001:] oh yeah