Tag: Obamacare
We Discovered an Obamacare Wrinkle That Lowered Our Monthly Premium to Zero for 2020
Mrs. Groovy signed us up for Obamacare for 2020 and stumbled upon an Obamacare wrinkle that we’ve never seen before. Apparently, members of a family need not all be covered by the same plan. In other words, Obamacare allows a husband and wife to have different plans. What I’d like to do now is show…
Seven Ways to Lower Your Cost of Government
For most people, especially those doing the 9 to 5 grind in a high-tax state, their biggest household expense is government. Way back in October of 2015, I wrote a post based on the household expenses of a California family being featured in Money magazine. The total tax bill for this family was $45,000. This…
The Groovies: Two Ungrateful Wretches, Redux
Hello, groovy freedomist. Last week, our newest episode of Talking Trash was supposed to be about our lack of gratefulness for Obamacare. But I totally screwed up. Instead of uploading our Obamacare episode, I uploaded our poop-on-New-York-and-Long-Island episode. Damn, no one ever said being a content creator was going to be easy! Well, fear not,…
The Groovies: Two Ungrateful Wretches?
Oops! My bad. I uploaded the wrong video. Must be the North Carolina heat getting to my brain. Below is a link to Mrs. Groovy and I discussing the things we don’t miss about New York. Next week, Obamacare! Hello, groovy freedomist. In this episode of Talking Trash, we try to explain why we’re not…
Thank You Taxpayers
I’ll never forget Denise. She was a fellow Highway Division employee who worked in the personnel office. And she was a classic bureaucrat—semi-competent, lazy, and way too complainy and gossipy. I liked Denise. She had a wry sense of humor and wore these very cool vintage cat eyeglasses. And because I liked her, I had…