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      Cyberpope wrote --   
      
   > How ome they get free medical care but not everyone(taxpayers) who pays for   
   theirs does?   
      
     I can't speak for the other 49 states, but in West Virginia, by law, one   
   cannot be denied medical care regardless of ability to pay, at a public,   
   non-profit medical facility.     
     This is, if one is ill, been in an accident, etc, they cannot be turned   
   away from such a facility.   
     I have no idea how any costs are recovered, if at all.   
       
   > You're the one & onlty G20 country without universal coverage   
      
     Getting a bit close to modern times there, not to mention modern   
   politics.   
      
   > never had a boss question my request for tuime off, paid or not.    
      
     With my company one can request time off, for a good reason (doctors   
   appointment, etc).   
     My captain will moan and groan and put up a protest but generally agrees   
   to it.   
     Being semi-retired I do a bit more leeway on getting time off.  There   
   isn't a lot the company can do about it.     
     When I took six consecutive weeks off in '19, I merely put in the request   
   a month to six weeks in advance.  The same last year with two weeks off.    
     Security is different from most other companies.  We are expected to be   
   available to work 24/7/365.  Thus one can be called to work on their day off,   
   work doubles, etc.   
     We always work holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years   
   especially) since many businesses are closed and need extra coverage.   
     Married people get dibs on having the day off since they have families.    
   Single people, like me, have no real choice, since we have no real life or   
   family/friends or anything like that.  :)   
     Besides, its time and a half.  :)   
      
   > Did you get paid equally throughout the year, month by month?   
      
     Not in security.   
     Sometimes we put in 80+ hour weeks, other times it's in the single   
   digits.   
     Joe   
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