More thoughts on my Republican boss: Last night I watched a silent film [View All]

[NoSheep]

called The Wind with Lillian Gish. It takes place in the badlands of Texas where a wind is so strong it drives people crazy. There is a drought and cattle are dying. These were really hard times these folks were going through. One of the characters ( a scruffy coach driver)is seen taking food from another man. It's supposed to be a bit of comic relief in the film, but it made me think about how when people are hungry and desperate, they may resort to stealing or competing for food because they have no other choice. I thought: What would make me do that? and even though I am struggling mentally not to lose my mind over my financial situation, I am never hungry and I do not have to take from others to eat.
But my Republican boss, who owns 2 homes in Raleigh NC, a beach house and an apartment in Manhattan, a sailboat, a Harley Davidson, Jaguar convertible,and an SUV is worth about 2 million (after the divorce) refuses to pay his share of employment taxes (I am his office manager and work as an "independent contractor") also, I receive no benefits at all.
I do an excellent job for him, yet he seems like the man in the movie. What? Is he desperate for food and therefore has to give me only enough to survive on the margin as a single 42 yr old with nothing but a paycheck? Last year, taxes wiped out my savings. This year, I will have to finance them through the IRS at a rate of 100 bucks a month for 3 YEARS! He won't write me a check for $2750 because he is a stingy bastard! Yet, he is not the man in the movie who was desperate.
He's filthy rich! But still BEHAVES like the man in the movie. What am I to make of this? What do you make of it?

:grr: :cry: Sorry this is so long, but I'm going crazy!