[brushbyair]

Gary, you mention things going south at your plant, remember that as a senority employee you have the right to relocate if things go south at your facility, I watched many employees move to different plants that had senority to do so when they decided to shut down the three assembly lines in Lansing, some recieved major bonuses to move to plants out of state (relocation fund) in the nieboorhood of $60,000.00. I certainly would not tell you what to do, but I must stress the importance of the benefit package you get from GM, even as bad as it has deteriated from what it used to be, it is still one of the best around, and in todays world one medical issue without insurance can totally bust a family for life. I know the temtation of working on your own and not having to take crap from some piss poor boss looks wonderful, but it all comes back to the BENEFITS to me, if you can establish them somehow I say go for it, but make sure you secure those benefits first, as Aixguy stated $650.00 for a single adult, you will be looking at something around $1800.00 to $3000.00 a month to keep your family covered as they are now with your benefit package.