states suing over a bill they get money for
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Mother Alex. Duh. And these numbers are wrong anyway. It is almost like someone didn't account for the increase in subscribers to lower the premiums and instead raised them. But hey, since people without insurance are charged in the neighborhood of 1000 times what an insurance company is, it is not like they will save money with this. The only people that matter in society are the people this doesn't help.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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Why not let the government do everything for us? We will be assigned work duties and it will be decided what we will do, where we will live, how many children (if any) we are permitted to have. You will be given a food card, medical card, housing cost allowance, energy allowance, clothing allowance, and all that shit.
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You like taking other peoples' arguments to extremes? Ok, so let's just eliminate all public services! House get robbed? Tough luck. House burning down? Grab a bucket. You're on your own. Got cancer? Nice knowing ya. Wait, let's just privatize them! Fire Department: "Sorry, your neighbor didn't pay their fire coverage bill, so we're not allowed to put it out... Yes, I know it's spreading to your house, but if we act before it crosses the property line, we could get sued." Police Department: "Sorry, we can't arrest the guy. The store he robbed you in is only on the 'Budget' plan, so only crimes against owners and employees are covered." This is fun! Anything else you'd like to exaggerate?
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The national review and the Cato institute? You'll have to forgive my doubts. Personally I do despise the bill as passed, it went from attempting to do good for the country to a fucking political football when the republicans refused something that was better for the US than this cluster fuck. But I should have expected as much. Wave a sign that says socialist around and every screw wit who never got over the red scare freaks out. Forgive the rant, this is probably the biggest thing that annoys me about the current administration, not just Obama mind you, but every one of the buggers out there, after the public option was canned every single plan put out was provably worse in it's implementation, including the republican counter they finally produced. That said, I still want to smack every single congressman who complains about government health care given the packages they get. They can do it just fine if the right amount of money is given, problem is right now the right amount of money would bankrupt the lot of us and that's the problem.
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To be fair it's not all that new, we've been playing the same tune(on a kazoo I imagine) since we founded a country that was supposed to ensure the rights of the people, while granting voting rights only to wealthy landowning men, while allowing others to be property. We've been blowing smoke out both ends since we started, now it's mostly a matter of any idiot who graduated from high school should be able to see it. Principles are something this country doesn't seem to grasp, like how the constitution and it's protections of civil liberties stops things like Prop8. They don't want gays to get married, it's icky, and no matter how little it effects them, no matter how much pain it may cause others, they don't want it to happen. So they bravely trample over the rights of others, and then decry the fall of democracy when someone does the constitutional thing and overturns what they voted in.
Distind wrote:
Principles are something this country doesn't seem to grasp, like how the constitution and it's protections of civil liberties stops things like Prop8
Opposition to gay marriage is of course more a cultural / religious thing than anything else. I frankly don't care who marries who, as long as no dude in high heels asks me to dance. One of the functions of the Constitution is to protect the few from the many. And give us a little credit - just about everyone nowadays can vote. Slavery went away almost 150 yrs ago. We've pulled the world's fat from the fire in two world wars and (most of the time) have been a nation that fostered peace and freedom around the world. For such a young country we're doing ok, I think. We're not perfect, but the USA is a pretty darn good place to live.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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Hey, you might even get a wife out of it. Maybe. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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Why not let the government do everything for us? We will be assigned work duties and it will be decided what we will do, where we will live, how many children (if any) we are permitted to have. You will be given a food card, medical card, housing cost allowance, energy allowance, clothing allowance, and all that shit.
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Damn, worried you might actually have to get a job? We noticed you had no problem taking those welfare checks a while back. Since it's been a long time since you've mentioned gainful employment, that's probably still how you're living.
Once you agree to clans, tribes, governments...you've opted for socialism. The rest is just details.
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Distind wrote:
Principles are something this country doesn't seem to grasp, like how the constitution and it's protections of civil liberties stops things like Prop8
Opposition to gay marriage is of course more a cultural / religious thing than anything else. I frankly don't care who marries who, as long as no dude in high heels asks me to dance. One of the functions of the Constitution is to protect the few from the many. And give us a little credit - just about everyone nowadays can vote. Slavery went away almost 150 yrs ago. We've pulled the world's fat from the fire in two world wars and (most of the time) have been a nation that fostered peace and freedom around the world. For such a young country we're doing ok, I think. We're not perfect, but the USA is a pretty darn good place to live.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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You like taking other peoples' arguments to extremes? Ok, so let's just eliminate all public services! House get robbed? Tough luck. House burning down? Grab a bucket. You're on your own. Got cancer? Nice knowing ya. Wait, let's just privatize them! Fire Department: "Sorry, your neighbor didn't pay their fire coverage bill, so we're not allowed to put it out... Yes, I know it's spreading to your house, but if we act before it crosses the property line, we could get sued." Police Department: "Sorry, we can't arrest the guy. The store he robbed you in is only on the 'Budget' plan, so only crimes against owners and employees are covered." This is fun! Anything else you'd like to exaggerate?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
Fire Department: "Sorry, your neighbor didn't pay their fire coverage bill, so we're not allowed to put it out... Yes, I know it's spreading to your house, but if we act before it crosses the property line, we could get sued."
Most fire departments are volunteers supported primarily by donations and grants. And the gov't money they do receive is generally from either the county or the state. Once again, local issues, not federal. I'm not arguing with you, just thought I'd point that out for... the sake of argument? :)
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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Distind wrote:
Principles are something this country doesn't seem to grasp, like how the constitution and it's protections of civil liberties stops things like Prop8
Opposition to gay marriage is of course more a cultural / religious thing than anything else. I frankly don't care who marries who, as long as no dude in high heels asks me to dance. One of the functions of the Constitution is to protect the few from the many. And give us a little credit - just about everyone nowadays can vote. Slavery went away almost 150 yrs ago. We've pulled the world's fat from the fire in two world wars and (most of the time) have been a nation that fostered peace and freedom around the world. For such a young country we're doing ok, I think. We're not perfect, but the USA is a pretty darn good place to live.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
Oh trust me, I'm not lumping you in with the 'them' of that post. You actually give sources even if I don't entirely trust them(but I do intend to check over them). We're certainly a plenty nice place to live, I'm just saying we've never had a point in history where we have solidly grasped all of the professed principles of the nation. One of the things I'm fairly big on is living up to any professed principles, which is why I have fairly few myself, but I have an impeccable record of living up to them. Edit: Though none of that relates very solidly to why I pull out the kazoo, it's the matter of a complete lack of the professed values of those who claim to support causes based on them that breaks out the kazoo. Little more than annoying noise to me at that point.
modified on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:42 PM
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You like taking other peoples' arguments to extremes? Ok, so let's just eliminate all public services! House get robbed? Tough luck. House burning down? Grab a bucket. You're on your own. Got cancer? Nice knowing ya. Wait, let's just privatize them! Fire Department: "Sorry, your neighbor didn't pay their fire coverage bill, so we're not allowed to put it out... Yes, I know it's spreading to your house, but if we act before it crosses the property line, we could get sued." Police Department: "Sorry, we can't arrest the guy. The store he robbed you in is only on the 'Budget' plan, so only crimes against owners and employees are covered." This is fun! Anything else you'd like to exaggerate?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
You like taking other peoples' arguments to extremes?
You and wolfbinary are.
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With those two sites, might as well be referencing Rush Limbaugh. :laugh:
Once you agree to clans, tribes, governments...you've opted for socialism. The rest is just details.
You say "Rush Limbaugh" like it's a bad thing. He's a tad obnoxious, but he's dead-on accurate about 95% of the time.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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Damn, worried you might actually have to get a job? We noticed you had no problem taking those welfare checks a while back. Since it's been a long time since you've mentioned gainful employment, that's probably still how you're living.
Once you agree to clans, tribes, governments...you've opted for socialism. The rest is just details.
Moneys money, doesn't mean I support welfare unless of course I got a check from the Federal Reserve for a few million (are you listening Bernake?)
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Distind wrote:
How exactly?
Premiums will increase for many. The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation have estimated premiums for the non-group market will be 10 to 13 pct higher in 2016 than with no bill and cost will fall higher on young and healthy families. Also, this is before the government dictates and locks into place new federal benefit mandates that will increase premiums for all Americans. There are little or no experience of government officials reversing these trends. Filling the Medicare “donut hole”, price fixing Medicare reimbursement to physicians, creating new long-term entitlement programs... pushing the price tag to over $2 trillion. Nearly every page of the bill specifies rations and the beuros responsible for regulating who can get what. With the deficit and national debt so high, do you really think we can expect the government to take care of us? :doh: You will get no healthcare.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
pushing the price tag to over $2 trillion.
Credit where credit is due: CSS got this one right. A lot of you really need to do the math on this thing. We can't afford it.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
pushing the price tag to over $2 trillion.
Credit where credit is due: CSS got this one right. A lot of you really need to do the math on this thing. We can't afford it.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
Not only can we not afford it, it just plain sucks.
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Alan Burkhart wrote:
as long as no dude in high heels asks me to dance.
If he ask you politely, you can politely say no. Get over it.
Once you agree to clans, tribes, governments...you've opted for socialism. The rest is just details.
Tim Craig wrote:
If he ask you politely, you can politely say no. Get over it.
I never said I wouldn't be polite. Where'd that come from? :confused:
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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Oh trust me, I'm not lumping you in with the 'them' of that post. You actually give sources even if I don't entirely trust them(but I do intend to check over them). We're certainly a plenty nice place to live, I'm just saying we've never had a point in history where we have solidly grasped all of the professed principles of the nation. One of the things I'm fairly big on is living up to any professed principles, which is why I have fairly few myself, but I have an impeccable record of living up to them. Edit: Though none of that relates very solidly to why I pull out the kazoo, it's the matter of a complete lack of the professed values of those who claim to support causes based on them that breaks out the kazoo. Little more than annoying noise to me at that point.
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Distind wrote:
but I have an impeccable record of living up to them.
That's what's important. Deal with others honestly and fairly and speak your mind. If we all do that, any problem can be solved. Helluva good argument here today, too. It's keeping my mind off the (*&!* bug in my current project that's driving me insane. :wtf:
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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Richard A. Abbott wrote:
Because of the way life is lived today, why should the US Constitution not be changed to reflect those needs?
There is a process for getting that done. However, do you wish to see the fed further empowered over the states? The rights of the states is one of the founding principles of the nation and what made us (for a long time) the most prosperous nation on Earth. It is the fact that we have strayed away from those principles, not the principles themselves, that landed us in our current mess.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
Alan Burkhart wrote:
It is the fact that we have strayed away from those principles, not the principles themselves, that landed us in our current mess.
Was prohibition or slavery a principle worth having? The Constitution is a legal document not a moral document or even a principled document. The law and morality have never been interchangeable. If that were the case slavery wouldn't have taken place. Economics trumped morality and the law supported it. The Constitution should be changed to reflect our new needs, but changing the law of our rights is almost impossible when bigotry of any kind is at a high, like now. I think FDR's 2nd bill of rights would be a good start.
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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You like taking other peoples' arguments to extremes? Ok, so let's just eliminate all public services! House get robbed? Tough luck. House burning down? Grab a bucket. You're on your own. Got cancer? Nice knowing ya. Wait, let's just privatize them! Fire Department: "Sorry, your neighbor didn't pay their fire coverage bill, so we're not allowed to put it out... Yes, I know it's spreading to your house, but if we act before it crosses the property line, we could get sued." Police Department: "Sorry, we can't arrest the guy. The store he robbed you in is only on the 'Budget' plan, so only crimes against owners and employees are covered." This is fun! Anything else you'd like to exaggerate?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I like being an extremist when it comes to calling people on their hypocrisy. I'm sure I have my own, but at least I can humbly say foul on my own BS.
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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Richard A. Abbott wrote:
Because of the way life is lived today, why should the US Constitution not be changed to reflect those needs?
There is a process for getting that done. However, do you wish to see the fed further empowered over the states? The rights of the states is one of the founding principles of the nation and what made us (for a long time) the most prosperous nation on Earth. It is the fact that we have strayed away from those principles, not the principles themselves, that landed us in our current mess.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
Being a Brit, it matters not to me what the United States does or does not do with its Constitution. However, I thought it a valid point of interest. The principles you speak of were no doubt relevant for the era within which they were wrote. But, time has marched forward, and if the US Constitution is not a dead document, then it perhaps should reflect the aspiration of the present rather than bury itself in the past.
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Not only can we not afford it, it just plain sucks.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Not only can we not afford it, it just plain sucks.
Agreed. A former administration, Eisenhower if memory serves, had a good idea. Keep premiums low by subsidizing insurance payments on catastrophic illness and injury (cancer, etc). Everyday stuff like the flu, broken arms, etc would be covered by private sector insurance. The trade-off was that insurance companies would be subject to a few price controls, but nothing compared to the stuff being pushed now. Maybe someone older than me can remember the details. I'm drawing a blank on whose idea it was. It never got through Congress anyway.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...