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Costs have come down on porn memberships. No, because I would have a direct cost and not pure profit before cost. You replenish a service, which isn't a product.
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you are mincing words.
costs have come down on porn memberships because people are broke and most of it is free now anyway, not because millions are rushing to join and give you their money.
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Between $3k and $100k a month cheaper.
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your Internet service is lower today by $3k - $100k versus the early 90s?
did i miss something?
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I've saved $10,000's moving to Vonage. My cell service years ago was $100's a month, my wifes is $100 a month.
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okay, so you found a cheaper alternative using Vonage, that does not negate the fact that phone service (landlines & cellular) is not cheaper today than in the past.
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Extremely... you can get them free now.
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how many people do you know that are using a free phone versus how many are plunking down hundreds for smart phones? just because you can get one for free doesn't mean the majority of people are exercising that option.
not to mention that nearly all "free" phones come with contracts. that's not "free".
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Do they have less people than in the past covered? Yes...
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why is that?
maybe because it's too expensive?
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Nope... First our gov needs to reduce in size, greatly. Then increase in proper areas rather than bullshit ones. Regulate the industry, profits and cost of goods. Regulate the legal side of the problem. Regulate the costs of insurance on doctors/hospitals. Then either the gov does it directly or regulates a public option, that people can opt-in to that is funded by those people, insurance companies, public money/donations, bonds, Companies could get lower capital gains taxes by using using/funding the public option. And I'm sure lots of other ways I can't think of.
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why do you assume the government is a better option than the insurance companies?
the government is the one that's now going to force people to buy insurance.
what has the government taken over that
hasn't turned into a miserable failure?
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I also support extremes like mandatory drug tests, fitness requirements, etc or you're taxed more.
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you may be truly lost Doc.
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Either way, it's more Gov control, more gov regulation, more gov dipping into the free market. No insurance, will require huge oversight on overall industry rather than controlling just them which can regulate for gov - rather than gov having to explode in size for the overall industry regulation.
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you need to see beyond the choices you are handed.