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I don't think the "Obamacare Monument" will be built anytime soon.
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as i already explained, i very well could have read it wrong.
i have no problem agreeing that i usually have no fucking idea what rochard is going on about. what i do know is he pimped himself out trying to be troll of the year here, so i've tried to help him with that. like how he claims he has me on ignore yet was in my miata thread over the last couple of days. either way, i realized a long time ago i enjoy learning and have no qualms realizing there is a lot in the world to learn. |
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History has shown that you just have to drag consertives kicking and screaming into the future. It then takes them about 20 or 30 years to get used to it.
The basic definition of consertive is "they don't like change". Doesn't matter if it's for the good or bad, they would rather keep status quo even if the change is better for them.. It's one of the reasons some say conservatism is a mental disorder. |
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And in the long run, when someone went to the same hospital you go, and they were unable to pay their bills, the hospital ate those costs and eventually.... Passed those costs up to you. Your healthcare costs went up every year, and for most people they couldn't afford it. If your healthcare rates went up Robbie... You might want to consider looking for something different.
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I do believe in individual freedom. Does that make me a bad guy to you?
I was obviously raised a little differently than you and many others. I was taught to not take from other people and to try to take care of yourself and your family. I was also taught in kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school that the United States was a "Free" country. It sure seems strange to a person such as myself, that you might view the prospect of every person paying their own bills as some kind of bad thing. I guess it's a sign of the times and one of the reasons that our country is in decline. Oh well...we had a pretty good run. |
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To me this is all explained by Marx who stated that societies go through six stages. Right now we are on stage four, Capitalism and we are starting to ease into stage five, Socialism. In my opinion it is inevitable that we will get there, it is just a matter of how long it will take.
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Rochard, TCLGirls and others post polite, friendly and thought provoking comments.
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Sounds like someone needs a hug! ![]() There ya go! A hug from Obama. Hope you feel better soon.
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Were you taught in kindergarten that it is good to share? |
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Would you like to take some of your money that you could be spending on your family and kids and just "share" it with me? I won't be paying you back and I'll expect you to just keep "sharing" it with me for the rest of my life.
I don't think you do. And neither do I wish to "share" the fruits of my labor with strangers. I already make contributions to the general welfare of the country through local, federal, property, gas, and sales taxes. You don't want to work to support me and other people you never met. And you don't want to work to pay for the federal govt. to spy on you or bomb the living hell out of people around the world or invade and occupy other countries. But guess what? That's exactly what we are doing. All I'm saying is...it's not the way I was brought up or the way I was taught (lied to apparently) that this country operated. ![]() |
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I have shared some of the money I have earned...through paying taxes and yearly donations. |
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What is the amount that we pay in local, federal, property, sales, and gasoline tax? Is it something like 40 cents or more on every dollar? I think that is way more than enough to be taken from us. (we didn't just graciously hand it over to these bureaucrats). And I'm okay with that to a point. We need to have govt. and civil society and all that entails. I just feel like we went past the point of what govt. is supposed to be doing and now we are at a point where if a person works hard and is a bit smarter than the next guy...they end up getting financially punished while the people who either aren't capable or just don't want to work hard...are getting rewarded. (and I'm not talking about the mega-rich...they always get rewarded, I'm talking about people like me and you who work hard and make a good living) There is no way in hell that is going to have a good ending. ![]() |
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I just don;t look at it that way...I have worked hard for what I have got, but I did not do it all by myself. The government helped me get there through FAFSA student loans (where the government pays the interest), Federal/state educational grants and down all the way to the local government paving/maintaining the roads so I can drive to work....and everything in between. So I am happy to give back since I know I didn't accomplish everything I have 100% all by myself. |
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Although Obamacare has faced fifty lawsuits and been up to Supreme Court TWICE.... The Republican party refuses to stop attacking it.
"The ruling was a blow to Republicans, who have been trying to gut the law since it was enacted. But House Speaker John A. Boehner vowed that the political fight against it would continue." My fucking god - let it go already. source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/us...ourt.html?_r=0
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But also realize this: The federal highways are paid for by the gasoline tax. So you've been paying your share all along. The local govt. roads are indeed paid for by your local taxes. And the schools are paid for by property tax. I too, have no problem with any of that. My problem is when the govt. takes our money and does all the shitty things they do: spying, bombing, etc. And I kind of feel that ObamaCare never addressed any of the real issues of health care cost: The actual COST of it. The price gouging that goes on at hospitals and the prescription medications that cost more than double the price in the U.S. as they do anywhere else in the world. All I feel has happened is that we just made Big Insurance a whole lot more richer than before. Meanwhile, my own insurance has more than doubled since 2009. I'm now paying over $1,100 a month for my family of 3. That is just plain out ridiculous. ![]() |
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Should the government be allowed to regulate healthcare prices -- regulatory capture?
That is not at all libertarian and goes against free enterprise -- you cannot have your cake and eat it to ... ![]() A single payer system is the only solution along with a new tax to pay for it. There should be two tiered services; one for the taxpayer and one for the freeloader. Work should have it's reward for the taxation. Yeah, I am in that 47% that pays (every quarter big time). |
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It would be the Bureau of Consumer Protection actually doing it's job (which they don't in the case of healthcare costs). When you go to the hospital they don't even give you an itemized bill unless you jump through a ton of hoops to get it. Which is how they price gouge you with ridiculous costs like a $50 paper dixie cup to drink a sip of water from when you take the $10 tylenol pill. ![]() As for prescription drugs...the federal govt. not only looks the other way, but has given Big Pharma the right to charge citizens in the U.S. an exorbitant amount for medication. Even going so far as to use Federal authority to stop you and I from being able to cheaply get the same exact medication from other countries at less than half the price. THAT is govt. interference and goes against a Libertarian view. But it plays right into the hands of Republicans and Democrats who work with the huge lobbyists from Big Hospital Corp.'s, Big Pharma, and most of all Big Insurance. ![]() I'm against it. And it seems to me that since the Democrat Party tries to make people think they are for the "common man" and against big EVIL corporations...I would think that most Democrats would be against it too. But of course what the 2 ruling parties supposedly "Stand" for is nothing but an illusion they use to get votes and keep power. |
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