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06-19-2009, 12:35 PM | #31 |
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06-19-2009, 01:34 PM | #32 |
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So does everyone know that there have been 77+ Tornadoes this year already? Crazy. The Earth will expunge us before our politics do.
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06-19-2009, 02:38 PM | #33 |
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It really doesn't matter who the president is. They're going to fuck it all up one way or another. When you vote, you're basically just voting for a mask. This one is wearing the mask of the republican and this one is wearing the mask of the democrat and neither one is even remotely qualified to have the amount of power that they are given as president.
The best we can hope for with each new president is some intelligent ideas from their advisors and luck. I voted for Obama for 2 reasons: 1) I didn't want 4 more years of the Republican party. They had their shot and they mostly failed. 2) I could never vote for a party that chose Palin as VP out of all other possible candidates. To me the President and VP should be the BEST (smartest, most experienced, well respected, etc) possible candidates. I find it hard to believe that there were no other Republican candidates that could've run. Shit, RJF sounds like 10x smarter than her. Now I'm just hoping for a miracle. That's probably what it's going to take to fix the economy. Also, I approve of Bush commenting on Obamas policies. He was the President and he's earned that right. IMO |
06-19-2009, 02:50 PM | #34 |
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Please...Joe Biden is supposedly smarter than Sarah Palin...NOT
He's dumber than a box of rocks and has never anything in his life other than be in the Senate. At least Sarah Palin is Governor and manages one of our largest, most important states (domestic oil). I wouldn't be surprised if Biden's Secret Service codename is "Assassination Insurance". As bad as I dislike Obama's policies and what he is doing to this country, we'd be royally screwed if anything happened to him and Biden became President. Be afraid, be very afraid. Cutting corporate and personal income taxes and stopping this out of control spending would fix the economy. Wouldn't you spend more if your paycheck was bigger, same principle for businesses.
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06-19-2009, 03:11 PM | #37 |
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People here die waiting for treatment. My mother, brother in law and several friends all work in the medical field and they'd all agree. Either way, people die. Either cause they can't pay, or they have to wait. But at least one way your taxes don't go up along with the government deficit. Sounds cold, but welcome to life. IMHO the ideal system is a hybrid of the two... Some people pay, some don't. Some treatments are free, others are not. Prioritize and budget and charge accordingly as best as possible. Still messy, but better than the alternatives. Quote:
The fact of the matter is most of the population today (especially of our predominant age group) is too stupid and ignorant to even comprehend or discuss, let alone deal with, any of the matters in society and politics today with any rational or logical sense. Half the responses in here only go to prove that. I am seriously concerned for the future. Most of the fuck ups around my age today couldn't run a lemonade stand effectively, let alone a large business or government or stable family one day.
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06-19-2009, 06:03 PM | #39 | |
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And personally I would still take Canada's healthcare over this insurance extortion any day. |
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06-19-2009, 06:17 PM | #40 | |
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Even if you can pay for every cent of your healthcare, it will be rationed. How do you think they'll cut costs? BTW, didn't Obama promise that healthcare would be the same type of plan that Senate and Congress has? Wonder where that went? THink about it, if you had 250 million people paying for the plan of about 535 people, you bet that plan would be gold-plated.
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06-19-2009, 06:19 PM | #41 | |
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Although I do believe that the US government would most likely screw it up, because it always puts money before people. That is why I do not see a truly efficient healthcare system in America's future, whether it be 'socialized' or not. |
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06-19-2009, 07:01 PM | #42 | |
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06-19-2009, 10:29 PM | #43 | |
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I'm not saying any one system in Canada or the US is better. They both have flaws. They both have big ones. I just do not see a fully socialized system like Canada's working in the US. The cost is too high and the user demand too great. The financial cost would be staggering. Forget the bailout amounts being high... That might be a one year budget for a complete social health care system in America.
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06-20-2009, 12:09 AM | #44 | |
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The surgeon can not operate until you get diagnosed in the first place, which takes an MRI. So how is that timely? |
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06-20-2009, 01:03 AM | #45 | |
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To rephrase would be to say that they're done in a timely manner once a diagnosis is made. The problem isn't so much that diagnosis is made and surgery takes weeks or months to happen (although there are cases of that as well). The length of time one waits for diagnosis is, generally, where the problem is. Ask my sister who had to wait around for months to find out her daughter, my niece, had cancer. She was lucky and it was still found in time and she appears to have fully recovered... Others aren't so lucky and even several doctors have gone on record saying wait times in Canada kill patients.
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06-20-2009, 07:49 AM | #46 |
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Why is having to wait 6 months to have a high-end diagnostic test (MRI, CATscan, etc) a good thing?
6 months could mean the difference between life and death. Our system now allows anyone to get a test asap, depending on course on the equipment availability schedule. What do you think will happen when the government has to approve every test. There's your six months. Plus something else to consider, how many companies are going to invest in million dollar equipment if the government caps what they are going to get reimbursed for each test? They need to have a business case to justify that expense and be able to pay it back in a reasonable time. The medical and healthcare industry is a business and those companies have salaries to pay, rents and other expenses. If government bogs down the industry with bureaucracy and higher costs for doctors to do business, plus capping what they can earn, what would motivate them and why deal with it, resulting in shortages of doctors and equipment.
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06-20-2009, 09:44 AM | #47 |
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What I don't understand is why everybody in America thinks they're entitled to health care. I believe it's something you should have to earn. The government has no business even thinking about meddling in healthcare. Socialized healthcare is, to me, no better than welfare.
I pray Obama doesn't get re-elected. It doesn't matter how bad Bush screwed up on world relations, war, etc. Money is what makes the world go round, and Obama has us seriously fucked in that department. Not to mention, Obama has no balls. He will be trying to hold North Korea's hand, asking politely for them not to make nukes, until the day Hawaii is wiped off the map. I honestly believe he will take no proactive steps in this situation. He's too politically correct. |
06-20-2009, 10:59 AM | #48 |
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It is that easy, greed makes it hard. Greed is the absolute worst sin and will eventually destroy us. We just can't get past it.
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06-20-2009, 11:55 AM | #49 |
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^^^ Truth. So many of the worlds problems, past tragedies and afflictions are a result of greed in some form.
Just FYI as well... Health care in Canada is NOT completely free. Most things are yes, but some places still charge minimal user fees etc. and the cost of things like dental, eye care, and prescription drugs are still the responsibility of the individual. People in Canada still have a degree of health insurance. The US actually spends more than Canada on health care already without a socialized system. Canadian and American health care systems compared - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That is a good read. However one part I don't believe is the section on wait times. Having experience in both health care systems as a patient, as well as several family members who work in health care... I know of FAR too many cases of people waiting far longer than they state in that article. Do not get me wrong. I am NOT saying that the US should not adopt a degree of universal or social health care model... I'm only saying a full blown socialized system that's 3/4 publicly funded is not, IMHO, the right decision. Even Canada has allowed a certain level of private health care to exist again and some things have begun to improve as a result.
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Health care before Government red tape use to be you had insurance for catacylsmic emergency and you paid out of pocket for everything else. Now it's akin to getting car insurance that covers accidents, maintance and everyday wear and tear. How much would it cost if that was the case? Insurance is a way to pool risk, not to subsidize health care cost. |
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06-20-2009, 03:46 PM | #51 | |
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It's more than just greed. It's also differences of opinions. The idea of cutting spending and taxes is great, but where do you cut the spending? Where is the government going to get the money they need once you've cut taxes? That's where it gets difficult. I don't know. I slept through most of my macro-economics class and passed with like a C-. I'm the last person who should be talking about fixing the economy. |
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These are the principles that Ronald Reagan used to restore the economy in the early 80's and what GW Bush did after 9/11 to keep the economy from going into a worse recession.
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06-20-2009, 10:15 PM | #53 |
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And that's the problem here- obama has killed supply side economics by propping up trillions of dollars worth of bad assets and forcing banks to issue credit, which was what killed the economy in the first place.
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06-20-2009, 11:14 PM | #54 |
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i was at my local DMV the other day, and there was a small protesting going on against Obama and his "health care" bill or idea, something of that nature. anyways, the bill was Obama's idea to look into stealing more money from social security for wall street. then the lady said something about Obama not caring for the sick-illed and old people. it was called Obama's Nazi Health care plan i think, and it had a picture of him and hitler together. |
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The shallow recession in 2001/2002 is NOTHING to be proud of because all it did was postpone the crash and make it hurt even worse. |
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06-20-2009, 11:49 PM | #56 |
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Idiocracy is coming exactly as the movie went. Rednecks and Gangbangers spawning like rabbits while intelligent people are dying from heart attacks providing samples for In vetro fertilization.
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Also, look at Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Those are all operating in the red. Obama should try and fix those first before wasting trillions more.
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Are you against any of these being privatized or quasi-government ? Just curious.
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