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Post by snakebit on Apr 13, 2017 14:37:38 GMT -7
John Doe, my usual advice is for folks to try to get off of their meds. I may have to rethink that. Can you provide any connection between your source's statement and what Trump has attempted? Two suggestions- Don't offer medical advice. Learn to use google.
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Post by snakebit on Apr 13, 2017 14:26:54 GMT -7
You have quite the sense of humor. Must be an Alabama thing, I don't know anyone who would find humor in your hate speech but Seriously hoofie, you censor me for suggesting that praying for all non Whites to improve the country by leaving is hate speech and asking dixie what god she was praying to? Please cite the TOS you think I violated. Dixies statements were despicable and yet you protect her Birds etc.
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Post by snakebit on Apr 12, 2017 13:28:22 GMT -7
You have quite the sense of humor. Must be an Alabama thing, I don't know anyone who would find humor in your hate speech but
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Post by snakebit on Apr 3, 2017 16:25:30 GMT -7
Initially I ignored hoofies claim-
No, we can't.
It is working well in states that have cooperated in making it work, not so much in states (like Florida) where obstructionist Republicans have sabotaged it. Certainly there are widespread problems but it works well for many and is better than nothing or than anything the Republicans have come up with in 7+ years.
The biggest problem I see is that the swamp dwellers are pushing hoofies line and have a vested interest in doing everything they can via executive order, govt regulations etc. to make the PPACA fail.
Actually, hoofie might be right eventually. P**** grabber is bound to succeed at something someday, maybe it will be making the PPACA fail and taking healthcare from ten or twenty million people.
As for problems with Medicare, they will exist in any system until we take control of insurance companies and other special interests. Medicare is basically working well. People love it. Surely we all remember the rabid anti govt teabaggers chanting "hands of my Medicare". Those were Trump voters.
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Post by snakebit on Apr 3, 2017 11:39:44 GMT -7
I think it should be one bill for all. We all pay in and we all benefit from the bill. I believe anything that is used now should be phased out. Or simply just switched to the new system. My one page idea is to keep stuff out of the bill the government tries to sneak in. If the government does the bill the usual way, there will be some kind of benefit to the rich or the medical industry. I believe that simple and to the point is the way it should go or it will be corrupt from the word go. As far as the entity, I believe it should be a system of the people. What I mean is tax funded, but the people have say in the care and the entity works for the people. With government oversight as well (restricted oversight). I believe that this system should also be separate from any government money. It's hard in our system of government right now as is to have this sort of system. But change is possible on this. We need to humanize people. Mothers, fathers, Aunts, uncles, sons, daughters and so on are the ones who suffer under the current system. If we can have a system that works for everyone with no special treatments, we win. I think a bit about it like funding for police departments and fire stations. There is no special police department or fire station. This bill need to be in the same manner. Nothing special for anyone and done. We all pay and we all benefit. Some think that universal health care is socialist. I disagree. I believe that a 2 percent tax for everyone increases buying power and helps the economy. A measly 2 dollars for every 100 earned? A person making 400 a week would pay 8 bucks for insurance relieving the current 100 per check they probably pay now. There is even other ways to pay for this. A capital gains tax, stock speculation tax or whatever. We could do it and it could be truly universal while helping the economy. Universal health care may be socialist but doesn't have to be. Among the developed nations, all of which (except the U.S) deliver universal health care there are successful examples of both types of systems. VA health care is socialist, i.e. government owned. Medicare is not socialist, services are delivered by private entities. Both deliver universal healthcare to a given population for much less money than the PPACA or private insurance plans. Both have many people who are very happy with their treatment and a minority who aren't. All of you who oppose anything "socialist" should please refrain from using the services of police and fire departments and and from driving on public roads. In my opinion phasing in Medicare for all would be the simplest solution to the problem of delivering health care to all while attempting to avoid the term socialist which is misunderstood and demonized by so many, especially on the right. Unfortunately we first have to agree that we want universal healthcare. The Ryan/Bannoncare fiasco made it clear that the Republican party opposes universal healthcare in favor of tax cuts for the rich. The ACA was a tax reform bill, not a healthcare bill.
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Post by snakebit on Apr 2, 2017 7:54:23 GMT -7
Obviously there are any number of ways to define "poor". To me net worth is one of the most telling. By that measure certainly 40% of Americans are poor.
Rangers post stating that both he and a son are collecting disability payments brought to mind an article I read somewhere recently.
In many, particularly poor and rural, areas of the country where jobs are scarce or non existent apparently entire families, parents and adult children, are living together and existing on disability payments.
All in all the article painted a pretty grim and depressing picture of another side of poverty in America.
I suppose this is inevitable as welfare, food stamps etc are cut drastically people will have to find new ways to survive.
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Post by snakebit on Apr 1, 2017 15:56:15 GMT -7
As they say in these parts: "All hat and no cattle". So sad.......... Good one hoofer, I'm going to hazard a guess here.. I bet you were secretary of the debate club in high school.
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Post by snakebit on Mar 30, 2017 12:20:25 GMT -7
From the very left LA Times www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-apprehensions-20170309-story.htmlOn unemployment, the previous administration cooked the books by omitting those individuals out of work and not looking for work. The previous administration also falsely inflated the stock market by printing money, (finance 101). Interest rate hikes from the Fed had been off the table for all but the last 6 months of the prior administration. These hikes indicate confidence in the financial markets, and the only confidence that existed in the last 6 months of the prior administration was the known fact there would soon be a new administration. Ditto for the stock market rally during the same time period. Moving the goal posts again?
Now you no longer deny my statement that these were all trends started during the Obama administration and instead try to spin the reasons for the trends. Sad
I can't take the rest of your comments seriously because it's just grade school name calling. produce some adult facts and we can discuss it further. Cheers. Neither the juvenile in the oval office nor his rabid supporters deal in "adult facts" or behavior. Were you proud to see the so called president of the U.S. sitting behind the wheel of a really big truck and pretending to drive it like a five year old at sit in a truck day? Again, I offer you my sympathy as the winning continues. Congrats on locking up the lowest approval ratings for a president at this point in his time in office, 35% favorable to 54% unfavorable and falling.
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Post by snakebit on Mar 29, 2017 11:05:02 GMT -7
All four of your claims are simply the continuation of trends that actually started under Obama. The stock market is the only one of the four showing any Trump effect at all and it looks as that optimism is ending as the street realizes that little donnie and President Bannon aren't likely to have any more success with tax reform or infrastructure promises than they had with health care. You need to do some fact checking Mr Bit. Your delusions are showing. I'm afraid you are the delusional one. Here are the facts. Everyone knows that unemployment falling, the fed increasing interest rates, and the increase in the stock markets are simply the continuation of trends that began during Obamas administration. It is true that the number of people apprehended* at the border has fallen under Trump just as it did for a short time after Ronnie Rayguns tough talk on border enforcement. The Raygun drop didn't last, we'll see if your White supremacists pushing the Putin puppets plans are any more successful. So far they seem to be pretty inept at actually governing. * Do you have any numbers on the rise or fall in the numbers of successful illegal border crossings?
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Post by snakebit on Mar 27, 2017 14:46:32 GMT -7
Let's see, stock market is up, unemployment is down, interest rates on CD's are rising, number of illegal border crossings are down. And the best part? We are only 64 days in to this!All four of your claims are simply the continuation of trends that actually started under Obama. The stock market is the only one of the four showing any Trump effect at all and it looks as that optimism is ending as the street realizes that little donnie and President Bannon aren't likely to have any more success with tax reform or infrastructure promises than they had with health care.
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Post by snakebit on Mar 27, 2017 14:37:16 GMT -7
I want to extend my personal sympathy to all of you supporters of the "deal maker" in chief. I can only imagine how tired you must be of all this winning and winning and winning. You can't say the Orange con man didn't warn you that you'd get tired of all your winning. Link please?? CITATION NEEDED !!!!!!! My mistake, he said you trumpanzees "may get bored with winning".
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Post by snakebit on Mar 24, 2017 15:53:24 GMT -7
I want to extend my personal sympathy to all of you supporters of the "deal maker" in chief. I can only imagine how tired you must be of all this winning and winning and winning.
You can't say the Orange con man didn't warn you that you'd get tired of all your winning.
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Post by snakebit on Mar 24, 2017 15:42:17 GMT -7
Liberals will never understand the the Nation of Islam just doesn't think the same way as we do. They want to kill us- period. It's who they are and they can't be reasoned with. Stupid liberals want to just let them into this country because they think it will be alright. It won't. They don't think that same way. Just look at London this very day. Makes me wanna puke. Seriously george, do you really think the "Nation of Islam" has anything to do with the recent events in London? P.S. We don't need to "let them into this country". This is where the Nation of Islam was founded 86 years ago. Just as an aside, do you ever regret your decision to not pursue an education? Do you really think you should call liberals "stupid"?
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Post by snakebit on Mar 6, 2017 10:12:29 GMT -7
.............and the national debt went down $12 billion. Your point? What hypocrites you Trump chumps are? Where's your outrage?Do you credit der gropenfurher for the 18 billion drop? If so please tell us exactly which fiscal policies has ttRump passed that resulted in the 18 B drop. Be specific.
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Post by snakebit on Mar 6, 2017 9:57:31 GMT -7
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