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American health care vs the world!
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Their rights as specified in the constitution or as specified in Cuban law?
If it was listed in the constitution then you wouldn't have to fight for it.
So you have no intention of an honest discussion then?
Lawndart flat out disproved what you said.
In specific, it's the 9th.
Which I swear some people love to forget about when they argue about rights in the country
Popular perception does not however change the reality of a situation.
You don't have a choice either. If you did, significant numbers of Americans would choose to have a right to healthcare.
He did disprove what you said though. He gave you actual, quantifiable stats.
Whether people *feel* like taxes are higher now than 10 years ago doesn't mean anything. I can say that I *felt* the world was flat tens years ago, but reality proves me incorrect.
You know that when it's written in blue and underlined when you move your mouse over it that it's a link, right?
A link to data from the IRS that directly contradicts your assertion.
In fact, I don't think you ever wanted to have one in the first place.
What a dilemma. Do we believe the government department whose claims can be easily checked because it's publicly available information or the random internet guy who really, really believes something?
I'm not sure of the relevance of your mineral extraction efforts.
...Are you disputing the IRS numbers? Because those are the numbers everyone uses to estimate their taxes. If they were not accurate, people would notice.
Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
If the only facts you'll accept are those you supply yourself there is really no point in continuing a discussion.
No one will be able to support a counter argument in your eyes if you just hand wave away everything as lies.
I believe it should on mortal grounds, but on an economic stand point where we are broke, trillions in debt, and trying to pick our asses up, UHC at the moment is really more of a strain on us. But I don't think healthcare should be a market either. Look at gas industry. Its so high right now and no one upstairs is trying to stop them atm.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
Click here for a horrible H/A thread with details.
Not minerals...Bitcoins!
That said, listening to the news is a fairly terrible way to get informed. You'll do better reading it...from multiple sources.
If UHC is a drag, how is UHC+8% profit for share holders less of one? Especially since the government already gets the shit end of the stick anyways-old people, lots of kids, those with chronic illnesses preventing work, etc.
You realize if the numbers they were giving were lies millions of people would be suing the pants off the IRS
because you can sue the government
You knew that right?
Edit: wait the OP doesn't know what hyperlinks are? Really? Really? Smells like malarky
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The US Government isn't "broke" by any stretch of the imagination. In fact the cost of borrowing for the government has dropped considerably over the past decade. If anything the treasury needs to issue more debt, not less.
But, isn't that going to cause inflation? I mean, I don't have any cash, I do have a bunch of debt and we are still somewhat in a liquidity trap, but government debt causes dollars to be worth less. Debt and inflation are bad, right?
Bah. Of course, given wage stagnation for 95% or so of workers, inflation really is kinda shitty. Not really sure what to do to encourage the red!str*b*t!#n of w#*lth.
Click here for a horrible H/A thread with details.
at this point I'm not convinced inflation would necessarily be bad for the majority of citizens
we need something to get those corps with piles of cash to spend
No citizen of the United States, or person in the borders thereof, shall be denied reasonable care for infirmities, illness, or injuries, by any medical institution or emergency service within the United States of America or its territories.
or something, I aint no lawyer
then you follow it with 5000 pages defining reasonable
Or one explicitly banning torture
Not every law needs to be in the constitution, nor does every right need to be explicit. That's a relatively new and novel invention.
Also torture is already illegal. The way to stop that is to stop voting for people who do it.
That would be the 8th Amendment.
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Inflation is at something ridiculously low like 1.5% pa right now
We're actually at risk of mild deflation
Who was this guy, some kind of fucking communist?
Also, gotta laugh at the OP and his alt.
When medical costs are driving most bankruptcies in middle America, we have a problem. The costs themselves are a complex issue, because the biggest drivers are related directly to the obesity epidemic we have here, but caring for sick people has to happen either way.
I'd love to see some evidence for that.