Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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And yet we're supposed to sympathize with the people whining about paying a little bit more for their insurance that they would still otherwise have instead of the ones who would not have insurance at all.
No reason not to at all. Please go right ahead and tell those people to go fuck themselves.
Those people can definitely go fuck themselves.
What keeps getting me in trouble is telling the people who voted for them, whether they admit to it or not, to go fuck themselves.
This is the closest to a catch-all thread that we have: Pope Francis open to allowing married priests in Catholic Church
There are about 10,000 caveats on that statement as detailed in the article, including that they already have some (transfers in mainly), but interesting nonetheless.
There are about 10,000 caveats on that statement as detailed in the article, including that they already have some (transfers in mainly), but interesting nonetheless.
I think what keeps getting you in trouble is the implication/accusation that a larger number of people on this forum must have voted for him, though this is probably not the case.
--Patrick
Shit like this is why I hate people sometimes.
GasBandit
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Remember how 5% unemployment under Clinton was a booming economy, then 5% unemployment under GWB was weak economy, then fudging the numbers to get Obama's unemployment down to 8% was a sign of a strong recovery?
The whole jobs/employment report numbers is a complete sham. Everybody cooks the books and puts spin on everything to make any given report say what they want it to say to suit their own needs.
And the envelope for "what can be gotten away with" gets pushed a little more every time.
The whole jobs/employment report numbers is a complete sham. Everybody cooks the books and puts spin on everything to make any given report say what they want it to say to suit their own needs.
And the envelope for "what can be gotten away with" gets pushed a little more every time.
GasBandit
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It's a pet peeve of mine when it comes to politics, because it's one of the more egregious ways that the government lies to us, bald faced, on a regular basis, in a manner that is easily disproven. And it's really banana-republic level bullshit.
Don't worry, our current administration is hard at work creating whole new ways to lie to us.
GasBandit
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We can only hope the rapid expansion causes the "Lie Bubble" to burst.
Just one is too many.
And for whoever that one is, this is for you...
(besides, it's too funny not to use somewhere. I'm sure GB will find it useful in the future.
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So much Homophobia...Just one is too many.
And for whoever that one is, this is for you...
(besides, it's too funny not to use somewhere. I'm sure GB will find it useful in the future.
Well of course they do that, because they know it can be dangerous.
I was actually thinking about that a few days ago at work... i was going to frame it as "sure, there are other things in the smoke/smog that will hurt you faster, but that's no reason to dismiss CO2 completely".[DOUBLEPOST=1489255608,1489255094][/DOUBLEPOST]
Guys, lets elect Gas president... i want to see if he also changes his tune when they're his job numbers...
GasBandit
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Oh I guarantee the joblessness rate would increase under my administration... among federal employees!
Hey, anything under 99% is genocide...[DOUBLEPOST=1489263553,1489263321][/DOUBLEPOST]Tesco Chairman John Allan has declared white males to be an "endangered species" amongst UK boardrooms. For the record here is the Tesco board he's chair off. 75% male, 100% white.
Oh I guarantee the joblessness rate would increase under my administration... among federal employees!
Ah, i always assumed you'd be doing it like this!
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Yeah, what do men have to do with women getting pregnant?
Not the first time the US government has destroyed someone and then demanded to be paid back for it. I mean, they do it to college students all the time.
--Patrick
That's a very not-quite-right and simplistic way of reading the exit polls. But yes, their trump-light is only second-biggest. Alongside the communists.
GasBandit
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You know, I kinda think healthcare "networks" ought to be considered in violation of antitrust legislation. It's the effect of these networks, the insurance agencies, and the actual health care providers all bouncing off each other in an effort to eliminate market forces from the equation that has led to the widespread acceptance of the false narrative that healthcare cannot be affordable on an individual basis because the margins are now so high and the prices are so inflated. It's easy to see how overinflated it is when you offer to pay a provider cash up front and not involve insurance - suddenly the price drops by an incredible amount.
Have insurance stop being a payment plan for every sniffle and go back to actually being insurance for genuinely expensive situations such as cancer or being hit by a bus - high deductible, low premium - and give them no leverage or input over the decision making process of the Doctor nor allow them to distinguish "in" or "out" of "network." Supplement the setup with employer contributions to HSAs (out of the savings from previously high insurance premiums) to help cover minor issues.
Reintroducing competition to the market, and having the patient now in the payment loop (instead of "my employer pays my premiums, I don't care what anything costs, because for all intents and purposes, it's now 'free' to me so who gives a shit how much it costs or what doctor I go to")... I think you'll see the cost of healthcare suddenly take a nose dive.
Of course, none of this will ever happen. The siren's call of infantilzation via abdication of personal responsibility has already got its barbs into everybody, and I have no doubt that as soon as the pendulum swings away from Trump and the Republicans, we'll have full blown single payer.
Have insurance stop being a payment plan for every sniffle and go back to actually being insurance for genuinely expensive situations such as cancer or being hit by a bus - high deductible, low premium - and give them no leverage or input over the decision making process of the Doctor nor allow them to distinguish "in" or "out" of "network." Supplement the setup with employer contributions to HSAs (out of the savings from previously high insurance premiums) to help cover minor issues.
Reintroducing competition to the market, and having the patient now in the payment loop (instead of "my employer pays my premiums, I don't care what anything costs, because for all intents and purposes, it's now 'free' to me so who gives a shit how much it costs or what doctor I go to")... I think you'll see the cost of healthcare suddenly take a nose dive.
Of course, none of this will ever happen. The siren's call of infantilzation via abdication of personal responsibility has already got its barbs into everybody, and I have no doubt that as soon as the pendulum swings away from Trump and the Republicans, we'll have full blown single payer.
Just remember that to be true "insurance," the funding for this single payer will have to come from everyone, regardless of their health.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Yes, that is what I meant by "full blown single payer."
As in, the Federal government will basically institute another progressive income tax and implement its own "NHS" system.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/16/media/sean-hannity-juan-williams-gun/index.html
So that's cool that he was not only not charged at all, but got to keep his job.
"He's been practicing safe gun handling since he was 11 years old."
But forgot the number one fucking rule of gun handling...YOU DON'T FUCKING POINT A GUN AT ANYONE OR ANYTHING UNLESS YOU INTEND TO USE IT.
Fuck Sean Hannity.
So that's cool that he was not only not charged at all, but got to keep his job.
"He's been practicing safe gun handling since he was 11 years old."
But forgot the number one fucking rule of gun handling...YOU DON'T FUCKING POINT A GUN AT ANYONE OR ANYTHING UNLESS YOU INTEND TO USE IT.
Fuck Sean Hannity.
I agree with you, and yet this is in the article too:
So the "victim" is saying it's fine too. But I absolutely agree don't ever point even an "unloaded" firearm at anything you don't intend to kill/destroy. So... ya, stupid, but if the guy involved as the "victim" doesn't want anything to happen, then it shouldn't... but he was an idiot with a gun too. So who knows?