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Aug 7, 2019 17:50:56   #
dtucker300 wrote:
How do you figure Medicare is more efficient? More layers of bureaucracy. If you want economies of scale let employers and local governments group together even across state lines and get group policies for the employees.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20110920.013390/full/
Wherein one finds:
"...non-partisan data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) demonstrate definitively that private insurance is increasingly less efficient than Medicare".

As for "employers and local governments" grouping together across state lines, they already are grouped together. That group is called the United States government.
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Aug 7, 2019 05:37:49   #
dtucker300 wrote:
Here is one way to accumulate wealth (more like getting out of debt).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYToz2ePoyY&feature=youtu.be

The university (Texas Tech) I graduated from in 1970 has had an increase in tuition (in today's dollars) of over %900. With SAVINGS from one summer minimum wage (farm) job I could pay tuition for over three semesters. Today, all the income from working 10 hrs/day for all 92 days of summer at $10/hr ($9200) will just cover tuition for one semester.

I agree with Huckabee; he is a complete i***t. The word for citizen in ancient Greece (politis) is the source of our politician, the word for private person (i***tis). Huckabee is an i***t who has no understanding or concern for the difficulties young people (and older needing retraining) face today. His glib monologue is d********g.

Here is a comparison of what Congress members paid with today's tuition:
https://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/DEMOS_DFC_Yearbook_FA_Optimized_0.pdf
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Aug 6, 2019 23:55:26   #
kankune wrote:
So....do tell....

Do tell what?
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Aug 6, 2019 23:51:20   #
dtucker300 wrote:
I don't know. Has anyone ever challenged it in court?

Interesting analysis talking about taxing authority and providing for general welfare found here:
https://www.nationalreview.com/critical-condition/if-obamacare-unconstitutional-why-arent-medicare-medicaid-john-r-graham/
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Aug 6, 2019 23:33:54   #
dtucker300 wrote:
Wouldn't you say a tourist visa is a personal invitation? I would. But don't overstay your welcome unless you properly apply for an extension.

You really like to be contrary, don't you? They say no question is stupid if it is sincere. I would say sincerity is the most important thing. Once you learn to f**e that you've got it made. You wouldn't be faking it, would you?

If you have to ask for it, it ain't an invitation.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sincere
1 free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
2 genuine; real: a sincere effort to improve; a sincere friend.
3 pure; unmixed; unadulterated.
4 Obsolete. sound; unimpaired.

I try to be sincerely contrary.
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Aug 6, 2019 23:11:25   #
dtucker300 wrote:
On the contrary to what?

Wealth to generate wealth! There a novel idea. I wonder why I never thought of that?

You (dtucker300) wrote, "It is very difficult to accumulate any wealth if you are not earning money and fail to save or invest."

Well, contrary to it being difficult, it is easy. But then, I come from the privileged position of having wealth. Our system is set up so that wealth can be maintained and increased. The greater the wealth, the easier to maintain and increase.
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Aug 6, 2019 22:32:47   #
dtucker300 wrote:
And that is what we do. Americans are more charitable than any other nation. But it should be our choice and not compelled by the government. It is also more effective and efficient that way.

"3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.…"(Matthew 6:3-5)

I would prefer my right hand (government) take care of the needy, without my left self having to know about it.

I think you are overlooking the economy of scale advantages of government. Even Medicare is more efficient than private health insurance.
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Aug 6, 2019 22:13:06   #
dtucker300 wrote:
Excellent point. But don't tell the snowflakes. It would send them into a conniption fit. IT almost sent them over the edge when they found out the Easter bunny isn't real.

I don't know what universe you live in, but in mine the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Fairy are real.
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Aug 6, 2019 22:09:53   #
dtucker300 wrote:
But it doesn't cover healthcare. SCOTUS accepted the ACA as Constitutional because it was a tax that required everyone to have it or pay a penalty. Once that issue was eliminated it was no longer a tax and whole or part can be discarded because it isn't a constitutional right to have or provide healthcare.

Are you telling me that Medicare is unconstitutional? Oh no!
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Aug 6, 2019 21:58:10   #
dtucker300 wrote:
What has ruffled your feathers? Don't be ludicrous. How do you make the leap to thinking I might be some kind of socialist? What I am saying is that in the absence of a system of completely free enterprise, we instead have crony capitalism. Examples abound. The government regulates all kinds of things, more things than it should. But at the same time, some regulation is necessary to prevent abuses because we do not have a perfectly free market. What is your point? Or are you just having a disagreeable day?
What has ruffled your feathers? Don't be ludicrou... (show quote)

Still mistaking me for a bird? Tsk, tsk. How did I make the leap? Almost anytime someone suggests that there should be some sort of government regulation, someone on OPP will call them a socialist or a c****e. I was just seeing if I could join in that fun(?).

[Probably more suitable for a separate thread, but...]
What would a "system of completely free enterprise" and a "perfectly free market" look like?

I'm having a wonderful day. Thank you.
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Aug 6, 2019 21:41:15   #
dtucker300 wrote:
...there are too many these days who think the people are here to serve the government or they are trying to make it that way.

Yes, I would be happy to see fewer people serving in militaries.

dtucker300 wrote:
You sound like you come from a place where the government thinks and acts as though it owns everything and the rest of us are here to serve the government (That vaguely sounds like the utopian dream the progressives and socialist have for America).

It probably sounds vague because you are not listening to most progressives and socialists.

dtucker300 wrote:
Your capital is your investment of what you earned so you are entitled. You are reaping the fruit of others labor by investing in their labor. You're not ripping them off. Both parties entered freely into a mutual agreement.

Is an inheritance "earned". Believe it or not, I've heard people argue that chattel s***ery in the South was better than the wage s***ery of the North. Just because someone "agrees" to an exchange, does not mean that they are not being ripped off.

dtucker300 wrote:
I'm not ay all arguing for no taxes. That would be impossible.

I'm sure an anthropologist could tell you about cultures that did not have taxes (perhaps plains tribal cultures).

dtucker300 wrote:
Yes, of course, there is free stuff. But it still isn't free.

What are you, a Zen master? Of course you are free, but you are a s***e.

dtucker300 wrote:
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Don't be ridiculous!

Not only are there free lunches, but there are also free dinners. All I have to do is show up to a restaurant where some guy sparbles investment advice while I eat and daydream about free food.

dtucker300 wrote:
What got you feathers ruffled?

Apparently, you've mistaken me for a bird
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Aug 6, 2019 20:09:53   #
dtucker300 wrote:
It is very difficult to accumulate any wealth if you are not earning money and fail to save or invest. A distinct disadvantage. But opportunity is there and that is why we attract so many immigrants. However, the income brackets are not static, People move up and down them throughout their lives.

On the contrary, it is very easy for wealth to generate wealth in a capitalist system.
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Aug 6, 2019 19:58:53   #
dtucker300 wrote:
How did you make a leap to that conclusion about not wanting to do away with poverty? There are different kinds of poverty and different reasons for poverty. One size does not fit all. We have been helping the impoverished since the Great Society, yet the numbers remain about the same. There will always be poor among us.

Yes, how about Generational wealth and Income? It is very difficult to accumulate any wealth if you are not earning money and fail to save or invest. A distinct disadvantage. But opportunity is there and that is why we attract so many immigrants. However, the income brackets are not static, People move up and down them throughout their lives.
How did you make a leap to that conclusion about n... (show quote)

"There will always be poor among us"? So you are quoting Jesus from John 12:8? If some nameless one called me a Demonrat and I only replied, "Sticks and stones", you would understand that this was just the beginning of the common saying that ends with "words will never hurt me". Jesus was well versed and most likely used beginnings of verses to refer to the whole. In the case of John 12:8, Jesus most likely referred to: " For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land." (Deut 15:11)
See:
https://www.craiggreenfield.com/blog/thepooryouwillalwayshave
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Aug 6, 2019 19:12:38   #
Mikeyavelli wrote:
Where does it enumerate charity and healthcare from the federal government?

Well gee, it's an outline. It leaves it to Congress and the President to fill in the details.
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Aug 6, 2019 19:09:31   #
Mikeyavelli wrote:
Acknowledgegerms has the soul of a serf.

Yes my soul rides on the waves of the ocean of life, a true soul of the surf.
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