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  1. pushing the white nationalists agenda a bit further https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times.
  2. trump doesn't like being in the white house https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-members-jersey-golf-club-213226530.html
  3. in all his tweets he never mentions the russians expelling our diplomats. something tells me that might be a big enough deal to warrant at least 1 tweet
  4. i don't have any more alarm bells to ring for this administration and i even bought extras to try to keep up with it all.
  5. fwiw...only about 30% of electricity in the US is generated by coal
  6. That's because it's not a human right. It's not only a product/service, it's a luxury. Even California couldn't pass socialized medicine because it was going to more than double their state budget. And offering other people's money to pay for things (at gunpoint) is not compassionate. It's morally reprehensible. the poor don't deserve to live.
  7. Just stop. I know plenty of people who have been affected by that exact situation. just stop? really?
  8. T.O.somehow managed to survive years of the expert husker fans calling for him to be fired for not winning enough.....guess those husker fans had kids to take their place pissing and moaning about the huskers.
  9. No...there are no more excuses for the coaches. I think you are missing what I am saying. Years one and two there were "excuses" so that things were not blamed on Riley. Those are now all gone. So a crappy season this year falls on him. Well....from the "expectations" thread, it sounds like if we don't win a championship the season sucks. So, if the season sucks because we didn't win a championship, then Riley needs to be held accountable and fired.....because there is no reasonable excuse for having a bad season. Glad to know now that it's championship or he needs to be fired. I guess I agree with you. Win it all or can him. can i negative rep this post?
  10. If my house crumbles from an earthquake and that's not covered in my policy, then what? I guess we'd better socialize home owners insurance also. Just so you know, earthquake is typically excluded from your standard home insurance policy. You have to purchase that coverage, at least in Nebraska you do. It's weird, each state has different insurance departments that allow companies to create their own guidelines. Nothing really standardized nationally. flood damage is also a separate coverage and much more likely to hit people.
  11. Scale matters. Please explain... You gonna claim with a straight face that the amount or extent to which Obama "lied" about healthcare (or could even articulate his positions or knowledge about ti) is proportional to that of Trump? Considering EVERYTHING Obama told us about the ACA was a lie and he knew it... Yes. And that's not extremely debatable... everything? holy schmidt!!! now i know you are full of right wing propaganda clouding your beliefs. most of what he said was true. he was wrong about some of the things that got implemented but overall he was fairly truthful about it. next you will tell me obama was born in kenya and was a muslim. lol
  12. freedom!!!! who needs insurance? charity will take care of everything! i am dropping it all tomorrow! thanks for showing us the ;light wutwutwut
  13. if you have ever been at a scene where a car load of drunk kids was involved in an accident you would want to do anything possible to prevent it from happening to any other kids.
  14. Scale matters. Please explain... You gonna claim with a straight face that the amount or extent to which Obama "lied" about healthcare (or could even articulate his positions or knowledge about ti) is proportional to that of Trump? trump has 0 idea what the republican plans were....he just knew that as long as it was repealing "obama" care he would sign it. he would sign it if it killed 30,000,000 americans just so he could say he repealed obamacare. anything with obamas name on it must die in a fire as far as trump is concerned.
  15. To give a relatable example: When Lasik eye surgery first emerged, it was extremely expensive. Today, it's a few thousand dollars. Why did the price fall so drastically? This is a classic misunderstanding of healthcare. Lasik was forced to drop in price because of supply and demand: when the price was high fewer people got Lasik and as the cost went down the demand went up. But a very key point is that people could get glasses or contacts instead of Lasik. People had the choice to NOT get Lasik. Now think about how that applies to the rest of healthcare. How do people not get treatment for a heart attack? Or cancer? Or liver disease, stroke, high blood pressure? And think about how that is effected by the value of getting well. How much would you pay to save your own life? Or your mom? Or your kid? This completely breaks the concept of a "free" market. That's why healthcare will continue to get worse under libertarian/conservative "free" market economic systems - the fundamental assumptions of those systems don't hold. Thank you for the response. You're absolutely correct that there are more variables that come into play in regards to healthcare. Absolutely. Here's the issue, continuing with the metaphor: If I'm an 18 year old who has been in 3 car accidents, obviously my insurer would look at me as a high risk driver, and my insurance premium is going to be astronomical. When I'm a more risky driver to insure, that cost doesn't get transferred across the car insurance market. And it shouldn't. But with Obamacare, that's precisely what happens, plus added taxes and subsidies. The morality of providing free healthcare for all is in the right place, but the practicality isn't there. I realize that's a tough pill to swallow, but that's the truth. As far as covering people with pre existing conditions, I've always been a firm believer in charity. There are an abundance of people, organizations, and charity groups in this world who have the means to help and are looking for ways to help. Probably most importantly, we should always be leery about handing total control (and in most cases, even partial control) to the government. Using a specific example of that in regards to healthcare, all you have to do is look at the Gard family in London and what they've had to go through. You're still not seeing that health is different from virtually all other activities. In your car insurance example, you can still choose not to have car insurance - take the bus, taxi, limo, friends, carpool. You don't have a choice about having health because the only alternative is death. Not driving is super inconvenient but not life-threatening. Your practicality argument is obviously wrong, as every other modern nation has healthcare for it's citizens as a right. I realize that's a tough pill to swallow, but it's actual happening all over the world today and has been for decades. I absolutely agree that we should be leery of handing over control to the government, and whatever we do with healthcare going forward, we should make sure there are checks and balances. But you should also realize that handing over control to corporations isn't any less dangerous than the government. We can vote to change any power or authority given to the government, but we have no power over the insurance companies. If you actually look at it, we have MUCH more actual control over corporations. Politicians will do what they're lobbied to do no matter what the voters want. If you want a prime example, just look at the Obamacare ordeal right now in the Senate. The 2 reasons Trump was actually elected had to do with 2 key issues of actual substance: the Supreme Court & repealing Obamacare. The citizens have made it abundantly clear they're fed up with the ACA but these politicians in the GOP apparently don't get it. On the other hand, with the free market, businesses provide products and services that people willingly purchase out of their own free will. If businesses put out a product or service that people don't like, another entrepreneur will jump in and provide a better product or service, many times at a better price. Voting with your wallet WILL ALWAYS be more effective than voting in the ballot booth, because you're voting for (in most cases) the biggest liars and scumbags the country has to offer. Only bad things happen when those people are given too much power. Again, I'll bring this one up. Which nation has the led the world by a large margin in medical advancements over the past 100 years? America. Why? Because of incentive. People in general achieve because of incentive. People might not like that most of the time the incentive is profit, but that's reality. if profits are the main concern and incentive for insurance providers....wouldn't they want to get rid of the people who cost more to provide coverage for? are we as a country going to say only healthy people who can contribute through work are worth trying to keep alive? nazi germany took that attitude in the mid 30's and started exterminating through euthinasia programs the mentally ill and terminally ill as they were a "drain on society" hey...there is no profit or incentive in keeping the sick and poor alive...right?
  16. Depends who you ask! most of the toxins left are posters on this board who can't let go of things. So you are firmly in the camp of "no excuses" right? Riley needs to win or well... Also...are you saying that fans can now impact the wins/losses? there is more to it than just winning IMO...and i am happy with Riley so far. and fans can only help the results if the players can actually get a boost from the crowd at the stadium......or they can hurt if they harass the kids to much away from campus or on twitter.etc. There is more than just winning...for about two years. But this is a business based on wins especially at NU. oh well. nothing i can do about it either way so not going to worry or argue about it. g'day
  17. Depends who you ask! most of the toxins left are posters on this board who can't let go of things. So you are firmly in the camp of "no excuses" right? Riley needs to win or well... Also...are you saying that fans can now impact the wins/losses? there is more to it than just winning IMO...and i am happy with Riley so far. and fans can only help the results if the players can actually get a boost from the crowd at the stadium......or they can hurt if they harass the kids to much away from campus or on twitter.etc.
  18. To give a relatable example: When Lasik eye surgery first emerged, it was extremely expensive. Today, it's a few thousand dollars. Why did the price fall so drastically? This is a classic misunderstanding of healthcare. Lasik was forced to drop in price because of supply and demand: when the price was high fewer people got Lasik and as the cost went down the demand went up. But a very key point is that people could get glasses or contacts instead of Lasik. People had the choice to NOT get Lasik. Now think about how that applies to the rest of healthcare. How do people not get treatment for a heart attack? Or cancer? Or liver disease, stroke, high blood pressure? And think about how that is effected by the value of getting well. How much would you pay to save your own life? Or your mom? Or your kid? This completely breaks the concept of a "free" market. That's why healthcare will continue to get worse under libertarian/conservative "free" market economic systems - the fundamental assumptions of those systems don't hold. I can't stress enough how good that post is.
  19. Depends who you ask! most of the toxins left are posters on this board who can't let go of things.
  20. To give a relatable example: When Lasik eye surgery first emerged, it was extremely expensive. Today, it's a few thousand dollars. Why did the price fall so drastically? how is that relatable? does lasik have to do twice as much as it used to like insurance does now? there used to be exclusions to what was covered and lifetime limits on your coverage for insurance that obama put an end to.It's a low regulated medical procedure. That's how it's relatable. It's recent and glaring proof of the free market system at work. Competition in the marketplace drives prices down. For some reason that gets lost... what you want is health care with no insurance to mess up the free market? Does your car insurance mess up the free market of the auto repair industry? obviously it does according to your logic
  21. I don't think anyone has said the ACA is perfect or that it shouldn't be fixed. But wut and 84 think that a straight repeal would fix costs, when it clearly won't. Competition won't lower costs and increase quality is what you're saying?...Did it before Obamacare? Considering premiums and deductibles have gone through the roof since competition has been wiped out in most states, I'd say that speaks for itself. check out this link wutwut http://www.factcheck.org/2015/02/slower-premium-growth-under-obama/
  22. To give a relatable example: When Lasik eye surgery first emerged, it was extremely expensive. Today, it's a few thousand dollars. Why did the price fall so drastically? how is that relatable? does lasik have to do twice as much as it used to like insurance does now? there used to be exclusions to what was covered and lifetime limits on your coverage for insurance that obama put an end to. It's a low regulated medical procedure. That's how it's relatable. It's recent and glaring proof of the free market system at work. Competition in the marketplace drives prices down. For some reason that gets lost... and almost all procedures are extremely expensive at first and gradually lower some as they get more doctors in that field
  23. To give a relatable example: When Lasik eye surgery first emerged, it was extremely expensive. Today, it's a few thousand dollars. Why did the price fall so drastically? how is that relatable? does lasik have to do twice as much as it used to like insurance does now? there used to be exclusions to what was covered and lifetime limits on your coverage for insurance that obama put an end to. It's a low regulated medical procedure. That's how it's relatable. It's recent and glaring proof of the free market system at work. Competition in the marketplace drives prices down. For some reason that gets lost... what you want is health care with no insurance to mess up the free market?
  24. To give a relatable example: When Lasik eye surgery first emerged, it was extremely expensive. Today, it's a few thousand dollars. Why did the price fall so drastically? how is that relatable? does lasik have to do twice as much as it used to like insurance does now? there used to be exclusions to what was covered and lifetime limits on your coverage for insurance that obama put an end to.
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