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  1. To be blunt (and this is not a PA, just the truth): I don't know your daughter, and therefore do not care what happens to her, or if she survives to adulthood.

    Why should my pocket be picked for her care? You bred her--you pay for her keep. She is not my concern.

    Now, if you are part of my health insurance plan, I have chosen to pay into that pool--a voluntary action on my part.

    You just want more free shit at others' expense. Leech.

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    Well, there are no bananas in Austria!
    Not even kangaroos!! DIMWIT!!!

    And your kind (malpractice lawyers), are the worst of the bunch! Really bringing down all of society!


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    And no real recourse for Malpractice when one of those Banana Republic Docs fuck up.



    Nice PA. I'm not a Malpractice Attorney.

    And I was referring to the Dominican Republic Dentists.

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    Actually i it is a lot better in the third world....

    Dentist (US-trained), Dominican Republic, white filling, front tooth, $25.63 (typically $200+ in the US);

    Dentist (US-trained), Dominican Republic, Cleaning and Diagnosis, $30 (typically $200+ in the US):

    CT Pelvis, Abdomen; $6,000+ in the US w/ insurance!; $0 in Austria w/ insurance, reimbursable at $25 (!) per scan to US providers.


    The US health care system is just a gigantic scheme. Million dollars salaries for CEOs, hundred of thousands for MDs, and no affordable health care options for the 99%!!!





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    Last week, the 34-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD) released the results of its most recent study of the health care systems in its member countries, including the U.S., plus six others, for a total of 40. And those results are illuminating.

    If Boehner and his fellow Republicans had characterized the U.S. system as the most expensive in the world, they would have been right on target. But they would have been way off base by calling it the best.

    The OECD report is just the most recent evidence that Americans are not getting nearly as much bang for the health care buck as citizens of most other developed countries -- and even some countries in the developing world.

    The OECD found that the United States spends two-and-a-half times more on health care per person than the OECD average. The U.S. even spends more than twice as much as France, which many experts contend has one of the best health care systems on the planet.

    The average expenditure per person in the U.S. is $7,960, a third more than in Norway, the second highest. The OECD average, by comparison, is just $3,233. (It is $3,873 in France.)

    Here are some reasons why: Hospital spending is 60 percent higher than the average of five other relatively expensive countries (Switzerland, Canada, Germany, France and Japan); spending on pharmaceuticals and medical goods is much higher here than any of the other countries; and administrative costs are more than two-and-a-half times the average of the others.



    http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/29-6



    And no real recourse for Malpractice when one of those Banana Republic Docs fuck up.

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    >what we get with that much societal inequality is a set of very fast drivers who look
    > at workers as 'drones' and think they own the road...

    Most of the very fast drivers I know are younger guys who have very little money but think the faster they go, the cooler they are.



    It's all about bein' cool! :D


    Chuck



    Yeah-just ask James Dean, Princess Di, and Sam Kinnison-all ice cold from driving fast...

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    One group wants people to keep more of the money they work for. By doing so they will help drive the economy and all benefit

    Another group wishes to take money from those who work and give it to those who live of the gov tit

    Which party do you think the later votes for?

    You are correct in your example

    Which one do you think is more sustainable?


    I think there is a differnce?

    Do you?



    QFMFT.

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    >I got it! He could take the Lamborghini or Ferrari body, put it on the Prius frame!
    >That way... he'd be helping the environment and be stylin' at the same time!

    I'd rather just get a Tesla. (Or, since I'm in the 99% - wait for someone to give me a Tesla.)



    It might be a long wait.


    Chuck



    If you're DreamDancer, you are owed it because you're not one of the 1%. The concept of working is alien to him, apparently.



    Apparently! I just have a hard time 'dealing' with arrogant people who look down their nose a people.


    Chuck



    Meh. DILLIGAF?



    DILLIGAF?


    Chuck



    Do I look like I give a F**k?

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    >I got it! He could take the Lamborghini or Ferrari body, put it on the Prius frame!
    >That way... he'd be helping the environment and be stylin' at the same time!

    I'd rather just get a Tesla. (Or, since I'm in the 99% - wait for someone to give me a Tesla.)



    It might be a long wait.


    Chuck



    If you're DreamDancer, you are owed it because you're not one of the 1%. The concept of working is alien to him, apparently.



    Apparently! I just have a hard time 'dealing' with arrogant people who look down their nose a people.


    Chuck



    Meh. DILLIGAF?

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    >I got it! He could take the Lamborghini or Ferrari body, put it on the Prius frame!
    >That way... he'd be helping the environment and be stylin' at the same time!

    I'd rather just get a Tesla. (Or, since I'm in the 99% - wait for someone to give me a Tesla.)



    It might be a long wait.


    Chuck



    If you're DreamDancer, you are owed it because you're not one of the 1%. The concept of working is alien to him, apparently.

  9. Do you have car insurance?

    Have you ever been in an accident that required an insurance claim?

    OTOH,

    What do you do for a living?

    Do you rely on social services?

    Do you pay taxes in the UK? Thailand?

    Thailand is a Monarchy. The existence of a KING would seem to be anathema to someone with your views.

    Please explain.

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    Who cares? Why do you feel the need to publicly announce your sexual preference? Since it's not supposed to matter relevant to how people are treated, then there shouldn't be any need to go around bragging about it.



    Because people like being different and part of cliques.

    And historically/traditionally persecuted groups typically revel in their modern freedom from persecution.

    It's the same reason there is "(Insert Demograpic Here) History Month."

    The sum total is White heteros need to STFU and go to work. I know, I'm one of them.

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    I know a lot of people who aren't rich. But they work hard and produce! Every day!

    What is this infatuation w/ the "rich"??? Are they supposed to watch over us? Will we wither and die w/o any rich people around?

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    What happens after you take away everything from "the Rich?" They won't have anything to work with to produce, and you will have removed their incentive to produce in the future.



    It's not my obsession with the Rich. It's DD's tedious mantra about "The 1%" and how anyone with a seven figure income is satan and should be deprived of all their net worth.

    Socialism/Communism was tried. It was the Soviet Union, and we all see how well that worked.



    Nice diversion, but the fact remains that the USA has the most expensive healthcare system, but far from the best.



    So what is the solution?

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    I know a lot of people who aren't rich. But they work hard and produce! Every day!

    What is this infatuation w/ the "rich"??? Are they supposed to watch over us? Will we wither and die w/o any rich people around?

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    What happens after you take away everything from "the Rich?" They won't have anything to work with to produce, and you will have removed their incentive to produce in the future.



    It's not my obsession with the Rich. It's DD's tedious mantra about "The 1%" and how anyone with a seven figure income is satan and should be deprived of all their net worth.

    Socialism/Communism was tried. It was the Soviet Union, and we all see how well that worked.

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    The perks of living at home with mom?
    I mean how do you save up well over $250k?



    It's called sacrifice and being frugal. Perhaps not hanging out at bars and running around with women. Perhaps making smart investments.


    $250k is not chump change, averge person only makes $45k in the us per year. If you don't eat or buy new shoes...a little over 7 years?



    How someone spends their money is not your concern. You don't get to comment.

    How's about that $4000 rig of yours? That's three and a half months wages for some minimum wage drone... Are you the 1%?

  • Milton Waddams: I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes