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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   Don’t worry, they won’t do anything for the good of the country.
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   Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

   Because Jesus loves to watch poor people in red states slowly die in their shacks.
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   DGF999 said, 4 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   Yeah, they’re all dropping like flies, right? You read news stories every day about the poor starving in their shacks in America every day, don’t you?
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   David said, 4 months ago

   I know, right? Universal health coverage is such a bad thing why wouldn’t everyone reject it?
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   ansonia said, 4 months ago

   Problems already:

   Washington Post
   February 16, 2013

   Tens of thousands of Americans who cannot get health insurance because of preexisting medical problems will be blocked from a program designed to help them because funding is running low.

   Obama administration officials said Friday that the state-based “high-risk pools” set up under the 2010 health-care law will be closed to new applicants as soon as Saturday and no later than March 2, depending on the state.
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   DrCanuck said, 4 months ago

   I’m really enjoyng the Civil War within the GOP.
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   lonecat said, 4 months ago

   @David

   Countries all around the world are rushing to imitate the US health insurance system. Not.
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   Ionizer said, 4 months ago

   @DGF999

   “Yeah, they’re all dropping like flies, right? You read news stories every day about the poor starving in their shacks in America every day, don’t you?”
   
   If all you look at is CNN, BSNBC, and their ilk, of course.
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   CHRISTOPHER BOYER said, 4 months ago

   The Red states take more federal dollars then blue.
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    Stipple said, 4 months ago

    At least Mr. Asay is up front about the extremist membership getting smaller and smaller.
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    Even folks a little on the slow side eventually notice when their leaders have lost the path.
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    David said, 4 months ago

    @lonecat

    Too bad there isn’t a sarcasm emoticon, I would have used it to avoid the confusion. Did I channel my inner RWNJ or something?
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    Rockngolfer said, 4 months ago

    I won’t say which states are red and which are blue, but here are the top 10 states that get federal money (per capita).
    {Wow I guess the number sign means something in html}

    10North Dakota
    9 Connecticut
    8 West Virginia
    7 Alabama
    6 Kentucky
    5 New Mexico
    4 Hawaii
    3 Maryland
    2 Virginia
    1 Alaska
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    Rockngolfer said, 4 months ago

    @David

    You come up with some funny stuff.
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    I Play One On TV said, 4 months ago

    @DGF999

    “You read news stories every day about the poor starving in their shacks in America every day, don’t you?”

    No, you don’t. That doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Here’s another example: what happened today to American troops in Afghanistan? Don’t know? Doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

    I have a friend with Stage 4 liver disease. He worked hard all his life, and put in almost 20 years in the Navy. Built his own house and paid for it. Then his wife got lung cancer. They qualified for Medicaid, but only after they had spent every penny they had saved and inherited. He delayed treatment for her last two years with him. Now that she’s gone, he is trying to get help for himself. His doctor says that if he goes to work, he will die. So he collects disability for the time being. Although the disability payments have not gone up, his medications plan has recently determined that he makes less than $100 per year too much, and so he has lost coverage. His meds are unattainable otherwise due to cost.

    When he dies, it won’t be in the paper. Neither will the story of my patient with MS who had to wait until this year to resume her meds, because her previous insurer stopped covering them last August.

    Nor will my patient with arthritis, diabetes, and glaucoma. Once she got into the “doughnut hole”, she stopped buying meds.

    Most people don’t realize they’re just one heart attack from being homeless, which is unconscionable in this day and age. By the time “it couldn’t happen to me” happens, you are SOL, because people believe the same as you do; that health care is readily obtainable and somewhat affordable regardless of your circumstances, and you’ll just be regarded as another “taker”, just part of that 47% that only cares about what the government can give them.

    Maybe, if you wear a white hat, people will recognize you’re one of the Good Guys. Good luck with that.

    Meanwhile, someone please tell me why this society has all the money it needs for worthless military toys and a missile defense system that will never work, but when it comes to keeping their friends and neighbors healthy, our money is too important to share.
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    Radish said, 4 months ago

    Easily found headlines:
    That’s the message of a new study that shows children are struggling with hunger in every county and congressional district in America.
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    n America today, nearly 17 million children don’t have access to enough food.
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    Going hungry: Nearly one in five Americans has been short of money.
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