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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:46 AM Original message |
Dear Mr. President, I love you but I can CHOOSE to have a car; I can't choose to have a body. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Brilliant, except 15% of motorists don't have car insurance... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. ahh, but you don't have the IRS hunting down those motorists to hit them with fines, do you? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. and if your body malfunctions, who will pay to put you back together? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Isn't that the point of having health insurance? nt |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Yes, indeed. It seems that the OP is suggesting that she/he doesn't want or need insurance. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. That's not what the OP is saying at all. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. +1 Exactly! |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. That make no sense |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Can you clarify something? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #69 |
81. Insurance companies. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
121. Yeah, The Insurance Industry is like the Mafia of the Medical World |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
95. We should have a national healthcare system |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #64 |
99. I agree, everyone that can afford it should pay |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #64 |
109. Yes. With progressive taxes... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #64 |
135. not everybody should be forced to buy a faulty product |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
124. that's nonsensical. Everyone needs to get health insurance, and there are other options. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Health insurance != Health care |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
136. No, she is opposed to mandated health insurance |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
84. I know they say the rest of us pay but generally it is the person themselves |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
125. No, the rest of us pay. The people in bankruptcy don't pay. We pay as taxpayers and consumers. n/t |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
123. bingo. Because those who choose not to buy it will STILL get sick, and we will all pay for them. n/t |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. BASIC, inexpensive insurance will be required. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I don't see why people don't understand that is what Obama said last night. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Because they aren't democrats. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
86. Obama was a Democrat during primaries and he was against mandates for adults |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. +1 |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
78. Because they were never on our side in the first place. They only pretended to be... |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
104. Because Foxxx News didn't carry the speech. |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #104 |
117. Fox is going to wreck our country, if they haven't already. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. What's "basic"? What's "inexpensive"? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Ummm nobody has realized... |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Basic, inexpensive FOR (EXORBITANT) PROFIT insurance will be required. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
85. We don't know what the income level is for subsidy yet |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #85 |
98. I don't want my tax money to go to subsidize private insurance company polices either |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #98 |
119. Even with the public option eligible people will get subsidies |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
101. How big are the subsidies? Who gets them? |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
103. "Inexpensive" is relative. As long as private insurance |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
114. The people who will lose on this will be the middle and |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
126. THANK YOU. I can't believe that people aren't getting that point. n/t |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
137. Basic inexpensive insurance that covers NOTHING |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. So Canadians and Europeans should not be taxed for their health care? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. How much do they pay for bombs and F16s? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Would they have to pay more for them if we paid less? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Taxes are a public trust; private insurance profits are not. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But the basic point remains; Have a body? Pay for health care coverage. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I think you do understand the argument. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. If you say so. nt |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
82. I'm having a little trouble understanding myself. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #82 |
93. There is a very big difference between a tax for medicare |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #93 |
128. Perhaps I wasn't listening |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
91. A person without income or property is not taxed. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. If an individual is unemployed and not paying taxes they still get health care. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. And the Democrat's plan will not do this? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Canadians don't get fined for not purchasing private insurance. (nt) |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yes, because their enrollment fees are taken directly from their paychecks. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Canadians have a basic system that covers all |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
90. They pay for CARE, not for profits to go to useless shitstain psychopathic middlemen n/t |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
127. My friend in Belgium has awesome insurance, but they ALL pay over 50% in taxes. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. k&r |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you cannot afford health insurance then they will give tax credits to help you and/or public |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Our tax dollars should not be given to private insurance companies |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. +1 |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That's a valid point. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Most governments around the world funnel billions of dollars to private companies |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. But you are getting something in exchange! The coverage! |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. That's why Obama supports a Public Option. And the money wouldn't go to the Insurance Company |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. They're also used for private military contractors, the privatized post office |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Isn't that why there is the public option? |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
76. I would be OK (as a starting point) if the mandate came with a public option, but it doesn't |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #76 |
106. The public option is for those who don't have insurance, but need to buy it. Right? |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
105. and if you can't? |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
75. what if you are a woman and don't work? what the hell good is the tax credit? eom |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #75 |
87. It will be like property tax credit or heating credit, you file even if you |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
88. But, some people still don't make enough money to get good coverage, even with tax credits involved. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
94. Oh yay - a TAX CREDIT. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #94 |
130. I think it is a refundable tax credit. You get it right away. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. And I choose not to pay for your body when it gets broke by a bus if you opt out |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Do you want UNIVERSAL COVERAGE? |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Thank you! I don't understand some comments on DU. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
112. Not necessarily "insurance" in |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Unfortunately.. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
79. I would prefer universal health care - coverage is a gamble at best that you will get actual care. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
92. We are fucking well NOT taking number 2 |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. We all need a sugar daddy to pay for our expenses |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. Driving is a privilege, breathing is not. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Thank you |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. what we need as a nation is Universal Health Care funded by progressive taxation, |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. +1 nt |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. +1 n/t |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. +1 |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Same +1 here. n/t |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. +1 |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
73. yep! n/t |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
77. I am not sure if it is you I love or your simple common sense reply! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
102. +1,000,000. Cuts right through to the point. nt |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
111. +1 |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. And if you choose to not insure your car and you cause an accident, others pay. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. Some people go an entire lifetime without needing to file an auto claim |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. I love your post. But am confused about |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
96. No...he didn't say he would rewrite NAFTA. He said it could be |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. Health insurance should be more like a car warranty, not car (casualty) insurance. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. and you didnt ask your parents to have you????? man i hate this kinda argument. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. and since that body requires food adn shelter we should pay that for you???? nt |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Jesus |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. wasnt it obvious |
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Mixopterus (568 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. How silly of me |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. all kinds of things happen in this world. gotta stay on toes. can veer in any |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. One of the best OPs I've seen on this site. Seriously |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. ...all the selfish libertarian Republican types love it! |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. Here, here Nikki |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. That part of the speech struck me too. |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. Call me old fashioned, |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. Disagree completely |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Unlike a car, people can't exist without a body |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. If a car breaks down in traffic, |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. The traffic from a car that died in the left lane this morning speaks to that |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
108. We're required to have valid driver's licences to drive, too... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
80. In this case... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
83. K&R |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
89. Respiration is Optional! |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
97. Nutshell K&R |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
100. Everywhere else around the World it is ILLEGAL for insurance companies to profit from Healthcare |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #100 |
116. Exactly. And GOP types don't want something so positive to come from payng taxes. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
107. K&R bookmarked and recommended |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
110. Could you imagine the outrage if........ |
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zoff (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
113. I see your point clearly. |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
115. They only way that will work is if health care is VERY affordable. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
118. Oh God Get A Grip. |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
120. Best OP I've seen in my year of often lurking and sometimes posting. YOU, |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
122. you have to have insurance so we can all stop paying for you folks who don't have it. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. The argument is that everyone needs healthcare and it should be provided |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
131. you should loathe single payer then |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
132. Sorry, but the carbon dioxide you just expended from that speech is gonna cost you |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Sardonic lol |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. as long as I got a mock laugh from someone here, I think I've done my job |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Why yes you have |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
133. Oh! But I disagree with your subject line! |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
139. We need to write Congress--yeah, right fucking now :) ---about this: |
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