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Re: Democrats aghast over ‘racially offensive’ new title of Republican subcommittee

wwday3 — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 17:24:35 -0000

Would they prefer something more like "Employment and Handouts"? Or, maybe "Industrious and Lazy"?

Re: EDIT 10:36am Outraged Gutfeld! Fan Scolds Fox’s Kat Timpf Over ‘Commies’ Joke: ‘You Do Know That Greg is Your Boss?’ · American Wire News

wwday3 — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:22:50 -0000

That, is, true. :)

Re: Shapiro at 'National Review': Comedians Are Catching On

wwday3 — Wed, 16 May 2018 17:39:21 -0000

Don't bet on it. It's not so much the insulting and insensitive comments (politicians make them ALL the time), it's the framing of those comments.

Look at all the crap Biden has said over the years. When he "gaffs", what happens? Everyone chuckles and says something like, "Oh, that goofy old uncle Joe. He stepped in it again".

When someone from the "mean, racist, white-supremacist Whitehouse" says anything, it is framed as an anti-human, anti-democratic diatribe.

If the Administration denounced and apologized for the McCain comment, the left and "resisters" would frame it as endemic of *anything* related to Trump, and would probably not be satisfied until the aide was burned at the stake.

It's best for the Administration to just shut-up and ignore it.

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:46:04 -0000

Here's a crazy thought. Maybe they ALL lie!

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:41:00 -0000

Sorry, not a huge Trump fan. Just someone who knows how statistics can lie. If you do a statistical analysis, it needs to compare apples vs. apples, not apples vs. oranges.

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 04:14:53 -0000

It may not "create" a culture of health (although that might be argued by some), but it certainly rewards individuals who make healthier choices. What's wrong with that?

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 04:14:43 -0000

Oddly enough, I was listening to a local radio show today where they were promoting this kind of thinking. It sounded like a good start (and thinking that seems to be lacking in Washington).

Recently, I chatted with a friend who's company had this kind of plan (the company is self-insured). They did so well cost-wise over the course of a year that this past June they had a "free" premium month. No employee had to pay any premiums.

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:50:31 -0000

The newborn death rates are skewed. http://www.americanthinker....

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:31:53 -0000

Oops.

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 20:26:06 -0000

I keep going back to this post. https://market-ticker.org/a...

Warning to progressives: The guy who wrote this is one of the Tea Party founders :)

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:42:25 -0000

It's very simple. There is a large (and ever expanding) portion of the populace who want everything for free. If they can't get it for free, they do without.

The progressives, in their naive compassion, saw this group of people and said, "Ahhhh. These poor people can't afford insurance. Let's help them out."

Progressives, being naturally unable to see or understand reality, didn't realize that the people who want free stuff don't want cheaper stuff. They want free stuff.

A few of the "free stuff people" went along with the plan and "tried out" the cheap insurance. But, once the costs of the cheap insurance started to rise, and they realized "cheap but getting more expensive" isn't free, most of them said "fuck it", and dropped the insurance.

I witnessed it happen. A destitute lady I know got a $49 per month policy that had everything in it my "$500 per month with a $3000 deductible" policy has in it.

The $49 unfortunately interfered with her love of cigarettes and booze, so she dropped the insurance knowing she could still go to the emergency room and get service for "free".

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:20:16 -0000

What I don't understand, is that during the recent "debate", I heard several ideas that were interesting or seemed to have merit. Ted Cruz's adjustment to the exchange policy requirements, and Rand Paul's health associations are just a couple examples. Yet, those ideas were dismissed out of hand without anyone really considering them. McConnell and the leadership seemed to want "their way or the highway".

Isn't the Senate supposed to be a body of debate? Where was the "debate"?

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:08:08 -0000

Problem is, I watched an interview with the "inventor" of Obamacare. In the interview he claimed the ACA was patterned after the Swiss model.

So, you see the problem. Even if it starts out right, it will eventually get twisted - by special interests - into something else. Look at how much the recent AHCA bill morphed during its short trip from the House to the Senate.

The Swiss formula is basically like a negative income tax or universal basic income. Core requirements are addressed, and anything above that would be handled in a free market fashion.

The issue, once again, is who defines the core requirements. If progressives get involved, who knows what we'll wind up paying for? I shudder to think about it.

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 18:55:15 -0000

And why has she never been charged? Is it because of innocence? Or "collusion"? Or "pay for play"? How can questions of that magnitude be irrelevant, especially in an atmosphere of witch-hunting? Annoying, maybe. But irrelevant?

Re: The People’s Plan to Fix Health Care | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 18:50:29 -0000

Richard, just a correction. I've noticed you've referred to AHCA numerous times in your posts.The current law is actually the ACA. The AHCA is the new bill the House passed but the Senate rejected.

Please don't take the correction the wrong way. I like your posts.

Re: Health Care is a System, Not a Goal | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:24:07 -0000

During the election cycle, I told my wife this was a contest between a moderate Democrat running as a progressive, and a conservative Democrat running as a Republican.

Guess I was right.

Re: Health Care is a System, Not a Goal | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:05:15 -0000

OK. So now the Democrats and Republicans have to work together (or at least have been given the chance).

What concerns me is the fact that whatever they come up with now is limited by "the mandate", the penalties, and all those fancy extra taxes (remember - all those things are still "law"). I'm having a hard time believing that anything meaningful (rational) will be hatched with those restraints in place.

In the meantime, since the current law has to be upheld, won't Congress just start throwing money at it to keep it solvent? Like they always do (the infamous Obamacare bailout of 2017)?

What if someone comes up with a brilliant idea, but it's shot down because it can't exist simultaneously with "the mandate", or the "Cadillac tax", or some other inane part of the 30,000 page bill Pelosi still hasn't had the time to read?

I'm not feeling very optimistic.

Re: Adding A Feature - Dilbert Comic Strip on 2017-07-20 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

wwday3 — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:51:32 -0000

I would say it's more than just a common problem. In my experience, it is "the norm".

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:58:10 -0000

Let me put it this way. In a free society we are considered "innocent until proven guilty". I doubt even you would say that Hillary is "innocent" :)

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:44:14 -0000

Sorry, no. It means I haven't been charged. The guilty/not guilty dichotomy does not exist until there is something to be guilty/not guilty of. I'm not sure if it's more accurate to describe it as a null state or a dual state. I'll leave that to others.

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:36:23 -0000

Your response confirms my theory that this is an investigation in search of a crime.

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:30:17 -0000

Except... we all know that these politicians (even the "junior politicians" like Don Jr.) have these HUGE egos, and believe that they are smarter than whomever it is they are meeting with, and that they will be able to outsmart and outmaneuver their foreign contacts and adversaries with ease.

I, for one, don't buy - for one second - all of these sanctimonious a-holes suddenly popping out of the woodwork claiming, "I would have IMMEDIATELY called the FBI". Biggest crock I've heard in a long time.

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:05:09 -0000

That I may not be be charged with speeding does not mean I am not guilty of speeding. Not by a long shot.

You can really only use the terms guilty and not guilty if a charge has been made. Otherwise, I could walk around declaring myself not guilty of speeding, which wouldn't make a lick of sense.

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:44:51 -0000

I assume you understand the difference between "guilty" and "under suspicion" or "under investigation", Right? And, which "guilty" is it? Lying? Collusion? Campaign finance violation? Treason? Being stupid?

I 'm not excusing or defending his actions or statements. I'm just getting tired of the declarations of "guilty of...???" every time anything hits the news. The morning this came out there were talking heads on CNN trying to convince their audience Son Jr. could be guilty of treason!

Re: My Chat About Russia With Tucker Carlson | Scott Adams' Blog

wwday3 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 04:51:46 -0000

It is, and has been, an "investigation in search of a crime". They are so certain that if they keep digging, something will crop up. How many millions have been spent so far in this treasure hunt?