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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 1, 2016 13:25:29 GMT -5
From the outside, it boggles the mind that there still isn't a universal and tax-funded healthcare system in the US. Cripes, you guys went to the moon and spearhead most of today's biomedical research... Wouldn't it stand to reason that such ingenuity serve the people instead of corporate interests? Chris Ladd, the former "GOP lifer" now blogging at politicalorphans.com, wrote about that just the other day. politicalorphans.com/socialism-for-white-people/"Americans with good jobs live in a socialist welfare state more generous, cushioned and expensive to the public than Denmark or Norway. We pool our resources to share the burden of catastrophic expenses. But unlike Denmark and Norway, our system doesn’t cover everyone. [...] Working class white voters are not interested in the public safety net. They want to restore their access to an older safety net, one much more generous, dignified, and stable than the public system – the one I and my neighbors still enjoy. [...] taxpayers fund our retirement saving, health insurance, primary, secondary, and advanced education, daycare, commuter costs, and even our mortgages at a staggering public cost. Socialism for white people is all-enveloping, benevolent, invisible, and entirely reserved for the “deserving.” [...] Companies can deduct 100% of the cost of their employees’ health insurance. That results in roughly a $500bn annual transfer of funds from the state and federal treasuries to insurers to provide coverage for the Americans least in need of assistance. America pays about as much to subsidize my private healthcare as we spend annually on Medicaid. This is one of the defining features of white socialism, the most generous benefits go to those who are best suited to provide for themselves. Those benefits are not limited to health care. When I buy a house for my family, or a vacation home, the interest I pay on the mortgage is deductible up to a million dollars of debt. That costs the treasury about $75bn a year, about what we spend to fund the food stamp program. My retirement savings are also tax deductible, diverting another $75bn from government revenues. Other tax preferences carve out special treatment for child care expenses, college savings, commuter costs (your suburban tax credit), local taxes, and other exemptions. By funding government programs with tax credits rather than spending, we create an enormous social safety net that grows ever more generous as household incomes rise. It is important to note though that you need not be wealthy to participate. All you need to gain access to socialism for white people is a good corporate or government job. [...] Blue collar voters are not interested in democratic socialism. They want to restore their access to a more generous and dignified program of white socialism." |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 1, 2016 21:48:53 GMT -5
We have to lock our unit patient kitchen's because they or family members will eat all the jello, pudding, ice cream, soda and such we keep in hand. You know what presses my buttons |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 6, 2016 16:53:20 GMT -5
I saw the Batman Vs. Superman movie on HBO the other night.
I was surprised because I didn't really hate it. In fact, there was some good stuff there (amongst the shadows upon shadows that apparently are the prevailing climatalogical conditions of the DC movie universe.
There. I said it.
So sue me.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 6, 2016 19:40:10 GMT -5
I saw the Batman Vs. Superman movie on HBO the other night. I was surprised because I didn't really hate it. In fact, there was some good stuff there (amongst the shadows upon shadows that apparently are the prevailing climatalogical conditions of the DC movie universe. There. I said it. So sue me. I enjoyed it as well. My only gripe was that Batman was played like an out of control killer. |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Dec 6, 2016 19:56:50 GMT -5
I saw the Batman Vs. Superman movie on HBO the other night. I was surprised because I didn't really hate it. In fact, there was some good stuff there (amongst the shadows upon shadows that apparently are the prevailing climatalogical conditions of the DC movie universe. There. I said it. So sue me. I enjoyed it as well. My only gripe was that Batman was played like an out of control killer. I wonder why such a huge part of comic Batman's character is left out of other media so often. Even Dark Knight Returns Batman didn't kill, and this version was (sort of) based on that. |
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Post by Spike-X on Dec 6, 2016 21:17:16 GMT -5
I saw the Batman Vs. Superman movie on HBO the other night. I was surprised because I didn't really hate it. In fact, there was some good stuff there (amongst the shadows upon shadows that apparently are the prevailing climatalogical conditions of the DC movie universe. There. I said it. So sue me. I'll see you in court! |
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Post by batlaw on Dec 7, 2016 2:33:51 GMT -5
I saw the Batman Vs. Superman movie on HBO the other night. I was surprised because I didn't really hate it. In fact, there was some good stuff there (amongst the shadows upon shadows that apparently are the prevailing climatalogical conditions of the DC movie universe. There. I said it. So sue me. there were bits, parts, elements, moments of it that I like and think were decent or even good. But as a whole it's an inexcusable mess. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Dec 7, 2016 11:47:52 GMT -5
Richard Dreyfuss' performance in What About Bob? is his best.
There I said it.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 7, 2016 11:52:15 GMT -5
Richard Dreyfuss' performance in What About Bob? is his best. There I said it. It had to be better than the one he turned in for Mr. Holland's Opus. Worse than waterboarding. As is the entire fertilizer pile that is the film itself. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 7, 2016 11:55:55 GMT -5
Richard Dreyfuss' performance in What About Bob? is his best. There I said it. It had to be better than the one he turned in for Mr. Holland's Opus. Worse than waterboarding. As is the entire fertilizer pile that is the film itself. Such a maudlin, manipulative, horrible film. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 12:05:14 GMT -5
Batman vs Superman did have some good moments and I'm maybe one of the few that didn't mind Ben Affleck as Batman.
Last night, I was watching Man of Steel while baking a cake...I simply cannot believe Clark just stood there and watched his dad die in that twister. But it had lots of better scenes too.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 7, 2016 12:05:42 GMT -5
It had to be better than the one he turned in for Mr. Holland's Opus. Worse than waterboarding. As is the entire fertilizer pile that is the film itself. Such a maudlin, manipulative, horrible film. I think the scene that centers on the rendition of "Beautiful Boy" may be one of the most execrable ever committed to celluloid. SPOILER ALERT: It sucks. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 7, 2016 12:07:04 GMT -5
Batman vs Superman did have some good moments and I'm maybe one of the few that didn't mind Ben Affleck as Batman. Last night, I was watching Man of Steel while baking a cake...I simply cannot believe Clark just stood there and watched his dad die in that twister. But it had lots of better scenes too. Summon the trumpeters of the apocalypse; I didn't mind him as Batman either. That was far from the worst thing in that movie. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Dec 7, 2016 12:13:54 GMT -5
Richard Dreyfuss' performance in What About Bob? is his best. There I said it. It had to be better than the one he turned in for Mr. Holland's Opus. Worse than waterboarding. As is the entire fertilizer pile that is the film itself. I have not seen that movie. Honestly I can't name a lot of movies he's been in that I've seen. But his decent into madness in What About Bob? is genius. Also. I have nothing against Joan Jett. But her cover of Crimson & Clover is unforgivable. There I said it. Again. (I'm just full of opinions this morning.) |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 7, 2016 12:46:29 GMT -5
It had to be better than the one he turned in for Mr. Holland's Opus. Worse than waterboarding. As is the entire fertilizer pile that is the film itself. I have not seen that movie. Don't. |
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