In the interview on WBEZ in Chicago, he's speaking about race--blacks in America at the time of the constitution, that the constitution reflected a blind spot of the time and in the way the founding fathers thought at the time. In other words, it is flawed as it applied to how race was viewed and the rights of non-whites (the constitution reflects that fundamental flaw which continues today on how this country treats non-whites
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when did it become the government's job to tell private industry when they're making too much money in a capitalist society?
When the insurance companies terminate the coverage of people who have suddenly begun needing the insurance company to begin paying out some of the money that the individual has paid in over the course of years, because they've gotten diagnosed with something.
Insurance companies actively look for excuses to shed those people. They've even come up with a nice, bland, accounting-style term for the practice: recission
"Rescission: is a controversial insurance industry practice that has come under fire as an unfair tactic used to deny coverage to policy holders. If you've been a victim of rescission, your insurance company has received a claim from you, and then - after reviewing your application and medical history for undisclosed conditions or inconsistencies - has cancelled your policy at a point when you needed it most. Read recent news articles about rescission." (from Reply
hat you're talking about is different than the question I was asking, though. Related to insurance companies insofar as them making such claim denials in order to keep premium monies, yes, but the president is talking about redistribution on a much larger scale.
I regard rescission as a scumbag technique of denying coverage for unfair reasons, for the record, just as the definition says.
It may be an "easy line to draw" if you operate under the assumption that you understand exactly what he's trying to do, but he never said that the Constitution was fundamentally flawed because it did not address the redistribution of wealth.
I'm not saying he doesn't believe that to be true, and I'm not going to even TRY to convince anyone otherwise that he believes it is, but I think we have a hard enough time having an honest debate about issues without clouding them by taking assumptions and turning them into quotes.
Well, we can only make judgment calls on his direction for the country based on what he's said and what he does. You may call them assumptions if you wish, but what else do we have to go by but his words and deeds?
As for taking assumptions and turning them into quotes, I don't see where that has happened in what I wrote. You'll have to help me out on that.
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When the insurance companies terminate the coverage of people who have suddenly begun needing the insurance company to begin paying out some of the money that the individual has paid in over the course of years, because they've gotten diagnosed with something.
Insurance companies actively look for excuses to shed those people. They've even come up with a nice, bland, accounting-style term for the practice: recission
"Rescission: is a controversial insurance industry practice that has come under fire as an unfair tactic used to deny coverage to policy holders. If you've been a victim of rescission, your insurance company has received a claim from you, and then - after reviewing your application and medical history for undisclosed conditions or inconsistencies - has cancelled your policy at a point when you needed it most. Read recent news articles about rescission." (from Reply
I regard rescission as a scumbag technique of denying coverage for unfair reasons, for the record, just as the definition says.
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I'm not saying he doesn't believe that to be true, and I'm not going to even TRY to convince anyone otherwise that he believes it is, but I think we have a hard enough time having an honest debate about issues without clouding them by taking assumptions and turning them into quotes.
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As for taking assumptions and turning them into quotes, I don't see where that has happened in what I wrote. You'll have to help me out on that.
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"we have a hard enough time having an honest debate about issues without clouding them by taking assumptions and turning them into quotes."
Ooh look a quote - j/k
Anywho, I don't think he's saying you specifically.
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