health care coverage, or lack thereof, have become a class system.
YES to that. What's really scary is my parents are die-hard tea party-ers now. And they've had gov't healthcare for 50+ years. I just want to say to them, "You have no authority to speak on this issue!" But I don't. I did try to make the point that the main reason I *have* to go back to work full time is because of insurance. But it doesn't seem to sink in.
Oh, how frustrating that is! I have always had the utmost respect for your parents but it is really easy to weigh in when you've always had insurance and have never had to worry about it. I just see it as government insurance, rather than government healthcare. Obviously, it has worked well for them but they are opposed to the idea of everyone having it? I don't expect it to be free for all but it should not be tied to your employment status and it should be based on your income. As it stands now, and all things being equal, the person who makes minimum wage would have to pay the same thing as, say, a successful small business owner
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Yeah, I can't imagine that churches would be able to take up the slack. We're talking a lot of money, and I know at my church at least there are many months we're in the red just trying to pay salaries and utilities for the building. There are a lot of bigger, richer churches out there that I know support clinics, etc., but unless the majority of the US population suddenly become tithing Christians I don't see the feasibility.
Well said G and I totally agree. Your comments about well outfitted people looking for 'help' reminded me of how I felt as a kid when the only people I knew who had cable TV and VCRs were the welfare families. I repeat WTF????
LOL, cable? What is that? I think I was an adult before cable ever ran out this way. Even when I was married and we bought our first house, there was no cable. No, if you wanted anything you had to buy one of those NRAO Array like satellite dishes that cost a fortune! Nope, I was still outside turning the antenna and hollering though an open window, "How about now?" well into my teens. (because one of the three channels we actually got wasn't coming in)
And I was way older when the VCR made it to my house. Before that, we had a used player that played these huge square cartridge/disc/thingies that I think my Mom found at a yard sale. What on earth were those players called?
Now, I get irritated when a favored channel doesn't come in HD and will actually *have* to do something when my last HDMI port plays out. How totally spoiled that is! I should really be ashamed of myself!
Yeah cable wasn't available in my area of town until I was almost 20. I was long married and out of the house before mom got it. I'm still usinig rabbit ears and if the weather is wonky so is my reception.
The catridges were for a beta player and I knew someone who had one but it wasn't me LOL. We got a VCR when I was 14 and I remember my mom paid a fortune for it. $400! It was only her and I though.
I remember thinking we had finally made it when you could get dial up internet. DSL was a lot longer in coming. Yeah, we're all pretty spoiled now but getting back to your original post, I find it infuriatiing to see someone I know is capable of paying their share and yet persists in whining to the contrary.
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YES to that. What's really scary is my parents are die-hard tea party-ers now. And they've had gov't healthcare for 50+ years. I just want to say to them, "You have no authority to speak on this issue!" But I don't. I did try to make the point that the main reason I *have* to go back to work full time is because of insurance. But it doesn't seem to sink in.
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P.S. Love that icon!
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Yeah, it's kindof appropriate, isn't it?
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And I was way older when the VCR made it to my house. Before that, we had a used player that played these huge square cartridge/disc/thingies that I think my Mom found at a yard sale. What on earth were those players called?
Now, I get irritated when a favored channel doesn't come in HD and will actually *have* to do something when my last HDMI port plays out. How totally spoiled that is! I should really be ashamed of myself!
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The catridges were for a beta player and I knew someone who had one but it wasn't me LOL. We got a VCR when I was 14 and I remember my mom paid a fortune for it. $400! It was only her and I though.
I remember thinking we had finally made it when you could get dial up internet. DSL was a lot longer in coming. Yeah, we're all pretty spoiled now but getting back to your original post, I find it infuriatiing to see someone I know is capable of paying their share and yet persists in whining to the contrary.
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