Signal Boost: Dear GOP - You are killing people!

[genchaos]

Originally posted by acelightning at Signal Boost: Dear GOP - You are killing people!
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Sorry, not buying the Socialist Scam

[amigoid]

I'm sorry, but I can not agree with you on this plan, unless you can tell me how we as a country can afford to pay for it on top of all the other government programs we are already paying for

Re: Sorry, not buying the Socialist Scam

[jhyanmar]

I'm going to assume you're interested in the facts, so here goes. To start, "Socialism" consists of the government seizing the means of production. Paying for something does not qualify as seizing the means of production

Re: Sorry, not buying the Socialist Scam

[jhyanmar]

As for undocumented immigrants, please realize that most undocumented immigrants pay taxes. The aims of an undocumented immigrant are generally to continue their standard of living and avoid government attention. Indeed, many people believe that immigrant-supported tax rolls will make up for continuing crippling costs of the Bush tax cuts, to a certain extent. Since Laffer curve theories of increased government revenues for reduced taxation have utterly failed to produce results, it is likely that it will be the immigrants that will be supporting us, rather than the other way around

Re: Sorry, not buying the Socialist Scam

[jhyanmar]

In response, many hospitals, doctors, and other health care organizations have dramatically increased their rates, and then offer what discounts they can to the uninsured or the underinsured. Since medical professionals are not supposed to be offering multiple costs in this way, let alone to medicare vs. private insurance, these efforts are rough and often miss the mark. In a system that values the bottom line more than human health or happiness, this is considered to be a feature rather than a bug by the executives. I, and many others, disagree with that notion