The ..2012.... Political thread
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audi:
John Boehner receives government-run healthcare. Just a random comment.
My understanding is that he doesn't. Federal employees use an exchange to pick their health care plans such as a blue cross. Last time I looked any Blue Cross plan is not operated by the government. Did I miss something??
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jaipur:
audi:
John Boehner receives government-run healthcare. Just a random comment.
My understanding is that he doesn't. Federal employees use an exchange to pick their health care plans such as a blue cross. Last time I looked any Blue Cross plan is not operated by the government. Did I miss something??
Whether they be publicly or privately insured is not as relative as their ability to pay for it. Who pays the most percentage wise...by virtue of their working income?
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I hear the senate insurances actually covers plastic surgery. if you want to do away with REAL entitlement programs. Get rid for the fire dept. How much would that save us. It cost trillions to have the socialized program. Insurance company pay out less than 3% to fire damage claims. Why do we have a fire dept that cost us 950 per fireman a day. Not to include all there retirement programs. I laugh how msnbc is reporting on the Wisconsin protest. There flying in firemen to protest from around the country. Do they mention what these guys are costing the tax payers. Do them mention the benefits and wages these guys are costing us daily.. No that be real reporting.. Not the fake news we get.
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appletart2:
I hear the senate insurances actually covers plastic surgery. if you want to do away with REAL entitlement programs. Get rid for the fire dept. How much would that save us. It cost trillions to have the socialized program. Insurance company pay out less than 3% to fire damage claims. Why do we have a fire dept that cost us 950 per fireman a day. Not to include all there retirement programs. I laugh how msnbc is reporting on the Wisconsin protest. There flying in firemen to protest from around the country. Do they mention what these guys are costing the tax payers. Do them mention the benefits and wages these guys are costing us daily.. No that be real reporting.. Not the fake news we get.
Plastic surgery??? Actually they'll pay for a sex change operation if that's your cup of tea - gov't perk
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rich n:
appletart2:
I hear the senate insurances actually covers plastic surgery. if you want to do away with REAL entitlement programs. Get rid for the fire dept. How much would that save us. It cost trillions to have the socialized program. Insurance company pay out less than 3% to fire damage claims. Why do we have a fire dept that cost us 950 per fireman a day. Not to include all there retirement programs. I laugh how msnbc is reporting on the Wisconsin protest. There flying in firemen to protest from around the country. Do they mention what these guys are costing the tax payers. Do them mention the benefits and wages these guys are costing us daily.. No that be real reporting.. Not the fake news we get.
Plastic surgery??? Actually they'll pay for a sex change operation if that's your cup of tea - gov't perk
And the kids of low income working people have to wing it...because their parents pay such high relative premiums and deductibles...that they can't even afford basic health care...let alone the luxury of adult narcissist fantasies...
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Writer, activist, artist, and thinker Henry Rollins warned that "too many Western governments have a vested interest in a demonized Muslim world and will attempt to misrepresent the Eqyptian peoples' dignified demand for democracy as something terrifying and threatening, as a ploy to keep their war policies in place." Ring a bell?
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jaipur:
audi:
John Boehner receives government-run healthcare. Just a random comment.
My understanding is that he doesn't. Federal employees use an exchange to pick their health care plans such as a blue cross. Last time I looked any Blue Cross plan is not operated by the government. Did I miss something??
the fed government pays over $10,500 as their portion of Boehners health care. http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/59307 so yes he is a hypocrite
Congressional members' most popular choice is the Blue Cross and Blue Shield standard fee-for-service family plan, according to the Office of Personnel Management. For this year, the total premium for that plan will come to $15,682.68. Of that, the federal government will pick up $10,503.48 while the employee pays out $5,179.20. The plan carries modest co-pays and there is no coverage limit.
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SurSteven:
rich n:
appletart2:
I hear the senate insurances actually covers plastic surgery. if you want to do away with REAL entitlement programs. Get rid for the fire dept. How much would that save us. It cost trillions to have the socialized program. Insurance company pay out less than 3% to fire damage claims. Why do we have a fire dept that cost us 950 per fireman a day. Not to include all there retirement programs. I laugh how msnbc is reporting on the Wisconsin protest. There flying in firemen to protest from around the country. Do they mention what these guys are costing the tax payers. Do them mention the benefits and wages these guys are costing us daily.. No that be real reporting.. Not the fake news we get.
Plastic surgery??? Actually they'll pay for a sex change operation if that's your cup of tea - gov't perk
And the kids of low income working people have to wing it...because their parents pay such high relative premiums and deductibles...that they can't even afford basic health care...let alone the luxury of adult narcissist fantasies...
Sounds like more misinformation as they don't necessarily have to "wing it". Low income kids can be covered under Medicaid, one of the "democrat" successes lauded here or SCHIP that came under Clinton. btw as I understand it there are no deductibles under Medicaid or SCHIP.
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Boehner's "...so be it" comment this week irritated me. It's OK for thousands of federal employees to be tossed out of their jobs, as long as the federal employee isn't himself. Reminds me of the arrogant boss in the film Office Space.
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mustangsally10:
jaipur:
audi:
John Boehner receives government-run healthcare. Just a random comment.
My understanding is that he doesn't. Federal employees use an exchange to pick their health care plans such as a blue cross. Last time I looked any Blue Cross plan is not operated by the government. Did I miss something??
the fed government pays over $10,500 as their portion of Boehners health care. http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/59307 so yes he is a hypocrite
Congressional members' most popular choice is the Blue Cross and Blue Shield standard fee-for-service family plan, according to the Office of Personnel Management. For this year, the total premium for that plan will come to $15,682.68. Of that, the federal government will pick up $10,503.48 while the employee pays out $5,179.20. The plan carries modest co-pays and there is no coverage limit.
Let's help Rep. Weiner D. NY defund congresses health care...great idea ..let's see if the hypocrites trying to keep other americans from having the same type of program are willing to give up their benefits.
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Some words of wisdom:
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Civics and History are sorely lacking in recent education....excuse me?? you would not get out of 5th grade *without* knowing how (or not) the US government works.
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jaipur:
Civics and History are sorely lacking in recent education....excuse me?? you would not get out of 5th grade *without* knowing how (or not) the US government works.
Back when WE were in the fifth grade, that would be true. Because of Bush's ridiculous No Child Left Behind legislation, the U.S. is graduating more and more under-educated dumb-asses by the minute.
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Don't know why, my sense is this was going on long before "no child left behind", though I don't think it did what it was intended to do. Part of it too is that many generations don't feel the need to learn anything at all....if you need to know something, just google it.
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All I know is I don't know how my great grandmother and her family even lived in their day! No NOTHING to help them. What scares me is it is only getting worse with our growing population, how are we going to survive all the with all the needs we have now? We all need so much now.
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jaipur:
Don't know why, my sense is this was going on long before "no child left behind", though I don't think it did what it was intended to do. Part of it too is that many generations don't feel the need to learn anything at all....if you need to know something, just google it.
"Part of it too is that many generations don't feel the need to learn anything at all" I know people who work harder than any rightwing supporter on this board...and they still can't afford health insurance for their families without relying on social health insurance...like rightwingers do.
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rich n:
appletart2:
I hear the senate insurances actually covers plastic surgery. if you want to do away with REAL entitlement programs. Get rid for the fire dept. How much would that save us. It cost trillions to have the socialized program. Insurance company pay out less than 3% to fire damage claims. Why do we have a fire dept that cost us 950 per fireman a day. Not to include all there retirement programs. I laugh how msnbc is reporting on the Wisconsin protest. There flying in firemen to protest from around the country. Do they mention what these guys are costing the tax payers. Do them mention the benefits and wages these guys are costing us daily.. No that be real reporting.. Not the fake news we get.
Plastic surgery??? Actually they'll pay for a sex change operation if that's your cup of tea - gov't perk
well if you can't get re elected..I guess this gives them another try.
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SurSteven:
In order to save the United States of America more money...and to be an example...in this process..........The Speaker of The House...has decided to immediately cut his benefits and wages in half.
the dem were willing to cut all of their health care . Now Boner is offering 1/2
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Geez I rearranged a few letters in Bohners name and it gets bleeped.
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appletart2:
Geez I rearranged a few letters in Bohners name and it gets bleeped.
The trick to defeating the bleeper is substituting foreign letters that LOOK like the English ones: For example: Fuçk, Suçk, Çunt, Shït, and Åsshole This page shows how to insert the special characters: http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/ALT-Characters/index.php#ALT_Character_Example