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Show Of Hands July 29th, 2011 12:00am

If you were President Obama, would you bypass Congress and ignore the debt ceiling altogether? (the "14th Amendment argument")

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veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:48 am

@Austrian Do you ever NOT talk about proving political and philosophical points? I've never seen you comment on the fun/pointless questions. You're always serious and to the point. Come on…comment on something. "Why so serious?!" And why are you always up until 4 am?!

austrian Valid Location, Virginia
08/01/11 2:19 am

My point is that there is nothing to connect the for-profit model to high costs or low efficiency. That's too simple of an assessment. There is a logical link between government involvement and higher costs in the US. This is from 1993 and is even more relevant today: tinyurl.com/ct6szy

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:11 am

Good night RJ the mad scientist. Night Austrian (or good morning…)

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:09 am

@RJ's wife…MY NAME IS SARAH!! I'm
21 :)

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:09 am

gotta go folks! have a good Monday!

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:09 am

uh oh. I'm busted! wife just walked in and wants to know why I'm on the iPad still

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:08 am

never baby chickens. if it's poultry I like full grown chickens

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:07 am

what you are saying isn't reality...it's theory.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:07 am

Austrian...again, you are repeating talking points that ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE DATA! you are going to have to come to terms, at some point, that

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:06 am

That's right…once you take science out of it I can handle my own turf. This is after all a 14 year olds area of expertise. Although Austrian doesn't seem like the street smart type…

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:05 am

@RJ Ya chicks…BABY CHICKENS!!!

austrian Valid Location, Virginia
08/01/11 2:05 am

It isn't the for-profit aspect that is the deciding factor. We have actually made our health care more expensive by having all the regulations we have instead of just having a free market. A non-for-profit system gives no incentive to innovate, give choice, serve effectively, or not be like Canada.

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:05 am

Tip 100: answer you on the latest SoH poll question.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:04 am

or dudes if you're into that kind of thing.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:04 am

molecular biologists get chicks!

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:03 am

@Austrian tip #2-99: REREAD TIP #1

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:02 am

our for-profit system stinks and is expensive. not-for-profit systems are better.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:01 am

Austrian...again, you have to rectify that position with the facts. the reality is the exact opposite of what you are saying is the case.

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 2:01 am

@RJ YES I CAN!! Good ones too Most important tip: NEVER BECOME A MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST…EVER!!!!

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 2:00 am

no delta waves, and eventually you go crazy! watch what happens to speed freaks when they stay up for 4 or 5 days...they go crazy...hallucinate and stuff

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:59 am

delat-wave...a frequency of brain waves...alpha, beta, delta. it's in delta you go into REM

austrian Valid Location, Virginia
08/01/11 1:59 am

Anyway, the government involvement is precisely what drives up the costs of healthcare. That's our problem. As it is now, people have no incentive to take care of themselves because their employer or the government say they will take responsibility for them.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:58 am

veritas can give you some pointers

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:58 am

the only problem is getting a girl.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:58 am

you should have kids, Austrian. take good care of them.

austrian Valid Location, Virginia
08/01/11 1:57 am

I better not have any children, then, should I, RJ?

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:56 am

REM, only during delta-wave sleep

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:56 am

they just give their babies a better chance to live

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:55 am

people in slots 1 - 36 also have freedoms too

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:55 am

Austrian...trust me....when you have a baby, you won't be worried about the concept of freedom. you're only going to care about that baby and the quality of care available.

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 1:55 am

Fast side to side movements of your eye caused by muscle contractions

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:53 am

veritas....go to bed. Get some REM sleep...it help transfer short-term into long-term memories.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:52 am

37th! that's freakin' ridiculous"

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:52 am

regardless...if we are 37th in infant mortality....I don't want to hear any dumbass politician tell me he's pro-life.

austrian Valid Location, Virginia
08/01/11 1:51 am

There aren't statistics on something which has never been tried. Most of the policy suggestions from that article are completely paternalistic and violate people's freedom.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:51 am

then we're back to the topic of standard of lving. and again, my point is that the evil 'socialist' word has some serious merits to it.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:50 am

profit is great...for somethings. for healthcare, it isn't.

RJ1969 SoCal
08/01/11 1:49 am

Austrian, the data clearly shows that the opposite of what your suggesting works better.

austrian Valid Location, Virginia
08/01/11 1:48 am

As for the mortality and life expectancy statistics, many more things factor into those then just health care.

veritas… Texas
08/01/11 1:48 am

DAMN IT!!!! ARE YOU GONNA KEEP
SOING THIS TO ME?!?! Rat bites…how could I forget!!!!!!?!? It attacks your realigned system so i thought…YOU SUCK!!!! ;(