ThreePointTakedown

So you don't want it better or for people with no health care to have anything, let alone better. That sounds kinda selfish. Are you from the selfish generation? Sounds like it. Want to whine more about the VA or unions. You've got yours. Screw everyone else. Go yell at clouds.

Are you answering a question with a question or are you just afraid?

You're against unions?

Thanks for your contribution

Was that insult aimed at me?

Based on examples of it being underfunded and sloppy. Agreed. Health Care expenses among other countries You mentioned that you can call your doc and get in the office tomorrow. Is that your way of saying that you are unwilling to sacrifice, even a little bit, if that means everyone in the country could see a noticeable benefit?

They are questions posed to you. I'm asking for your thoughts. I am not assuming anything. I want to know what metric you use to determine things in the world. It will help me to converse better.

Always with the not-so thinly veiled insults. Why so mad?

In a manner of speaking. Have some in my family.

Some classes can be taken pass fail if my memory serves but only if requested but that was college. Are ALL classes, in Jr. High and HS, now P/F? That doesn't seem like it would work. Can someone else weigh in to confirm? I've been out of school too long. Hard to land on an accurate GPA if that's the case. Do they still do GPA?

Touché

Yes. That's what that means. I can appreciate the thought of something being possible despite a lack of evidence. What it seems like you're trying to say is that the lack of evidence IS evidence that warrants an investigation as to whether the lack of evidence is authentic. Is that the case? If so, is any non-crime safe from being investigated? Could the police or any law enforcement use that as a reason to come into your home or office to search for something. Because there is NO evidence of it but they want to make sure that their being no evidence is just a coincidence.

Which Russia hoax? That they meddled in an/many elections? That is fact. Did 45 collude with them, did he ask them, on camera to look into Hillary's emails? That is a quid. That the Russians who hacked Hillary's campaign didn't send him an embossed, 'Yes!' doesn't mean their interests weren't aligned. That he was dumb enough to make the statement should indicate his fitness for office, which is none. But that then went on to coddle a Russian dictator for four years, if for no other reason then to gas light his political enemies to the determent of his country and the world, should tell you his fitness for office. Which is none. Not sure of the whipping Haitians story. Can't comment. Texas blocking feds, three people died a pretty excruciating death and the hill you are going to die on is that Texas officials, who WERE, YES THEY WERE blocking feds from the border, didn't directly block feds from helping these people? So indirectly blocking them from the whole border is not the same as preventing feds from aiding these three specific people. You are supporting people that were breaking the law. That they were indirectly responsible for the needless deaths of a woman and CHILDREN and not directly responsible is what you will hang your W on because of the reporting. Do you see how ridiculous that sounds? Of course you don't. You have this opinion or else you would clearly see how dangerous your ideas are. And I am the one that can't see reason. I am not in favor of the deaths of innocent people. And they WERE INNOCENT because you can't prove the weren't and now their futures were stolen because of an imaginary line that we just made up. That you feel the need to defend and kill for. But I am unreasonable? Gish Gallop

He's advocating for a position that directly puts his life in danger if implemented. Not sure he thought that out or he knows that the person who currently sits in the chair(46) won't stoop to the level of taking him out like he(45) has already mused about doing to his enemies on a number of occasions. Funny how that works.

For a war crime, sure. Is that likely to happen? No. Because we don't abide by those courts. If we did, we might roll back our military a bit. Who wants to see that happen? Raise your hands!

Is there history of this or a similar law with similar intent being passed in the past? Just looking to see if there is a comparison somewhere to figure out the next step.

By trying to tell us in those articles that we need to be better critical thinkers. It is up for debate. We're doing it now. Conspiracy theories are not helping your case. And surveys of opinions don't count as reasonable evidence to your point. That is the point of the articles. You shouldn't hold such bad evidence in such high regard. Be skeptical of media and what they are telling you? Yes. But all media, especially if you agree with them. Why do you agree with them? Are they selling you something? Do they have a robust mechanism for getting and discerning the truth or the facts? Do they like being called out and corrected or do they lash out and smear?

We can talk about safe another time. That is too muddy to address now. The word 'probably' is carry a lot of weight. The thing that trends always do is change. Sometimes they come back but they almost always change. Based on housing costs going up and needing a higher % of income to pay for rent/mortgage. That a family will be able to afford to keep one parent home to school kids seems to be going down as cost goes up. Like I said before, this has never been an issue for those with the wealth and privilege to do it anyway. They will always have an advantage. I'm concerned with those that don't have those resources. I might be wrong. What resources does social media provide that has to do with this topic? Not seeing how it ties in. What is doable? Not sure what you mean.

That is a response to what?

I agree that VA hospitals are not great. Am I glad that they don't have to pay anything for that treatment? Yes. Can they be done better? Yes and more money might help. But since we're talking about the VA and veterans. Should the defense budget be that high? So much money makes a lot of people rich. Rich people try to protect their investment. Would they be out of a job or steady income if they lost that spigot of cash? Maybe. Is that an incentive to bother congress people to keep the funds coming? Yes. Does congress need to justify the money they spend? Not really, but they should. If they did feel the need to justify that money, might they get a little too aggressive with the military or be less aggressive with diplomacy in order to justify such a high 'defense' budget? Maybe. That creates more veterans in general. Which creates more veterans that need health care. Might be an complicated fix but spending less might help veterans get better health care.

I don't think your conclusion is born out by those statistics. But think about it. Kids are being taught by people who, probably, don't have experience teaching kids. Its not as easy as you might think. If they can do it, great. I'm glad. Many people don't have the resources to do that. Would you agree? I think more people have fallen prey to the demonizing of education and public education specifically. Those private schools, are they religious, do they have to conform to regulations, can they exclude certain students for whatever reason they want, can they exclude certain people as teachers? I don't find those environments as beneficial to kids.

Because I think it will help. There is data and other countries doing it, now. That tells us that we can fix the problem. If your yearly cost to go to the doctor was an average of $3000 and you were taxed and extra $2000 per year, but that means you don't have to pay anything to visit a doctor, ever. With no other changes made at all, would you be in favor of that? Why or why not?

Is that in the article? Not sure I saw that. Where is this practice taking place?

How do you determine that education is progressive? Where, in public or private? People want to advance those people, places, and things that support their ideas and values. Yes. Not just to youth. You, as a non-youth I'm assuming, are just as susceptible to corporate influence. When you convince yourself you aren't, you might already be lost to that influence. Hedge funds changing corporate behavior by force: Where are you going with that, please expand? Hedge funds like making money. That's what I know about hedge funds. What is racist about DEI?

So who is your complaint with on this one?