Healthcare in the US

[comrade_general]

So is that how you'd figure me to turn out, or am I not as right-wing-nut-job as you thought?  

Guns is another fun debate, but I suspect we should leave that for another thread.  

Why argue it, how 'bout you do what you do and I do what I do?  

[Jubal]

Nope, that's more or less my expectation. It may surprise you to learn  that according to the guys who made that compass most politicians are actually to the right of their voters.

I don't feel the need to argue about guns, though I think America's gun control laws are looser than they need to be and suffer from a lot of misinterpretation by the NRA, etc. Some people in that organisation do seem to hold pretty dumb views, or at least that's what it looks like from this side of the pond. I'd feel less safe in the US I think, particularly in states where one can carry concealed weapons.

[comrade_general]

I just have to shake my head. You have no idea what its like to live here. If you come visit I'll be more than happy to show you around.  

With all due respect.

[Jubal]

Fair play on that; ditto/vice versa with the UK. I guess everything is affected by perspective, and people who seem to be arguing on opposite sides will often find that their underlying principles co-incide but are just worked out differently depending on their situation.

Anyhow... looks like Obama might've wrapped this up for us, until November at least.

[comrade_general]

Anyhow... looks like Obama might've wrapped this up for us, until November at least.

Not really, this healthcare thing of his hasn't done anything at all, pretty much fizzled away.

I'm doing now what many have done for years; through the company I work for $10 bucks is taken out of every bi-monthly paycheck and I am fully insured against anything that might happen to me. What ungodly percentage is taken out of your paychecks?

[Jubal]

I only meant wrapped it up as in actually passed the bill, even if it is a ***t bill.

And yeah, single healthy working people like you benefit from your current system. People who can't find work, or are old and poor, or are young with poor parents lose out. You measure a society by how it treats those who can't help themselves, not those who can.

[comrade_general]

I'm not going to work my butt off to help those who will abuse what they think they are owed.

[Private Clark]

Solution: fake Canadian IDs for all Americans! got a problem? us the free health care in Canada!

thats actualy from a Dave Chappelle skit lol.