DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Palus Politicus New Zealand has it right

And I have to ask - given all of your posts - what are you smoking? Pass it around, it's obviously some fine schtick.

And if there was an ounce of sincerity in your questions I'd respond ... but there isn't. And clearly you have reading comprehension issues if that was your take away from my posts.

TB you must have grown up on a farm because you sure like to spread BS. You and a few others on here have nothing but Fox News talking points and alt-right attacks in your arsenals.

I've read a couple of posts you've made this morning, and many over the last few months and they all read alike. Fox Alt-Facts and Lib Bashing. No substance, not individualism, no original thoughts, no exchange except regurgitation and bashing... You don't get to go after anyone for their political posts being 100% partisan. That's all you do!

I'm one of the most 'lefty' guys on here and even I will stop to just talk about things once in a while. Yet I get called things like radical left extremist... If that fits me, what would you call yourself?

I don't believe anyone trusts the government 100%. But some people at least have a little balance in their approach.

Currently we have a healthcare system where we often pay several times the cost for prescription medication than many other nations in the world. Where health insurance providers turn down payments for procedures at will and you have to fight them every step of the way. Where over half the bankruptcies in our nation are caused by medical bills. Where, while we pay more than any other nation for prescription drugs, we fund almost 50% of their R&D.

So while most see this as an extremely flawed system, all the other side can do is scream socialism. Developed nations of the world have seen the flaw in all of this and have found a solution. They care about their citizens health more than they do big business. When their elderly die, they don't lose everything they've worked for to medical bills.

As time has gone on, more and more Americans can see that other developed nations pay far less per patient while having much better healthcare systems for their people.

Yet some are still kicking and screaming socialism.

This is wrong. They don't pay far less. They pay out their ass in taxes. In addition, their healthcare system is not better, it also has flaws, ones that I could argue are worse than ours. So let's do a mental checklist for socialist medicine.

1. Sky high taxes
2. Shortages of doctors, medical equipment
3. Artificially skews free market price
4. Big government top down planning. We know how efficient the government is.
5. Long wait times for simple checkups or procedures.

keep cheering on as we become one of the most depressed countries on the planet.

but as long as the wealthy keep taking all the resources, TB will be happy.

Whether you pay in taxes or you pay through insurance or pay because you don't have insurance ... none of that is relevant to examining the cost of healthcare. Once again you are just dead wrong .... there is verifiable proof out there that Americans pay more for the same procedures and our healthcare costs are HIGH. Whether you compare the cost of a Dr visit or a surgery or a prescription .... the cost is what the cost is.

SMH - seriously!

I agree. Just go out behind the barn and get it done.

Make sure the grave is unmarked.

Nobody said other nations had perfect healthcare, just better healthcare.

The US ranks 37th in healthcare quality and 32nd in infant mortality rates while at the same time spending more than any other country on healthcare per capita. Should the US continue with private healthcare?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskTrumpSupport...ality_and_32nd/

Those are appalling numbers for the richest country in the world.

Which isn’t surprising seeing as we’re one of the dumbest, as well.

But hey, Atleast were #1 in prison population.

We're #1! We're #1!

Do they have one that measures how smart we are on average compared to other countries? That should be good for a laugh.

LMAO, here it is:
https://brainstats.com/average-iq-by-country.html

United States (average IQ: 98)
https://list25.com/25-countries-with-the-highest-average-iq/

I have a friend that lives in Canada. He comes down here when he needs anything done, but he pays a God awful price for insurance down here. When I asked him why he said you can die waiting for them to get round to you.

For what it is worth, there's a bill democrats are trying to pass in Colorado that several sheriffs state they won't enforce. Some have labeled their counties as 2nd amendment sanctuaries(the idea of that probably makes liberals heads explode).

I’m getting ahead of the curve and shopping muzzle loaders now.

GC. Sometime we need to start a new argument.

That IQ is an indictment on the Department of Education. I believe that department needs to be abolished!!!

IQ has less to do with education and more to do with your capacity to learn and reason. Your IQ will remain relatively the same throughout your life. I've taken several IQ tests in my life starting when I was in first or second grade and my score has never varied more than a point or two.

138.
Public education.
(Relatively) balanced/(relatively) sane life.
Product of 'New Deal'-era Socialist education policies, despite being a Little Brown Kid in 1st Gen "post-Jim Crow" America.

Heroes: The teachers I met along my Life Path who took me aside, nurtured me... and pushed me to at least try to transcend my original station in This American Life.
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IQ was never a determiner of My Path.
Focus, structure, achievement were the touchstones that framed how I was raised/trained.
They gave.
I loafed.

I wish I had honored My Mentors with the level of effort they deserved to see from me. I might have actually amounted to something more than I've achieved. To my last day, this will always be a profound regret of mine.

I should have tried harder.

Only in a thread about guns would people find a way to bash educators.

Keep it up, DawgTalkers!

That's ok, don't sweat it. Education isn't for everyone.

And then you have those who want it abolished.

What a stupid thing to say. That’s what they do in Afghanistan and other suppressed countries. Not surprised you feel that way though.

The 'j' in jfanent must stand for JOKES. But after talking to some on here I agree with the spirit of your comment. There are a few guys on here that are both highly educated and highly intelligent though.

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