Shit, sorry, Rip.
Start at 21:30.
Don't Doubt Me: NYT Now Says Pandemic Over By October - YouTube
Yes, Rip, the problem of having to delay care because the impoverished serfs are now waiting in the same line as you is a terrible impediment to state-run healthcare systems. This is why in Britain there is a powerful movement to dispense with their inefficient and reviled healthcare system and replace it with our much-loved private health insurance bureacracy, probably borne of the fact that Britons spend much more on health products and greedy doctor salaries in exchange for worse care outcomes than we get here.
... oh, wait... the exact opposite of every single claim in that above paragraph is true why do you think that is, Rippletoad?
in all seriousness, though, all I want is for the ambulance that comes to your house when you dial 911 to be funded the same way as the fire truck that comes to your house when you dial 911. Everyone should give a % of what they're worth to make sure that even the poorest among us can be cared for. Do you think the fire department should be privatized? The police department? Why? Why is the concept of a community that looks out for itself seem so bubonic to you?
You are absolutely wrong that Hayek and Friedman have different reasons for endorsing UBI than I do. They thought it would solve the problem of poverty without interfering in markets. I agree with them. End of story.
And yes, we should absolutely punish Obama for his crimes. We should punish EVERYONE for breaking the law, because we are not blue-haired antifa "soldiers" or who believe that the rule of law is less important than their personal opinions about truth and justice. Seriously, you think we like Obama ???? have you ever even met a socialist?
And what, exactly, do you believe, Rip? What specific policies do you think should be implemented to get us out of this mess, and why?
Shit, sorry, Rip.
Start at 21:30.
Don't Doubt Me: NYT Now Says Pandemic Over By October - YouTube
Just noticed something:
This has a bearing on the Tarrant County order, which I missed at the time:
The Constitution’s ignored stepchild: the Third Amendment | The Legal Examiner
Under the current US system the ambulance comes when you call 911, independent of ability to pay. Ultimately the poor pay nothing and other victims pay a lot or little depending.
Do you advocate the poor (victim) pays more? Or that someone else pays more on behalf of the victim? Not clear from your post.
He doesn't know anything about anybody "paying" for anything, Barry. He just repeats socialist bullshit.
And I seem to remember someone having said that NYC was going to be Just Fine a while back.
Retail Chains Abandon Manhattan: ‘It’s Unsustainable’ - The New York Times
... after the other players have all worked their asses off to score as many points as possible. Spending the money to buy the best equipment, investing hours in practicing and coached sessions, doing strength training outside of practicing. Then giving it their all during the game, running across the court, swinging like maniacs, taking as many risks as they can to just win. Going at it again and again even when the other players have scored, and they themselves are exhausted. The game may be tied and almost over and all hope may seem lost. But they still try.
Oh and by the way, those people don't get the extra 10 points at the start. It's their points that they scored that are given to the deadbeat players.
Because privilege or something.
Total sophistry. A destroyed credit score and a lifetime's worth of debt is clearly not equivalent to "nothing". I have been a fan of your posts, Barry (seriously)... which is why it is so frustrating to hear you and Rip repeat bogus Fox News talking points about how "ACTUALLY the poor ALREADY get free healthcare!!!"
I am not advocating that anyone pay more. I am advocating that everyone pay less. Please, look at the figures on what people pay for healthcare per capita in various countries. In every case, state-run HC systems are more efficient. This is entirely uncontroversial everywhere but the U.S..
Out of curiosity, let me ask you (Rip, Satch, Arryson, and Hurling are also welcome to furnish me with an answer to this question): if you had to persuade the UK electoral body to give up on the NHS in favor of a U.S.-style private health insurance bureacracy (and the exorbitant doctor salaries endemic thereto), how exactly would you do it? Can you name even one quantitative statistic that supports this position?
You mean those masks that they're now saying are worse than no mask at all?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/mask-test-duke-covid/2020/08/10/4f2bb888-db18-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.htmlThe high droplet count reported in the Duke study could be linked to the neck gaiter’s porous fabric breaking up bigger particles into many little ones that are more likely to hang around in the air longer, Fischer said in the video. This effect makes wearing them possibly “counterproductive,” he added.
Another quote from this story I like:
If ... you can blow through it easily, it probably is not protecting anybody.
If you can breathe, your mask isn't working. Lol.