I may have been unclear. If so, I apologise for it. I meant out of all the First World countries, the US (the richest country on the planet) has the worst health care outcomes.
Comparisons outside of the Western sphere, particularly with communist dictatorships, won’t really work.
In the end, it doesn’t matter whether you vote for people or policy then. If you are going to be shafted anyway it doesn’t matter.
However, as I said in my original post, this seems to be a very unique problem in the Western world. Other first world countries vote for people and policy and our experience is somewhat different.
Even I know that Trump did his best to sabotage the ACA. It’s not a secret. Just vote for the direct opposite of that fuck.
Not American, but curious as to why you don’t vote for polices that prevent the healthcare ripoff?
I mean, it’s all well and good applauding a single man’s actions, but you all could affect change of there was a genuine will to do so. Other western countries don’t have this problem that you are seemingly powerless to change?
I think that it goes a lot deeper than that. In the 90s I worked on a joint base shared with Americans and made a lot of American friends. They were shocked and sarcastic about the benefits that we had (Australians) that they did not have. Things such as long service leave (12 weeks paid leave after 10 years service) and even our four weeks annual leave. The shocked but I can understand, but the sarcasm I don’t get? It was as if our refusal to expend ourselves to the grind diminished us as a culture ?
That was 35 years ago, and our conditions have degraded accordingly. But I remember the American sentiment of the times well.
Given his salary was reported for last year as 51 million it looks like he won’t be missed that much.
This. I hate the stuff. Can’t sleep and get a killer case of restless legs.
I am prone to respiratory complaints, it’s my weakness. However, I’d rather have that misery than pseudoephedrine.
Damn, this always happens to me when I don’t put me specs on?
I’ve heard that the silencer may have had an impact on the bolt returning properly. If so he may have been aware of this already as he very quickly dealt with the stoppage.
He practised, is what I’m suggesting.
Yes, the lesson is personal security -not trying to be a cunt to the health consumer.
If they catch him jury selection will be a tough gig for the State.
Maybe Bruce Wayne reversed his policy on forearms?
He, ‘something, something’ and ‘found out’.
Trump’s entire stchick is gaming every system to manipulate things in his favour. The Dems always take the higher ground and always get pounded. Every single time - Gore in 2000, particularly.
If Biden ‘pardons’ his son to ameliorate Hunter’s political persecution, then it’s a step in the right direction to push back. Tame as it is, the Dems better learn to fight fire with napalm before all is lost.
Wadya mean ‘could’?
TIL that Twitter is still around in some form. Why do people bother?
I don’t think that he took a hit on Twitter at all. He deliberately destroyed it to kill a very effective voice of independent news and commentary. 30 billion was chump change for that. Look at Twitter now, it’s a hot mess of garbage. Mission accomplished and he’s still getting three squares a day and shooting bullshit and spy satellites into space.
It’s entirely possible that the richest man in the world can fuck around and still not find out.
The ways things are trending he may, quite inadvertently, save their lives in doing so. This is a sad epoch we are living in.
Not meaning to needle you, Mate. Once again, if I come across as a jerk, sorry.