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Giles - congrats..a long way to get ur own denim !!! You should treat yourself to a nice bottle of wine and surprise Apulator with 2 tickets to sfo…lol
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If it matters, I never have to worry about great health care because I have a great job which offers private, high-end healthcare, at very little cost to me. But there are too many downtrodden, hopeless Americans who have had to declare bankruptcy because of medical bills…I can go on and on. Life has been cruel to them and this has got to stop. Barack Omama evokes tears in me (and that happens rarely), because he is a model citizen for having boundless compassion -- hope and compassion for those who are far less fortunate, have no hope, have nowhere to turn. What an amazing man Barack Obama is !
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@shubharamani:
If it matters, I never have to worry about great health care because I have a great job which offers private, high-end healthcare, at very little cost to me. But there are too many downtrodden, hopeless Americans who have had to declare bankruptcy because of medical bills…I can go on and on. Life has been cruel to them and this has got to stop. Barack Omama evokes tears in me (and that happens rarely), because he is a model citizen for having boundless compassion -- hope and compassion for those who are far less fortunate, have no hope, have nowhere to turn. What an amazing man Barack Obama is !
+1 to those who are less fortunate.
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^ until education is tackled "hope" is put on hold. no future without educated young'ns. cuts hit edu HARD… = not good.
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Congrats G!!!!!!!! And yes Seul, there just might be hope for us yet.
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^ until education is tackled "hope" is put on hold. no future without educated young'ns. cuts hit edu HARD… = not good.
You totally got it, dep! Education is the next big deal. But the situation in health was so dire it needed attention first. Also health is easier to turn around and see effects sooner than education. He said he wanted to work on that. We'll see.
Fact is that the greatest asset of a country are its people. If the people are in good health and well educated, they can be efficient members of that society who produce a surplus and make sound decisions. If they are sick and stupid they will cost society more money than we could ever invest in healthcare and education.
What disturbs me is that some states have already announced they want to go to the Supreme Court against this. Yeah, like having healthy citizens is against the constitution.
Till
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Virginia, how ironic! I read it was ten states. The coverage of the subject is better on the German news site than on CNN, fwiw. At least one can say that the Republicans mount a really strong opposition. If they changed the electoral system to one where every vote actually counted and counted the same, the situation would look different. If India can do it, why not the US?
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well - if u look at the members of the Supreme court - and who put them there - u´ll get the picture…Supreme court also allowed for corporate money to be used for political campaigns - those guys are so ready for retirement.
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LOL..I believe this goes for every country..
btw - Simon - ur bandanna is almost out the door..3 to go ***
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They used to require tests before allowing people to vote. That happened right after Slavery… I don't think that's a very good idea. The system is fine as is. Its just essentially the people who need to adjust their ways. Prohibiting people from voting is completely un-american, and that would include voting tests.
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ur right , Simon , in an ideal world people would try to gather as much information as possible before making a decision. But that´s just not gonna happen. Sad - but true.
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