You misunderstood. I never said during the shutdown. I'm saying he's not getting impeached nor is he going to prison, but you feel otherwise. Time will tell who is right, but I'd bet plenty that I'll be right.
You misunderstood. I never said during the shutdown. I'm saying he's not getting impeached nor is he going to prison, but you feel otherwise. Time will tell who is right, but I'd bet plenty that I'll be right.
Trump’s golf club hid undocumented workers’ existence from Secret Service
Management at one of Donald Trump’s golf clubs did not include undocumented workers in the list of staff to be vetted by the Secret Service!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/us/trump-golf-club-illegal-immigrant-employee.html
Correct!!!! wrote:
Qualified Poster wrote:
These are the qualifications to be POTUS:
1) Natural born citizen
2) At least 35 years old
3) At least 14 years as resident of US
4) Not previously elected POTUS more than once
5) Not previously elected POTUS once while also having served for more than 2 years as POTUS during a term to which some other person was elected POTUS
Candidate must satisfy ALL of the above.
So please stop all this nonsense about HRC being MORE qualified than anyone else. She was EQUALLY qualified as everyone else in the race.
This poster is correct. Flagpole and his many sheep followers are clueless.
Meh. Those are the MINIMUM requirements. You can certainly be MORE qualified than someone else with those same minimum requirements. How do you think people are "more qualified" for a certain job than others?
Ok. I am closer and closer every day to believing he will go to prison...just not there yet. Also, I have seen your list of 4 before, and I do agree with it for a true autocrat. I just think there are too many checks and balances on him still for those to be the only outcomes. I say it is still possible to be voted out by the people or the Senate or he resigns.
I like your reasoning for prison for him though, and you just may be right.
Betting is low class. Don't do it.
scottfrye1 wrote:
Flagpole deserved post 45000 IMHO.
The one that said I was the best poster ever here? I agree.
Very serious situation! wrote:
This wall is to appease Trumps base—pure and simple. If it were a serious attempt to address National Security the they would also insist on a Northern Border. To be clear—this is a political move to satisfy the many, many racists in Trump’s base who are only calling for a southern border wall because most of the people coming across are the “wrong” color—i.e. brown.
Throw in that Trump would undoubtedly name said wall after himself and it's a clear winner from his point of view. It is not about border security.
Giant Pool wrote:
agip wrote:
you don't know what I want.
but yeah in general I think the ACA had the right idea - make everyone buy health insurance, and subsidize the poor. Create a giant, giant private insurance pool.
That would have worked, but for the GOP obsession with taking away people's health care.
Other Giant Pools that Republicans keep quiet about:
-- Auto Insurance -- don't have it, don't get to drive
-- Mortgage Insurance -- don't have, don't get a loan.
-- Business / Contractor Liability Insurance -- don't have and good luck getting hired.
I can't believe I have to explain this to what I assume are educated adults.....
Those other examples of insurance are not even remotely comparable to our health care system ("health insurance"). Those other insurance types are actually rooted in actuarial tables, data, probabilities, etc. That is what insurance is supposed to be. The pricing is based on the likelihood that an accident will occur. In addition, these insurance markets are very competitive, so costs are subject to downward pressure. Tying insurance to the law is not a bad idea here, because the insurance is actual insurance. Health "insurance" is not even remotely rooted in actuarial formulas.
Health "insurance" is really a third party payment system at this point. If you've stepped foot in a basic economics class, you'd know that third party payment systems are insanely inefficient. Every single time you interact with someone in the health care system, money is paid out.
On top of this, health care is largely fee-for-service. If you've stepped foot in a basic economics class, you'd know that fee-for-service industries are insanely inefficient. Fee-for-service industries are at the root of many of the most unsustainable industries (health care, law, academia, etc.).
So our health care ("insurance") system is based on two of the most inefficient system models you could even come up with. This dumbed-down "giant pool" idea shows a complete lack of understanding of basic economics. You think it will control costs?! Are you mad?! There's literally no incentive for anyone in the system to reduce costs! To make things even worse, nearly every provision of the ACA intentionally increased demand for health care (if you've stepped foot in a basic economics class, you'd know that increasing demand for something will only increase costs). You were sold a bill of goods that was a complete lie. The insurance industry made out like bandits and Obama lied to your face so he could expand coverage the easiest (laziest) way possible.
So to your examples, where the "giant pool" is a component of the actuarial formulas to determine pricing-
Auto insurance is solely for damage to the vehicle and personal injury. Does it cover general repairs for wear parts (tires, brakes, tie-rods, etc)? Nope. Can you get a rack or hitch installed? No, no you can't. You pay out of pocket for everything car related that is not an accident/damage. This are the equivalent to going to the doctor for a checkup, or maybe a common cold or flu. Who pays for those visits to the doctor though? You? Nope- Who knows?! Who cares- I hardly see any of the bill! Yay health insurance!
Does Contractor Liability insurance cover the tools they need to get the job done? What about extra materials that they didn't originally plan for? Nope and nope.
Again, the insurance in these industries are rooted in actuarial formulas that cover major accidents. The costs are actually pretty controllable, and the insurance market is very competitive. Health insurance is NOT.
Trumpettes are NOT Americans!
Hahaha! Flagpole and the Gang were huge Avenatti fans for a minute. As was noted at the time, it was a clear sign of the desperation of team TDS.
You did forget to mention the fake news of the month though- That cellphone signals from Cohen's phone were found in outside Prague. Of course, I saw many idiots run with it on social media. Cohen- who has now completely gone anti-Trump to try to save his own asss, had to publicly deny again that he has never been near Prague and also that he NEVER SAW OR PARTICIPATED IN ANY RUSSIAN COLLUSION.
Also- the Mexican president's proposal to incentive businesses and people to stay and prosper in his own country is indeed a huge step forward. Lets hope it gains steam and other countries around the world employ the same tactics to improve the lives of their people.
This is the most ignorant post of all-time.
YOU: "Those other insurance types are actually rooted in actuarial tables, data, probabilities, etc"
Exactly how heath insurance premiums are determined.
You are truly ignorant.
Flagpole, are you against a sitting President playing golf as frequently as Trump and Obama have/did?
Also, yes I know Trump criticized Obama for how frequently he played.
Democrats during the election should of begged for Biden to run. He was your safest bet.
Thisthreadisridiculous wrote:
Flagpole, are you against a sitting President playing golf as frequently as Trump and Obama have/did?
Also, yes I know Trump criticized Obama for how frequently he played.
Trump plays a LOT more golf than any president ever has.
Only Trump has ever billed the government for his golf outings — hotel use, golf carts, parking fees, etc.
That post by 'Educate yourselves first' smells like / reeks of HardLoper. HardLoper would be LRC's #1 village idiot if it weren't for his best pal jamin.
golfers wrote:
Thisthreadisridiculous wrote:
Flagpole, are you against a sitting President playing golf as frequently as Trump and Obama have/did?
Also, yes I know Trump criticized Obama for how frequently he played.
Trump plays a LOT more golf than any president ever has.
Only Trump has ever billed the government for his golf outings — hotel use, golf carts, parking fees, etc.
A lot more is completely exaggerated. The rest of what you wrote is false.
Nice try, pal. Everything I said is true. I received graduate education specifically on Health Care economics, where we studied the ACA in-depth, and I have three family members that work for the insurers. One of which actually works on premium setting for one of the largest insurers in the country. Setting pricing in a fee-for-service industry such as health care is totally different than actuarial work based strictly on probability of an auto accident occurring, for instance. Also, being the payment intermediary for all issues health distorts pricing formulas determining premiums and deductibles beyond recognition. Do you not understand this? Most people I know pay higher premiums and higher deductibles, as health care costs per unit have continued on the same trajectory as pre-ACA. Oh, and of course health insurers profits have done extremely well since the ACA was implemented.
If you don't realize that health care is a fee-for-service industry (not output-incentivized), where all payments are made via a third party payment provider ("insurance"), which shields actual costs from consumers (zero pricing transparency), with very low competition..... I guess I cannot help you. None of the other insurance industries mentioned operate like this. It's a complete joke from an economics standpoint.
Or, just keep you head in the sand and keep preaching about the mythical "a giant pool" that will fix everything. LOL
Educate yourselves first wrote:
If you don't realize that health care is a fee-for-service industry (not output-incentivized), where all payments are made via a third party payment provider ("insurance"), which shields actual costs from consumers (zero pricing transparency), with very low competition.....
You do not anything about insurance.
Silly Willy wrote:
You did forget to mention the fake news of the month though- That cellphone signals from Cohen's phone were found in outside Prague. Of course, I saw many idiots run with it on social media. Cohen- who has now completely gone anti-Trump to try to save his own asss, had to publicly deny again that he has never been near Prague and also that he NEVER SAW OR PARTICIPATED IN ANY RUSSIAN COLLUSION.
Yea, Cohen would never lie. Except that he has already been convicted of lying to congress. Also note that Cohen never entered into a cooperation agreement with any prosecutor. So he is still playing both sides here.
We don't know for sure if Cohen was in Prague. But Cohen has never provided a satisfactory explanation of his whereabouts. He says he was in the United States at the time. But why hasn't he just released his cell phone records or a credit card statement to prove that? There should be plenty of hard evidence he could use to overwhelmingly convince us he was not in Prague. But all he has ever provided is a look at a passport, which proves nothing.
I do agree with one thing Cohen said though. "#Mueller knows everything!"
Good morning! How are all you LRC stable geniuses doing this fine am?