"Are 1 in 4 children really sexually abused by the Internet?" Err NO, exactly ZERO (0) children have ever been sexually abused by the internet.
The word "by" here could also be interpreted as "via", meaning that claim matches with your statement that the internet is a tool.
3% == Americans who *want* health insurance but are not covered. 86% == Number happy with what they've got (TIME Aug 10)
Slightly off-topic: I couldn't find this information on the Time website. Do you have a link or more exact reference please?
As an aside, is anyone else thinking that 78MPG is just terrible for a diesel hybrid? The British Top Gear show tested three diesels, driving about 700-800 miles. The largest diesel car, a Jaguar, averaged about 65MPG with the A/C blasting and all the comfort of a Jaguar. A small car like the Insight should be on the high side of 90MPG surely?
British or US miles per gallon? More correctly, miles per British gallon or US gallon? 1 US gallon = 0.83267384 Imperial gallons so miles per British gallon are 1.2 times higher than miles per US gallon. Thus the Jag at 65mpg(Imp) is equivalent to approximately 54mpg(US). Gotta love the non-metric stuff. How quaint.
You don't have to die waiting for surgery in countries with socialised health care.
Nevertheless, THOUSANDS do, each and every year. Far more than die under the US semi-free market system.
Mostly because the onerous taxes, regulations and laws required to support such a "great" system leave the bulk of the population so impoverished that they can't AFFORD to seek medical care outside the government system.
I won't ask for citations on those statements but will restate my opinion that most people, "impoverished" or not, could accumulate large debts paying for it privately -- just as the original poster stated he did under the US system.
This place just isn't big enough for all of us. We've got to find a way off this planet.