I live in NYC, and I'm not a rich white guy. That said, I adore Bloomberg and am sad to see him go.

Easily the greatest Mayor in the history of NYC.

Young POOR people, who have far worse job opportunities then the boomers had, are paying for the boomers to retire.

After the boomers ran up the bill on multiple wars, raided social security, screwed up the economy, screwed up the environment, they are now asking us to further subsidize their retirement.

You know what? FUCK THEM. If I had my way, the current generation over 55 and younger then 85 would get nothing more then preventive care from the health insurance pools the rest of us are subsidizing. Anything more then that they can pay for out of pocket, or not get care. Ambulances should be equipped with credit card terminal and require pre-payment for that whole sleazy slefish generation.

Well, I am going to do everything I can (short of not working or fraud) to avoid paying into this system. I won't be a slave to another generation's mistakes and retirement. Im not actually against programs that fight poverty or encourage education. However until things are reigned in, and its clear I'm not going to be effectively enslaved for the benefit of others:

Thats on a state by state basis, and yes I would be all for slashing subsidies for the south/midwest.

Thats a big part of it actually. As a resident of a blue state, I am tired of being forced to subsidize religious fundamentalists and anti-sicence zealots in the south. I would also like to see fiscal restraint (a la Bloomberg) be the norm, not the exception. Military, Health Care, Social Security, all needs to be cut. Extensively.

I see no reason why I should be forced to pay for the retirement of Boomers. Boomers who have raided Social Security at every turn, stuck us with generations of war debt, fucked the economy through a combination of stupid regulations and private greed, and generally been dicks. Cat food, cool aid and nothing more then preventative care is more then fair.

Your facts assume some sort of link.

We also have one of the largest immigrant populations as a percentage.
We have a host of other things unrelated to HC, like our agriculture policy, which have massive effects.

So, do your facts tell you that US HC system is bad, or that having immigrants is of mixed benefits? Or that subsidizing corn is really awful?

Your facts prove nothing.

I wasn't about to vote for religious nut, so I vote O. However believe me when I say that many of us have a serious issue with the portion of this country that consumes far more from the fed then it pays in taxes.

As soon as the GOP gets its act together and push a fiscal conservative who stays away from guns/god/women, the days of big government will be over.

Simply not true. For many people, health care in the US is far by better then the rest of the world. If you have good private insurance or can pay cash, its quite simply the best.

Actually the federal government made and kept a massive amount of profit from the bailout.

GS, BAC, Fannie, Freddie. All of those bailouts reaped hundreds of millions for the tax payer.

WTF are you talking about? Tech salaries are way up.

Oh fuck that. Produce or die. Seriously.

Plenty of work places with good management, motivated employees and a collaborative environment. If you tax us to support your incompetence, it will be war.

You are an idiot.

This isn't really true though. In the 80s, about 30% of CS grads were female. Its declined to around 12% lately.

The lack of female devs can be traced to Academia and HS. We all know how desperate corps are for devs. You could be a gay nazi transgender alien, but if you can sling Ruby, you will be hired for 100k+. Women aren't devs because women aren't studying CS in college. Women aren't studying CS in college because college emphasizes the wrong priorities, and because their parents didn't buy them legos.

There is a problem, but its not in the industry. Its in the homes and schools

US seems to be doing just fine. Economy is growing, no bubbles, etc.

Not sure if he is right, but I do agree to an extent. Sending out a clearly unfounded C&C or threat of lawsuit should at least carry a fine with it. Companies have no incentive to weigh the public good right now.

People easily confuse the government shutdown with the threats regarding the debt ceiling.

Lots of people could have cared less about the shutdown, but understood full well the consequences of default. Conflating the two over the ACA was a big mistake. Its my understanding is that the Tea Party aligned members of the RNC were responsible for that, but I could be wrong.