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I can't bother to read past your first idiotic comment.
Wow, that is how you respond to seeing your argument torn to shreds? You pick one comment to snipe on and then declare yourself the victor.
I didn't pick one comment: I read only the first one, and then gave up when you lied about what I wrote. And you're doing it again, so again, I won't continue reading.
There is nothing arbitrary about selling insurance.
I didn't say there was. I said the restrictions are arbitrary. I was explicit.
I can't bother to read past your first idiotic comment.
Hey, here's an idea that will no doubt go over well in this venue - let's just pay people indefinitely! Why should it ever run out?
You might be surprised that the Welfare State in the US costs about $1T/yr, while paying everybody getting benefits a flat rate of $850/mo would cost half of that, and studies have shown that they would almost always do better.
Welfare is as much a jobs program for bureaucrats as it is charity, to the overhead tune of 100% - that's quite a management ratio!
Meanwhile the Swiss are threatening to enact a guaranteed minimum income of $2800/mo. A couple could get $67K/yr for just existing. I've raised a family on less than that per year - I can hardly see the point of working for pay given that offer.
This isn't about the free market.
False. It is removing arbitrary restrictions on business. This is about the free market.
If you dramatically increase the number of different health insurance plans that any given office is expected to be able to handle
Irrelevant. Not my problem. We are freeing the market. Adapt or die.
You are forcing them to
Anything you say next is false. I am forcing nothing. Neither is the government. If they are forced to do anything, it is by free market forces.
Who is it a good thing for
Everyone, except for those relying on government to protect their interests against the reasonable interests of others, and I have no sympathy for such people.
Could you go further off topic if you tried?
I didn't go off-topic at all.
There are no federal regulations preventing the sale of insurance from state A in state B
So? I wonder why you think you're making a point.
indeed what the conservatives are looking to do with their proposal is to usurp the state right to refuse plans
I do not recognize the "right" of any government to ban the sale of a legal product or service.
Furthermore that idea will increase the cost of delivering health care.
Even if that is true -- it's not -- it's irrelevant.
This is not a huge issue for me: while it is absolutely clear that laws restricting the sale of legal goods and services are stupid and harmful, it would have far less of an impact on freeing of the health market than much more sensible and broad legislation: to remove the business subsidies for health insurance, and replace it with an individual income tax credit, which will necessarily have the effect of driving down -- massively -- the cost of care and insurance.
Wow. So, what happens the atmospheric CO2 in that case? Would it precipitate as "dry ice" snow?
Seriously, this is 2013 already, how much longer do we have to wait for our ISPs and biggest websites to make the switch?
About five years. Most of the network gear deployed today does not handle IPv6 in ASICs, just CPU, which is too intense. Almost all of the Internet needs to be replaced.
It's only $4 a month for unlimited backups to CrashPlan.
Do they throttle? I looked into the one that advertises unlimited backups for $60/yr and they rate limit the connection down as you increase your data. I estimated 9 years for the first backup to complete based on published rates.
"Unlimited" - IDTIMWYTIM.
...the worst of all worlds is a government that keeps burdensome or expensive regulations around just to make sure businesses that rely on those regulations don't suffer.
That is precisely the world you live in today.
In many areas, yes. I hope you don't think you're arguing against me in some way.
Use rsync between them using the --backup switch so that any changes get put into a different folder.
A clear list of any files that may have been changed for *any* reason (Cryptolocker anyone?)
+1 Clever.
Are you using CookieMonster? It's much better than any stock cookie controller that I've seen.
If we went for the classic conservative talking point of "sell insurance across state lines" we would see a large number of small offices closing as well
So what? Seriously. If a small business can't handle the free market, then it should go away. That's not a bad thing, it's a good thing, and the worst of all worlds is a government that keeps burdensome or expensive regulations around just to make sure businesses that rely on those regulations don't suffer.
What happened to their rape, murder, and assault rates?
Also look into deaths by arson there.
August 2013 Sydney Australia launched a new plan to combat "out of control gun violence". http://www.ballinaadvocate.com.au/news/new-plan-unveil-tackle-out-of-control-gun-violence/1992835/
Clearly NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has been taken in by NRA talking points.
I suppose like many things in life it will remain a mystery.
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Awesome, thanks for the link.
Whom the gods would destroy, they first teach BASIC.