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Comment Re:Great quote... (Score 1) 925

Social Security has always and will always be one of the biggest mistakes the United States government has ever made. Why does the government need to save for retirement for us? If we don't want to end up begging in the streets when we are 70 we should have planned for it. I'm sorry most of what i see with social security is the government's attempt to mother its citizens once again. We are all big boys now and really need to let go of mommy's hand..

Comment Re:How about this idea (Score 1) 925

If only, if only. Unfortunately this will never happen. Whatever the plan then enact, they will never be touched by it. Their kids will always go the the most expensive private schools. They'll fly in the most expensive doctors. Buy the biggest houses and still try to find ever single tax deduction they can. Politicans don't live on the same plane we commoners do. But they sure love to rule us. Sucks doesn't it?

Comment Re:It seems obvious from this (Score 2, Informative) 925

Pardon my french good sir but: Are you high? You'd have to be to say some of the things you just said..

Ok, ok. There I went, calling names. Couldn't help myself. Now I'll be "constructive":

The current system is great for Republican politicians -- lots of fundraising to be done among rich healthcare CEOs and rich doctors, lots of noble rhetoric about the glories of the free market, the risks of "socialism" and sober warnings about the risks of change (...to the system that every other developed country in the world currently has).

There are so many things wrong with what you just said. First off, healthcare CEO's make a, again pardon my french, shit-ton of money because they are CEO's. Ie, they've done the hard work, they've moved up the corporate ladder and run a huge company that produces lifesaving/quality-of-life-bettering medication. I applaud them. And I don't wanna hear anything about "rich doctors." We live a world where the review boards set up by the government can rule a doctor at no fault of malpractice but a laywer can sue him for millions of dollars because sally sob-story lost her precious baby. Even though the doctor didn't make a single mistake, hell he's got malpractice insurance! Lets just sue the shit out of him! It's the American way! F&ck off.

But that isn't what pisses me off the most... it's this:

People might realize that the government can be more competent than the market (again, as it is in every other country)

This statement is simply wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. A government can NEVER be more competent than the market. It's too slow, it's run by people who want to make the mob happy and by people who LOVE bureaucracy. Great example in my book: The government-run hospital my father works at set up a "board" to determine procedure in the OB/GYN department. 12 people. 8 lawyers, 4 administrators, ZERO doctors. Not a single doctor. Not even one. Not a single person that practices the procedure the board was setting up was present. How disgraceful.

But that's just a personal example. Let's take out our trusty globe:

Canada.

It's got a "universal healthcare system" It's free. But.. wait a second.. It's people are flocking by the hundreds to the US for care. People are waiting years for simple procedures that take days in the US. "optional cash-only clinics" are springing up everywhere. Hmm.. But I've got more:

Great Britian,

a land where the hospitals send out "I hope you havn't died cards" to their patients because the wait is so long many patients die before care. France, I'm not even going to start w/ france.

The simple fact of the matter is that you havn't done your research and that much of what you are spewing is left wing bullshit. By the way, I'm not a republican. I'm just a concerned citizen that has watched what happens when government stick their fingers where they don't belong: people get f&cked.

Comment Re:Uh no, let the Democrat die.!!! (Score 1, Insightful) 925

Ok, I'm going to try to do this the right way and counter your arguments one by one:

"Democrats, far from sobbing and calling it 'genocide,' actively seek to expand access to these clinics on the basis that government should not be intervening in a woman's personal medical decisions."

I don't want to hear that abortions are "personal medical decisions." That's like calling me murdering my brother because he's an inconvenience a "personal family decision." Abortion is murder, easy as that. It is not a "choice." A mother has NO RIGHT to murder their unborn child.The only time it is EVER justified is if the mother is going to die. Which brings me to your next point:

"most abortions are for cases where the fetus would not survive for one reason or another (including that the mother might not survive delivery)"

Abortion clinics do not need to exist to serve this kinda "need." If a doctor determines that an abortion is the only thing that will save the mothers life then the mother can have the abortion in the hospital. Now on to one of your scarier points:

"Most of the rest are because the prospective parent is not ready or able to provide a stable family life"

Holy (insert diety here)! I'm back to murdering my brother because he is an inconvenience! So, if you were sitting in the jury for my murder trial you'd see my deed justified? I'll be sure to give you a call! How can you justify killing an innocent VIABLE life just because the parents can't provide for him? Are you really going to kill someone just because their parents, in all likelihood, were too careless to use a simple condom? It's called foster care. There are plenty of alternatives to abortion.

So in short:

Abortion is murder.

It is only justified to save the mother's life. Stop getting mad at republicans for wanting to stop murder. I challenge you this: go attend an optional abortion. Watch the doctor end the life of another human being. Watch him remove arms, legs, and other body parts. Watch him place those bloody, translucent, partially-formed, parts into a bowl. Don't you dare turn your head away, watch it. Then come back and defend optional abortions.

P.S. I'm not a republican, I don't even pledge an allegiance to any kind of God, but I still recognize and despise murder when I see it.

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