Posts made by aadam101

@furio111:

@aadam101:

They sold them a dream that if they work hard enough they will be wealthy one day.  It's not true.  The 1% doesn't allow newcomers.

Why would reasonable person care about becoming 1%? I guess it is like winning a lottery in many ways.
No socialist politician can help anybody except for themselves to achieve that.
And businesses profits are bound by competitors unless those benevolent politicians help them to be monopolistic.

Because American kids are sold this dream based on a lie.  They are told at a very young age that if they work hard they can grow up and be whatever they want to be.  It's just not true.  Its true for people who already have money but the rest of us will never be a part of that group.  They won't let us in.  Why would they?

Trump supporters belong to a cult where they believe that every person in the world is against Trump.  In their sick and twisted world every journalist, politician, CEO, actor, FBI agent, judge, talk show host, etc. is a liar and Trump is an honest guy.  They believe this despite the fact that Trump lies and then gets caught in the lie and then makes up a new lie almost daily.  Trump supporters brains are so easily manipulated that they no longer trust their own eyes and ears.  They believe their own eyes and ears are also lying to them.  That's very dangerous.

@elysian:

• Public health systems are basically not for profit. All money that comes into the system returns in some form, with no owners or shareholders taking a cut;

And that is the piece that is different in the US.  Republicans are good at one thing.  They have done a great job of convincing people that it's more important for CEO's in the 1% to get their cut of absolutely everything than it is for people to have healthcare and living wages.  We are actually at a point where citizens are valuing other peoples money over their own lives and the lives of their families.  It's really sick.  This is what Americans call "free-dumb"

They have sold people this false sale of goods.  They sold them a dream that if they work hard enough they will be wealthy one day.  It's not true.  The 1% doesn't allow newcomers.

Why would she waste her time on Fox?  Fox viewers have little no education.  They aren't going to vote for this woman.

Trump did the same thing.  Im more concerned about that.

@raphjd:

Remember one thing.  The government doesn't care about you and your ability to pay, they will always get their money from you.  If you can't afford your insurance you cancel it.  You don't have that option for NHS payments.

Wrong.  You don't just cancel insurance in the US.  Very few people have that option.  For most people, you have the insurance that your employer provides.  Period.  You don't have a choice.

What CEO cares about you?  The governments job is to serve the people.  A CEO's job is to increase value for shareholders.  It's much easier to vote out a politician than it is to get rid of a CEO.

The catcalling comment was stupid but I am wondering this.  Do candidates debate people that they are not running against?  Why would she debate a twit like Shapiro.

If Bill Maher had asked Trump to debate in 2016 I think we all know what the answer would have been.

I'm not saying they are the same.  I'm only saying that the problems you are describing are the same.  The biggest difference are the middle man insurance company CEO's who provide little value but suck up a ton of money from the system that could be better spent on care.

There are lots of drugs and treatments that you can't get on the NHS but can get privately (insurance and/or self-pay).    This means the government agrees they are safe and effective, but they don't want to pay for it.

We have the exact same issue in the US.  A CEO or an employer decides they don't want to pay and the person has to pay privately.

The UK state loony bins are part of the prison system or they are private.    The guy who killed MP Jo Cox should have been in a loony bin, but he and his family couldn't afford it and he wasn't sent to one in a criminal court.  Well, now he's in one for murdering an MP.  Many times, people sent to prison loony bins are let go due to overcrowding and are walking free within a couple of days.

As I said, be thankful you have state loony bins at all.  Most of ours were shut down by Republicans 25 years ago.  Now we have a serious mental health issue in this country. We have a huge number of drug overdoses and we are the only country who has regular mass shootings.

@raphjd:

I have to pay twice if I want adequate health care; high taxes and insurance.  Your narrative is ruined by that.

There are lots of drugs and treatments that you can't get on the NHS but can get privately (insurance and/or self-pay).    This means the government agrees they are safe and effective, but they don't want to pay for it.    This list grows bigger all the time.  I gave some examples earlier, but my sciatica won't be treated properly because the surgery is no longer allowed on the NHS.  Nope, I have to do injections 4 - 6 times a day to deaden the nerve.  Quality of life doesn't mean shit to the NHS/government and that's why they keep adding those things to the list they don't cover.

The UK state loony bins are part of the prison system or they are private.    The guy who killed MP Jo Cox should have been in a loony bin, but he and his family couldn't afford it and he wasn't sent to one in a criminal court.  Well, now he's in one for murdering an MP.  Many times, people sent to prison loony bins are let go due to overcrowding and are walking free within a couple of days.

"Care in the community" is the current fad in the NHS.  Rather than keeping people in hospitals, loony bins, etc, etc they put them back in the community and hope some charity or local council will deal with them.    This is costing the local councils a fortune and so council taxes have to go up to match the costs or we lose services.

As the NHS is part of the government, they rubber stamp things that most medical groups would reject outright.  We see this with trash incinerators.  The NHS rubber-stamped an incinerator in my area that will be put right next to an elementary school and the plum plotter shows the smoke will blow into the neighborhood.

Everything you are describing is the same system we have in the US.  The only difference is that CEO's are making billions.

I don't see how you can be against this.  This is the free market at work.  Government has stayed out of this, as they should.

If Conservatives are so upset about this they should go start their own social network.

Luckily, now that we got rid of that pesky net neutrality rule, ISP's like Comcast (owners of MSNBC) can just start charging customers to access Alex Jones website or even the Fox News website.  It's perfectly legal now.  This is what Trump supporters  wanted.

@raphjd:

@aadam101:

I'm not sure what you want them to say.  Most of the guns used in crimes in Chicago come from out of state.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-gun-trace-report-2017-454016983.html

Let's not forget how much the people I mentioned would have race baited the hell out of a single incident against a black if the gunman was white, but they are totally silent when the gunmen are black.

Clearly, black lives only sometimes matter to the race baiters.

Where are the All Lives Matter folks?  I don't see them helping in Chicago.  I also didn't see them trying to free children from cages at the border.

@raphjd:

If you want decent medical care in the UK, you need to have insurance.      How is that better than in the US?!

Beauracrats decide what treatments you can have (or not) and most of the time it's politically motivated, like the breast cancer treatment I mentioned above.  The criteria for treatments are ever changing and you are always chasing that elusive "criteria met" letter saying you can now get the treatment you need.

As I have pointed out several times before, the NHS is quite sexist in how they dole out treatments, or not.

There is also a massive problem with "postcode lottery" in the NHS.    If you live in one postcode you may get a treatment, but if you live across the street in a different postcode you may be denied the treatment.

You are at the mercy of politicians as to what medical services you can get.  Mental health, dermatology, and many other specialties are extremely difficult to get through the NHS.  Where I live, unless you are committed to the state loony bin (which is over full), you have to go through a charity or a private clinic to get mental health help.

I know my pathetic stalker won't have the balls or mental ability to discuss this.

Once again you are describing we have the in the US today.  CEO's and employers decide which care I can get.  Unless I am in a Union, I don't have any say in it at all.  I'm at the mercy of what my employer and the insurance company CEO decide.

You should be thankful that you have state loony bins.  Most Republican Governors closed them all in the 90's.  This has contributed to the rise in mental health issues  like drug addiction.

Trump made a promise.  His supporters should demand that he keep that promise.

@furio111:

Liars are those who promise to give you free stuff.
I believe he didn't promise this.
High prices are not solved by making things "free"

You are 100% wrong. He did promise that the government would pay for it. He was very clear on that.

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@furio111:

He needs to become a king first to do that.
He only has power to pardon her now.

So he lied?

Trump is such a massive success.  He has gotten so many big and important things accomplished that he is moving on to creating a Space Force. America is winning bigly!

When do you guys think he is going to get around to locking her up?

What makes you think we don't have the same problems in the US?  At least in the UK you can get an appointment to be accidentally cancelled.  Many people in the US can't get the appointment at all because they don't have insurance.  Unfortunately we elected a President who lied about giving people healthcare.

I'm not sure what you want them to say.  Most of the guns used in crimes in Chicago come from out of state.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-gun-trace-report-2017-454016983.html

It's pretty obvious now.  I don't see how he can remain in power for much longer.  The Republicans will begin impeachment proceedings soon enough.  They would much rather have Pence.

Socialism is awful.  Just look at how many people from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, etc are fleeing their countries to come to the United States.  Those folks are pining away to make peanuts while a CEO makes 500X more than they do and then finally go bankrupt and die when they get cancer.  Capitalism is KING right?