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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yeah, that was discussed at length over in the drones thread - much of the issue is people working with clearly insufficient information and sledgehammer-to-a-nut weapons.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanWhat's this I hear about Medicaid forcing people to stay poor?
That article is all sorts of misleading.
1) You can opt out of Medicaid. No one forces you to stay on it. Medicaid is elective.
2) No one is forcing you to stay poor. Medicaid is for low income people. She is not on the private option Medicaid expansion. She is on traditional Medicaid because she is quadriplegic. She doesn't qualify for the ACA one. Her medical needs are too large.
3) She could get healthcare privately through healthcare.gov and it would not be free but it would be affordable. If it is not, she could appeal it as being within the donut hole.
4) No one wants to be on Medicaid. You have so many incentives to get off of it. Tax breaks, additional support you qualify for, etc.
This woman sounds like her frustrations are real, but instead of whining about it she needs to ask to be placed better and take the steps to get the care she needs at the means her family is capable of.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - AszurA lot of the Medicaid/welfare/foodstamps etc/ forcing people to stay poor comes from the fact that there's a large trough between where benefits cut out and where people can afford to live without them that's very hard to jump over.
When you're living paycheck to paycheck and your choices are 'earn 20 more dollars and lose 1000 dollars worth of support' or 'turn down that raise.' You're going to turn down that raise. That in turn makes it much harder to get out of that whole. Universal healthcare and a minimum income would fix that.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickObama has secured enough support for the Iran deal in the Senate to make it veto-proof.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-votes-sustain-veto/index.html
More power to him (Obama) for getting his votes.
However, even after reading the Iran deal, I'm still not sold on it. The road to hell is paved with good intentions after all.
Or if your feeling literary, The best laid plans of Mice and Men.
Maybe I'm just being cynical.
Anyhow,no "I am the Senate" jokes about Obama yet?
Really, the objection most Republicans have to it is that it's a deal at all: any "solution" to the Iran problem that doesn't involve bombing and/or invading it with our Team America World Police Army is insufficient and cowardly. Well, when I say "most" I mean Lindsey Graham. The others are unwilling to concede any foreign policy successes to Obama because him being "weak" is part of their ideological precepts.
edited 2nd Sep '15 2:55:13 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It seems to me, that this Iran deal debate is nothing more than a pissing match between politicans on both sides of the aisle who seek to further their own agendas, the American people's opinions be damned.
Then again, a politician is a politician regardless if they're Democrat or Republican.
The only reason its garnered this much attention I'm guessing, is because its an election year.
Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.![]()
No, the Iran deal is an amazing achievement in international diplomacy, years in the making, that has been turned by Republicans into a referendum on Obama's foreign policy, as if they'd do any better (*cough* Bush).
edited 2nd Sep '15 3:35:44 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Optimism has never been my strong suit. Forgive me for being skeptical.
Democrats tend to be too soft, and Republicans too hard in foreign affairs.
Ideally you'd have a balance of the two.
Teddy Roosevelt said it best "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
edited 2nd Sep '15 3:43:59 PM by Skycobra51
Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.I'm willing to bet that the Iran deal will work so long as we let them run their own internal politics. Part of that drive for nuclear armament comes out of somewhat to very justified existential fear.
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."![]()
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Superior outcomes with fewer lives lost and a good reputation for the U.S. = soft, now? That is every bit as much a myth as the "Republicans = economically responsible" one.
edited 2nd Sep '15 3:51:19 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

While I don't doubt it's possible for drones to be used effectively and accurately, the problem is, whoever is running the program is blatantly incompetent and trigger-happy.