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Last November,

I supported him and I still do - Americas 91 15.77%
 
I supported him and I now don't - Americas 16 2.77%
 
I supported him and I still do - Europe 37 6.41%
 
I supported him and I now don't - Europe 7 1.21%
 
I supported him and I still do - Asia 6 1.04%
 
I supported him and I now don't - Asia 1 0.17%
 
I supported him and I still do - RoW 15 2.60%
 
I supported him and I now don't - RoW 2 0.35%
 
I didn't support him and still don't. 373 64.64%
 
I didn't support him and now do. 29 5.03%
 
Total:577

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SpokenTruth said:
Pemalite said:

Arguably he would have had to have been a leader to provide direction initially before becoming a boss.

He was handed his primary company by his father. He didn't lead his way into the rest of them bullied, blustered or bought them....and my do we all know who those turned out.

Here is what really happened. Trump had help however he is also the person who drove the expansion of his company and negotiated the deals which allowed himto continue to succeed. 

 

https://www.investopedia.com/updates/donald-trump-rich/ 



Superman4 said:
Mr_Destiny said:

The whole point of insurance is that those who aren't ill or injured pay much or most of the bill for those who are. Almost nobody can afford their own hospital expenses at the drop of a hat, that's why they pay for insurance. You are right that companies can still raise rates, but that is counteracted to some or a large extent by the subsidies. Anyway, I have more to say but I have to run an errand right now.

https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet

Alright, so according to the Bureau of Labor Statistic's Consumer Price Index for Medical Care (All Urban Consumers), the rate that costs have increased has been steady for at least the last twenty years. ACA has had very little effect on it.

  https://imgur.com/a/w8hVArZ

 

One last thing. When you say they're free to lower coverage amounts, do you mean the number of procedures, amount they feel like spending per patient, or the number of patients they're willing to insure?

They have lowered what procedures are covered as well as how much they cover per procedure. Go into a Drs office some time and let them know you dont have insurance and request the cash rate. You will be pleasantly surprised to find out that it is at least half of what your insurance company gets billed. 

 

Also for shits and giggles, calculate how much you pay per month for your employer sponsored plan as well as how much you pay out of pocket for things that either arent covered or not fully covered. Separate the two totals. Now calculate how much your insurance company paid towards your claims for the year. I would bet you paid a lot more in just your payroll deductions for insurance than they paid for all of your claims on a given year. That isnt even including what you paid out of pocket after the fact. I would also bet that what you paid out of your check would have covered your medical expenses for the year at a cash rate billed by your Dr.  The best part is that doesn't even include your employers contribution to Insurance which is generally much larger than what you are actually paying our of your check. If your employer did not have to pay for that and instead were able to raise your salary by that amount you could more than pay for any procedures you would need every year and have more money in your pocket as well. 

So  you're saying that, in general, insurance costs the individual more per year from premiums, deductibles, etc. than what it pays out for their claims, right? I would agree, if you stay relatively healthy and have no major injuries--but again, if you have a major claim you cannot plan for or predict, insurance should cover tens of thousands of dollars more than you paid for. If you have no major problems for a given year, sure, you paid more than you used. The thing is, the money you paid but did not get back in claims covered someone else's major injuries that they couldn't predict, and vice versa if you get sick or injured.

If your employer raised your salary but you didn't use it for insurance, how would you pay for a major injury? Unless you don't get hurt for many years and save all of that extra money, you can't.

In addition, under the employer shared responsibilities provision of the ACA, what you are describing is probably illegal. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, employers with more than 50 full-time workers must offer health insurance that covers at least 60% of their healthcare costs and cost no more than 9.56% of their household income, or pay a penalty. Before the ACA was there any regulation that was more stringent?

https://web.archive.org/web/20190311200247/https://www.kff.org/infographic/employer-responsibility-under-the-affordable-care-act/



Mueller investigation is completed and was handed to the DOJ earlier today.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/22/trump-mueller-report-complete-1230491



https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/isil-territory-100-percent-eliminated-syria-white-house-190322163051931.html
ISIS forces have been defeated.



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jason1637 said:
Mueller investigation is completed and was handed to the DOJ earlier today.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/22/trump-mueller-report-complete-1230491

jason1637 said:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/isil-territory-100-percent-eliminated-syria-white-house-190322163051931.html
ISIS forces have been defeated.

 Both good news!



jason1637 said:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/isil-territory-100-percent-eliminated-syria-white-house-190322163051931.html
ISIS forces have been defeated.

ISIS is a guerilla faction...I have a very hard time believing they'll ever fully be defeated but this SOUNDS like good news, regardless. 

Not sure why it's in a Trump thread because Trump had virtually nothing to do with that...



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Runa216 said:
jason1637 said:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/isil-territory-100-percent-eliminated-syria-white-house-190322163051931.html
ISIS forces have been defeated.

ISIS is a guerilla faction...I have a very hard time believing they'll ever fully be defeated but this SOUNDS like good news, regardless. 

Not sure why it's in a Trump thread because Trump had virtually nothing to do with that...

The report is from the white house and the Syrian government. That's why I posted it in the thread.



CaptainExplosion said:

Seems North Korea is up to it's usual scumminess, thanks to President Piggy:

https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18277581/trump-north-korea-tweet-sanctions-kim

Trump and his legion of like-minded Nazi idiots are gonna get us all nuked by enabling fatso. -_-

Seriously captainexplosion can you just make comments without the petty namecalling?

Posts like this should have been moderated since the very beginning of this thread because it opposes normal discussion between political sides.

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CaptainExplosion said:
Immersiveunreality said:

Seriously captainexplosion can you just make comments without the petty namecalling?

Posts like this should have been moderated since the very beginning of this thread because it opposes normal discussion between political sides.

I find it raises morale to dehumanize people you hate with hurtful names, especially if some of the names speak the truth. ie. One's a corrupt white supremacist in the White House, the other is an overfed terrorist.

It lowers the value of the actual point you are trying to get across and it even blinds people from it.

Not to mention that you called Trump his followers Nazi idiots and if that really refers to all his supporters which partly are with us on this forum then you should atleast get a warning for such a foul behaviour.

Do also not generalize a large amount of people because your feelings feel like venting on a forum,just punch a wall or something.

Bolded: You know who also did that?

Last edited by Immersiveunreality - on 24 March 2019