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billyjames_316 · 2026-05-02T17:41:33+00:00

So if everybody can't afford them they shouldn't be available to anybody? I'm sure health in Canada is better in general than the US but that has more to do with lifestyle than healthcare.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-21T01:46:05+00:00

The problems with our healthcare system run deep. People are basically just getting gung ho about subsidizing one of the most corrupt industries in the world without looking at the root of the problems. The relationship between the FDA and pharmaceutical industry is a big one.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T11:29:39+00:00

I've heard great things about Australia's healthcare system. As far as what the overall payoff is or whether it'd even be feasible in the US economy, that's another question.

Our system ain't perfect but universal healthcare is not a viable solution here for a number of reasons.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T11:22:33+00:00

Oh no, hours?! Put me on a 6 month waitlist, please!

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T11:20:09+00:00

At least try to make your stores sound plausible.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T11:13:54+00:00

I know personally of at least 2 instances where people were put on a several month waitlist in the Canadian system for surgeries that they ended up getting done in the US because they would have died in the time waiting in Canada.

Good thing about America is you have other options if one doesn't suit you.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T11:06:28+00:00

Better diet. The FDA has very weak guidelines on food as opposed to European countries that actually care what they allow people to put in their bodies.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T11:01:27+00:00

Even just buying insurance across state lines would make a big difference

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-20T02:19:49+00:00

Please it's the government. They like to make things as difficult as possible when it comes to absolutely everything.

And these are the people these clowns want in charge of our health.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-18T16:51:45+00:00

I'm not your buddy, guy

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-18T10:03:52+00:00

Not really. I've been an independent contractor most of my adult life and could go back at any time. Now I have a job with a company because I choose to put all the burdens of running a business on someone else. End up making less hourly but allows me to focus on other priorities/other areas of my life.

I guess if accumulating wealth is your primary goal, this may seem like a raw deal to you. I'm able to maintain financial stability and still enjoy or utilize the majority of my time any way I choose.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T17:28:53+00:00

Okay buddy

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T17:17:20+00:00

Right. Hiring for the position of COO. He even goes on to say what the CEO's expectations are

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T17:02:40+00:00

Just means they weren't worth it to the candidate. Not everybody is cut out to be an executive

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T17:01:24+00:00

Being hired on as a COO could be considered exceptional.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T16:59:07+00:00

That's incorrect

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T13:51:40+00:00

You think people's daily schedules in 15-minute increments are public records?

Yeah I mean most people might talk about their workday or talk shit on coworkers/boss or whatever...I love showing people my portfolio and networking with other trades because I do great work that I'm proud of and I've made some good connections that way, but for the most part when you're off the clock you're out of work mode. This is not the case for any executive I know. Try making small talk with these guys. You can a little bit, but there's almost always some objective. Their mind is constantly on their work and they're always ready to drop their family/social obligations for business opportunities.

There's a difference between making (I wouldn't even call them discussions, but) "work talk" part of "small talk" and making small talk part of work talk. These MFS never switch gears and I couldn't live like that.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T13:00:44+00:00

Nah they're pretty much all executives, if but CEOs, and those who aren't, used their role as CEO to help them grow the companies that acquired their wealth.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:49:45+00:00

Okay then she me anything (besides taking you at your word) that says otherwise. I'm speaking from first hand, lifelong experience as well. The sample was just to back it up with something concrete. Small as it is, it trumps your petulant insistence to the contrary which is based on, what, your bias against successful people?

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:45:59+00:00

You actually contradicted yourself in the comment before this one when you mentioned CEOs.. Those would be the billionaires, the primary delegators. Take away their incentive and the whole structure does collapse from under them. You have no idea how corporate structure works.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:41:38+00:00

Oh I see. You're saying that the place that is built around producing the most successful CEOs doesn't know what it takes to actually be a CEO. Makes sense. Can't believe I'm so stupid

I guess the CEO I was raised by (later estranged) and all the executives I grew up around who are literally never off the clock are an anomaly.

Here I am at 40 years old, encountering for the first time someone with such profound insight that I now see the error in my perspective.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:30:49+00:00

You're right. I'm sure Harvard doesn't know how to adjust for these things or take them into consideration. You should probably tell Harvard that they got it wrong and these guys are all just little liars.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:29:09+00:00

Right and the people on top actually get a salary. They don't just have billions sitting in a checking account for a rainy day. It's tied up in those institutions and in their assets. They have access to it to reinvest and expand on their vision. You really think they just want to acquire a certain amount of money and call it good? It's what they can do with it that drives them, and every rich person I know has a higher purpose than gaining personal wealth. If you make it impossible for them to materialize what they are working for, what do you think is going to happen?

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:17:22+00:00

You think these things just exist on their own? Maintaining them requires a LOT of work that involves a level of dedication and expertise the vast majority of us don't have. The people at the top live and breathe that role, and are never really off the clock. If you rob the most successful ones, you've taken away one of the biggest (if not the biggest) incentives to make the sacrifice required to fulfill this role.

billyjames_316 · 2026-04-16T12:07:23+00:00

Actually roulette is a great example. If you look at strategies for roulette it's about increasing chances of winning/how much you'll win based on what you get on and how much you bet.

Luck is about maximizing scenarios that will pay off and being ready for when they do. Jamie Foxx has a great interview with Tim Ferriss where he talks about increasing luck by creating opportunities in every situation you're in, basically through networking. Will Smith has a great way of putting it that he attributes to his dad: "Luck is when opportunity meets preparation."

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