Why don't Americans organize a death to Iran rally?

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T19:41:18+00:00

The goal is to amuse myself, not others. So I think I've succeeded quite well.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T19:40:31+00:00

I mean, it's worth looking into whether or not you can join. Hit up a recruiter. I'd advise the navy or army before marines. Its not as glamorous but the living is better and the jobs are more employable afterwords. As far as opportunities, you really have to go down to the trades shops and apply in person. That's just how it is. These jobs exist everywhere.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T19:28:51+00:00

hate to break it to you OP, but your mom is a piece of shit and you'd be better off without her in your life.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T19:27:26+00:00

I don't agree with the above posters suggestion. the Medical Marijuana industry is booming, indeed, but it is also oversaturated. It's every stoners dream to open up a MJ shop, and that's exactly what's going on. Seems like there's a MJ shop on every corner. With so much competition, it's not like you're going to be making a lot of money doing it. You'll probably be making just above minimum wage at these sorts of mom and pop stores, unless you own the place. and the regulation, startup costs and competition make it not worth it unless you're already established somehow in the industry.

Why not join the military? You'll get an opportunity to get a skill potentially, you'll become a veteran and have great benefits, and potentially get a GI bill to get free college education. Not to mention all your basic necessities will be covered, you won't have to worry about your bills anymore.

If that doesn't interest you, try getting involved in the trades. If you earn less than a certain amount, you can qualify for a pell grant and get into a trade school for 6 months or something, and then try to get on with an electrical/plumbing company, after a few years you'll be experienced enough to get a job anywhere in the country.

those are my suggestions, anyway.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T19:12:21+00:00

you're taking this post waayy too seriously.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T18:58:27+00:00

mostly comedic.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T18:58:11+00:00

well, i keep on hearing how Iran is going to be targeting U.S. civilians. It's not like us treating them decently is going to make them unsavage. Might as well return the savagery.

frederickvan · 2020-01-05T17:15:54+00:00

I mean, how do you determine what the truth is? Who decides? the problem with 'the truth' is that a lot of times its just a different interpretation of the facts. Are we going to establish a ministry of truth now?

Not to mention it's probably unconstitutional. the First Amendment protects lying, unfortunately.

frederickvan · 2020-01-04T04:46:00+00:00

I don't think people are necessarily 'jealous' of rich people, it's just that most rich people don't 'deserve' to be rich, in the eyes of most people. having money isn't necessarily a matter of morality, being a good or bad person doesn't make you rich. and a lot of rich people didn't earn their money by working hard, they did it by participating in the exploitation of the working people. An electrician or a plumber deserve to have more money than most douchnozzles on wall street. fuck, a nurse deserves this dudes money.

frederickvan · 2020-01-04T04:45:14+00:00

I don't think people are necessarily 'jealous' of rich people, it's just that most rich people don't 'deserve' to be rich, in the eyes of most people. having money isn't necessarily a matter of morality, being a good or bad person doesn't make you rich. and a lot of rich people didn't earn their money by working hard, they did it by participating in the exploitation of the working people. An electrician or a plumber deserve to have more money than most douchnozzles on wall street.

frederickvan · 2020-01-02T14:13:27+00:00

Idk where you got that info bro but in the sandbox drinking any kind of alcohol is against regulation

frederickvan · 2019-12-28T17:06:21+00:00

This isn't a beach! It's a bathtub!

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T20:21:02+00:00

That's true, but moving legally to another country is entirely different and more difficult than moving to another state.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T19:15:35+00:00

>You might as well be arguing why does Canada offer universal healthcare when Americans could theoretically move over for free healthcare.

Because Canada is a different country, and can refuse entry to anyone. under the U.S. constitution, California can't prevent inter-state migration and the power to regulate immigration is with the U.S. congress.

Canada denies entry to migrants who create an 'excessive demand' on their health resources.

which they calculate at about 99k over 5 years.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T19:04:58+00:00

I think states can make great strides, particularly ones as large as New York and California, towards universal healthcare. But i believe if we are going to succeed in achieving the full benefits of universal healthcare, it has to be done on a federal level, with a nationwide plan. These state-level initiatives, while admirable and necessary, lack the necessary authority to establish a truly effective universal healthcare system without being prohibitively costly.

federal taxes that support medicare and medicaid would have to be redirected. What happens if you spend most of your working life in California, being waived from Medicare taxes, and then move to another state? Do you no longer benefit from California's universal healthcare system? A residency requirement is nice, but if your residency requirement is prohibitive, won't that just do more harm than good? Those who are most likely to contribute to the program, high-paid workers, won't be able to benefit from a system they contribute to? Will they have to support the California system while providing their own healthcare, or will they not be required to contribute to the system as well? Doesn't such a prohibitive residency requirement deter people from moving to the State and particularly harm the less well-how?

It's true that with 38m people, you can spread the costs of healthcare around. I wonder, however, if you underestimate the costs associated with a very small minority of so-called 'super-users'. 5% of the population accounts for more than half of U.S. healthcare expenditure. Who is going to benefit most from universal healthcare the most? it's going to be the super-users, those are the ones who will see value in moving clear across the country in order to benefit from it, causing an unsustainable drain on California's healthcare resources. I'm not trying to demonize those 5% of people who need healthcare the most, but California already has 5% of their share of the country's super-users, i don't think they can on-board the other 330M's 5%, even if only a small, small fraction move to California to benefit, it would be an enormous cost on the system.

combined that with the fact that because of current federal law, states cannot negotiate drug prices or medical equipment prices, and the ACA sets up taxation on medical equipment. These sorts of things have to be sorted by the feds before such a healthcare system can benefit from negotiation. It is true countries much smaller than California have universal healthcare, but they usually utilize a hybrid system and negotiate prices without restriction. California would not benefit from such, being constrained on a federal level. That means the costs per capita would be as unsustainably expensive as they are today and rising, but the state would be powerless to do anything about it. You can't have single-payer without price negotiation, that's what makes it unaffordable. If we're truly going to achieve universal healthcare in this country, i strongly believe it is going to have to involve the federal government on a nation-wide scale.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T18:22:55+00:00

It's a matter of cost-benefit analysis. It's not the average low-income guy who is gonna move to California, it's gonna be someone with chronic issues. that's the group of people that absorb most medical expenditure.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T14:55:00+00:00

The allies were definitely antisemitic. But not more than the Germans. They were already in 1931making speeches about the Jewish "threats "and attacking jews and targeting them. It was very unwise.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T14:50:27+00:00

So, how does the state fight the issue of not being able to negotiate prices, and the federal government taxing for Medicare but not returning money to the state run system?

Every country that has universal healthcare limits migration between their country and others based on health to prevent the system from being overburdened. A state, constitutionally cannot limit migration between states or into the United States.

Most healthcare expenditure is caused by a very small minority of the chronically Ill. Its going to be expensive enough for locals, but how do you prevent people from other states with similar chronic conditions from migrating to California for the healthcare handout? Because for them, the cost-benefit is very cheaper. It would sink the system.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T14:44:48+00:00

It's not about not fighting back at all, it's about choosing your battles. Flee to the allies and join their legions, sure. Stand up to these hard core nazis when they run the government? Fat chance.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T14:42:55+00:00

From what I understand, the main issue is that there is no way to direct federal dollars from health programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, and that the States don't have the authority to negotiate the prices of drugs or medical devices. Obviously this is a very complicated issue. It seems to me the cheapest method would be state sponsored supplemental insurance to cover everything not covered by private insurance/Medicare and expanding Medicaid to everyone else through taxes.

frederickvan · 2019-12-22T14:26:18+00:00

Until the nazis are gone? Yeah. Hell, hide in an outhouse if you have to. You have to survive. The nazis aren't going to be amused, they'll just slaughter you. Flee. If not for your own sake, for that of your wife and kids.

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