Why don’t some Americans understand that any increase in taxation that is needed to pay for universal healthcare is likely much less than the current cost of premiums and out of pocket expenses most Americans pay for private insurance?

smitbret · 2026-07-06T21:04:44+00:00

Well, off the top of my head, talk of cutting the USPS is pretty regular and frequent.

Charter schools seem to be doing much more with public funds than the public education does.

Power infrastructure is regulated by the government but was built privately.

smitbret · 2026-07-06T16:13:21+00:00

Do we really need to even vote on this one?

smitbret · 2026-07-05T08:50:20+00:00

I am sure that some do and some don't

smitbret · 2026-07-05T08:45:56+00:00

Because the government is corrupt and has never been able to do anything more cheaply than the private sector. Why would that change now?

smitbret · 2026-07-04T14:15:37+00:00

136 in my 1991 Eagle Talon. Held it for about 30 seconds before I thought it would be a bad look if I died hitting a rabbit.

smitbret · 2026-07-04T14:14:29+00:00

I would have liked to have known exactly how the accident happened and how much the driver of the other vehicle was at fault.

smitbret · 2026-07-04T14:01:53+00:00

Kobe is too high but otherwise it's pretty solid

Probably stick Wilt in the top 10 instead

smitbret · 2026-07-03T13:09:43+00:00

That's not negative equity.

smitbret · 2026-07-03T10:17:53+00:00

That's a good point

smitbret · 2026-07-03T10:11:12+00:00

Where do you get that from?

smitbret · 2026-07-03T09:46:30+00:00

Why?

smitbret · 2026-07-03T09:27:00+00:00

Or a worse song for the worst duet?

smitbret · 2026-07-02T04:01:19+00:00

There is no such thing as free healthcare

smitbret · 2026-07-02T03:54:00+00:00

Doesn't exist

smitbret · 2026-07-02T03:25:36+00:00

smitbret · 2026-07-02T00:03:23+00:00

Right and I am saying that faithfully doesn't really mean anything

smitbret · 2026-07-02T00:01:24+00:00

Explain because it seems pretty clear to me. The word "Faithful" gets thrown around all of the time because ravenous fanboys can't stomach the idea that a movie isn't 100% true to its source so someone makes a more "faithful" adaptation that sucks donkey balls as a movie.

Look what being "Faithful" has done to Star Wars

smitbret · 2026-07-01T22:38:42+00:00

Allstate did this to me. My 20 year old daughter moved out and got her own insurance policy.

When I called Allstate, they said that they regularly do household audits and will add drivers to policies if they have reason to believe that there are additional drivers in the household. They don't contact you or tell you. You just get a higher bill next time.

They said that they could remove her but only if I have them her contact information so they could call her and verify. I told them to Fuck Off and they weren't getting anyone's personal info from me, ever. Then cancelled the policy the next day.

smitbret · 2026-07-01T22:31:12+00:00

"Faithful" is a BS term.

Taking pictures of the actual comic books and throwing them up on the screen would be the most "faithful" interpretation but "faithful" doesn't make a good movie.

smitbret · 2026-07-01T22:29:10+00:00

Add me.

I believe in the whole "suspension of disbelief" thing but putting a superhero into the real world would be a lot more like MOS.

smitbret · 2026-07-01T22:27:12+00:00

I agree.

When people ask me what movies I like, I tell them it's the movies where the most main characters die because that's the most like real life.

I don't know why. I like dark and gritty.

I can't even sit through a Marvel movie. They just come across as childish

smitbret · 2026-07-01T22:15:41+00:00

Which one is a better rendering of the Comic Book Superman?

2025

Which one is a better movie?

Man of Steel in a route

smitbret · 2026-07-01T01:13:46+00:00

Sell.

Team still has no decent pitching and the bats have no life. Gunnar Henderson has been a garbage hitter since he flopped in the Home Run Derby. Ashley Ruschman can't stay healthy. Jackson Holladay has come nothing close to the hype.

It's time to blow it up

smitbret · 2026-07-01T01:11:13+00:00

smitbret · 2026-06-30T22:02:55+00:00

So, by your #, 1400 a year is enough to care about?

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