tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post4933675390214995843..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Paul Ryan Wants To Kill Me Somebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-38625753802298699982016-04-30T08:21:01.662-05:002016-04-30T08:21:01.662-05:00People who think like him need to have everything,...People who think like him need to have everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, taken from them for a year or so. <br /><br />They should be blocked from using any of their own, their friends or their families resources or influence. <br /><br />They should be required to work at, and support their families with, a minimum wage job.<br /><br />They should be forced to try and find health insurance for themselves and their families after they've been told that they make too much money to qualify for the state medicaid program. <br /><br />They should have to apply for SNAP benefits. <br /><br />They should have to try and find affordable housing and deal with every other problem that the working poor have to face every day. Maybe after they've walked a few miles in the shoes of the people they treat with such contempt, they might develope a bit of understanding and empathy. <br /><br />They might come away with a shred of compassion for people who are not as fortunate as they are. This might change the way they think, but unfortunately, none of this is ever going to happen. <br /><br />What a shame. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-82420765974889475212016-04-30T07:56:06.790-05:002016-04-30T07:56:06.790-05:00Well said. I'll share your comments.Well said. I'll share your comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-88341237530148329462016-04-29T12:45:46.879-05:002016-04-29T12:45:46.879-05:00Don't forget the refusal of states to expand M...Don't forget the refusal of states to expand Medicaid because one day they might have to pay 10% of the price tag of insuring their own poorest citizens against dying of curable diseases (and zero through the end of this calendar year).<br /><br />The expansion's availability, having been in place since January 2014, is now 2 1/3 years old, so according to even the low estimate of <a href="http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/01/30/opting-out-of-medicaid-expansion-the-health-and-financial-impacts/" rel="nofollow">the Harvard study</a> over 16,000 Americans are now dead because of these states' refusal. It's a 9/11's worth of deaths every 2-5 months.GeoffThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317722272565026078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-73260731650828923452016-04-29T09:51:46.949-05:002016-04-29T09:51:46.949-05:00My brother died of cancer last year. He had an ex...My brother died of cancer last year. He had an excellent plan largely because he was a high paid IT exec that most people do not have. We used to discuss where he woulds have been without that. Where exactly is "Schitt Creek" anyway?Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441922671393869604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-14466970311440058562016-04-29T09:49:13.466-05:002016-04-29T09:49:13.466-05:00IMO the GOP wants the sick, elderly and disabled t...IMO the GOP wants the sick, elderly and disabled to die off quickly. Once you are gone you will no longer be using Social Security benefits and Medicare benefits. Leaving every possible dollar in those accounts so the GOP can raid those funds.ahduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17289532579552305011noreply@blogger.com