• @UmbrellAssassin
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    -171 year ago

    Weird that people from all these great places come to America for real Healthcare. That’s weird. There is many reasons why people are broke. Some of them are self inflicted, some aren’t.

    • FlashMobOfOne
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      They come to America for very specialized health care, and only that.

      And you know why?

      They won’t be bankrupted for an injury or illness in their own countries, and not a god damn one of them is going to sign up for American health care once they look at the medical bills we get for routine shit.

      • @UmbrellAssassin
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        -111 year ago

        So strange that while the Healthcare is free that it takes months on a waiting list to get basic surgery. That most of it can’t be done there. Almost like the hospitals don’t have the time or money to treat everyone. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

        • FlashMobOfOne
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          Repeating bumper sticker slogans doesn’t change facts.

          If Europeans wanted American-style health care, every European country would have it. They don’t. They’d rather not mortgage their homes for health care like we do.

          There’s a reason why the rest of the world doesn’t do health care the way they do. They don’t want to be left for dead when they can’t pay a price-gouged medical bill.

          • @UmbrellAssassin
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            -61 year ago

            Well that would be a huge bumper sticker. No idea where you found that before. You really think the people have a choice? The European people have less of a say about their government than we do.

    • Cosmic Cleric
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      01 year ago

      You and I both know that the odds are stacked, between the haves, and have nots. And for the halves to tell the have nots to suck it up and just pull up on their bootstraps doesn’t always work.

      The first group of people (aka haves) getting into power forceify their power base so that only they and their friends benefit from it.

      Democracy is supposed to prevent that, but it’s only as good at preventing that as it is the people you elect to office.

      • @UmbrellAssassin
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        -21 year ago

        I wasn’t born with a silver spoon up my ass. I worked my ass off and used any resources that I could find. It took time and hard work. I didn’t sit around waiting for a handout and being upset at the world for not getting it.

        • Cosmic Cleric
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          11 year ago

          I did as well, and was successful in doing so, but it definately wasn’t a fair/equal field to walk through, which goes to my point.

          • @UmbrellAssassin
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            01 year ago

            The world isn’t fair. It is impossible to be fair to everyone and having and real world experience would show they. Especially since fair is subjective.

              • @UmbrellAssassin
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                01 year ago

                The world is what it is currently. You can change your perspective or option on it, but that is only internal. You can change how you react and deal with the world.

                • Cosmic Cleric
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                  11 year ago

                  You’ve missed the understanding of what that phrase represents.

                  • @UmbrellAssassin
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                    01 year ago

                    I’m pretty sure you are taking that quote way to literally. That or you apply it to others and not yourself.