CosmicBills

Not every Health Insurance company is slime. Just the overwhelming majority of them -- particularly the ones priced for those with lesser means. And if you think it's an exaggeration you are one of the fortunate minorities in this situation.

I was busting your balls with #2. No offense intended.

Yeah, because they have less GMOs in their food supply than we do. It took almost 40 years to saturate the market here and it'll take at least a generation if not two to completely take over Europe -- unless the climate change is real and Europe faces another year of massive flooding, causing them to buy even more GMO crop than they did this year (which was a record amount).

1. Because it's fantasy, no state is leaving and the country isn't even changing. 2. Because your balls aren't big enough.

Just wait. Monsantos is becoming more and more global every day. Same with Kraft, Nestle and the rest.

Yes, I believe in this case government is the only one capable. The health insurance industry as an entirety is a needless industry. It's a leech that is bankrupting our citizens and, despite their massive profit margins and the jobs the industry provides, it's actually detrimental to the economy. Health Insurance as a whole performs absolutely zero function. They are not a service industry nor do they provide anything tangible. They exist entirely to make money by profiting off the death and disease of their clients. Ask any congressman how much they like their government run single payor system. It's the best in the country.

You're right in that there are fat asses in the world. Plenty of them. And there is an issue of personal responsibility too -- but like you said, the food tastes not only good, but it's like !@#$ing crack compared to what was available 50 years ago. I know that's not an excuse but I do have some sympathy. This is one of the most important issues facing our world today. I honestly believe that. And it's something very few people are talking about seriously because there's just too much money behind the food industry. It's criminal.

But that's what I'm saying, it was a different world back then. Quite literally in terms of the way food is produced, packaged and distributed. Go to your supermarket and pick a random shelf outside of the organic aisle. Try finding more than 2 products in that aisle that do not have HFCS or a genetically altered crop in it. It's almost impossible to do. And worse, we're not even told which of the products we're consuming have GMOs in them because they don't want to tell us. GMOs are almost quite literally in every product you see. Soy and corn are used in thousands of food products -- these soy and corn crops have all been genetically altered because of Monsantos Round Up Ready crop. And, this same crop is fed to the cattle and chickens meaning that even buying a steak or chicken breast that says organic ACTUALLY isn't because the livestock consumed GMOs from the feed. So what does this do? Well, let's say you want to prepare a healthy meal for your family. You read the news. You pay attention to stuff. You try your best to cook healthy stuff but you're not a crazy hippy so !@#$ that organic stuff. You go to Wegmans and you buy some meat, avoiding any with growth hormones, you buy some sides and veggies (and I'm trying to be specific but I'm a horrible cook so I can't even string together a worthy example) -- but turns out those sides have HFCS (which is GMO), and the meat was fed GMO feed. Even the people trying to eat smart and healthy are still eating genetically altered poison without even knowing it. Why? Because Monsantos doesn't want you to know what's actually in your food. Think Neslte wants a GMO label smacked on every bottle of Pepsi? Nope. It'd be looked on like a poison label on a pack of smokes. Obviously I am generalizing. But culture doesn't make you fat. Nor does business or government. Can't eat those.

There is only one thing that makes a person fat, my friend. It's the !@#$ing food.

No, I think without the private health insurance !@#$ing us over, that premium won't be close to 750k.

That's dodging the issue, M. Monsantos especially just waged war on information in California to the tune of over 400 million dollars. They outright lied, misled and stole a ballot initiative here by spreading lies and misinformation. These aren't just US companies -- they're global as you said. And they absolutely limit our choices as a nation specifically, but as a global community as a whole. There are plenty of organic food options available -- but they're more expensive, pricing out the lower classes who, due to sheer economics, are more likely to consume the cheaper, genetically altered and chemically enhanced food products. A larger portion of the lower class has less access to information about proper nutrition and thus eat even more of the unhealthy, toxic food that is absolutely killing our population. It's criminal. It's calculated. And it's entirely driven by profits. This isn't a bashing on free enterprise. This is a continuing manipulation of the population by a very powerful, very lucrative industry that controls an ever increasing percentage of global crop. And it's gotten to the point where they are now above the law. They own both parties (this isn't a GOP vs Dem issue or even progressive vs conservative and I don't mean to frame it in that way if that's how people are reading this), they control the regulation process on their industry, and they also control the patents. They poison our food supply, we've seen drastic increases in intestinal cancers and diseases, diabetes is going through the roof, and the rate of obesity in our KIDS are at record levels. This isn't a cosmic coincidence nor is it the result of a political decision or party's errors. It's the by-product of their very lucrative business model that has put the bottom line ahead of the health of the people. And other sub-industries RELY on this continuing cycle -- health insurance and big pharma to name two.

You should take a shower after sourcing anything from the Daily Caller. Just fyi.

It won't be. But it should have been single payer -- instead Obama sold out to the insurance lobby. You want to solve the looming American health care crisis, get rid of private insurance companies who do nothing but profit off of disease and death and go after the people who are poisoning our food. The Monsantos, Krafts, Pepsi co and Coke of the world. But let's go on thinking the reason America is obese, cancer riddled and diabetic is because we're lazy. It's not. It's because we're being screwed in the name of bigger profits.

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Pretty sure I already give away close to 50% of my income sadly. Another 10 won't hurt. Land me Star Wars 8 and it's yours! Single payer solves all.

Nothing has changed though. And nothing will change. The US has been a social democracy for 40 years and counting. This isn't new to most people, but it is to the fringes apparently. No one is moving, least of all Tasker.

No they wouldn't.

Agreed, it's a really interesting piece of glossed over history that's gaining more and more attention. You sound like my agent.

While I appreciate a good sales job, I don't think it's on that sort of historical level yet. We'll see though of course, but it's a good topic to watch. What's going to hurt California the most is when they lose the billion dollar porn industry for making the performers use condoms. They'll happily pick up stakes and go to Nevada. If we lose the porn industry, all is lost.

Again, you realize the majority of takers are not only white, but also reside in Red States, right? And this term "takers", and the fact that it's the new buzz word of the Tea Party is a further symptom of how far out of touch the extreme wing of the GOP has come with the rest of the country. Spin this however you like (and I know you will), but the fact remains you're continuing to use race-baiting terms to describe why your guys lost rather than looking in the mirror and seeing where there the true problem lies. It lies in the heart of the conservative base. They've been co-opted by the religious right and it forced an entire generation of republican voters (myself included) out of the party -- possibly forever.

Impossible. What LA and Doc don't want to talk about is the fact that the majority of "takers" are white.

This team talks a lot of trash when they get 300 miles away from the Patriots. Fans too.

What did I miss?

Just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who's served this nation, without your sacrifices none of us would be able to vote today. Thank you. No matter what the outcome today, thank you to PPP (gasp) for entertaining and informing throughout this marathon campaign.