“I told you before that I am not here to have private discussions.
Especially when they don’t lead to anything fruitful.”
So just ignore my posts like you do most of the time- my responses aren’t meant for you per se- they’re to point out your hypocrisy to everyone else. At this point I don’t think I can help you. I had you in mind on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur that you should see the truth and do Teshuva. I honestly thought when you were gone for a month afterwards that you were doing Teshuva- unfortunately I was wrong.
“After 4 tries, I couldn’t even convince you on the topic about the republican view that impeaching Clinton was 100% justified but impeaching Trump twice was 100% unjustified.”
That’s a lie! When you said that impeachment is for high crimes and misdemeanors, not lying under oath and I pointed out to you that lying under oath is a misdemeanor you ignored me. You sure had me convinced that the impeachment was justified. Similarly, when you said that President Trump perjured himself and I pointed out that it was actually President Biden who admitted on camera that he threatened to pull $1 billion in loan guarantees if the Ukraine didn’t fire the prosecutor investigating the company Hunter used to work for. When you ignored that as well you sure as anything had me convinced that the impeachment was 100% unjustified.
(In fairness to you- you didn’t totally ignore it, you responded that we should learn together the whole Shavuos night or something like that. Unfortunately that wouldn’t work as I would only take on a Charusa that I want my kids to look up to.)
“In the real world it does not work. We don’t live in a utopia where everyone given an opportunity can make it. In the real world, there will always be people that need to rely on the government for assistance.”
Are you purposely leaving out what I wrote later on? If entitlements would only be given to those who for mental or physical reasons can’t sustain themselves as well as those who are temporarily down on their luck, the entitlement crisis would be a non-issue. I agree that we don’t live in a utopia where everyone can make it. That doesn’t mean that the government should take money from hard working people who can barely support themselves to pay people not to work and vote Democrat.
“Ditto for the next paragraph of yours.”
Instead of just dismissing the entire paragraph, can you please explain why the items I mentioned would still be issues?
“1) Healthcare and Insurance has nothing to do with people taking care of themselves. Pregnancy is not due to illness. Most reasons that people go to the Doctor have nothing to do with a lifestyle.”
It sure does. If people took responsibility for themselves (I’m going to reiterate again that I’m not referring to people who for mental or physical reasons can’t as well as those who are temporarily down on their luck) they should have no problem finding employment that provides health benefits for them and their families. Furthermore- the bulk of medical claims costs could be avoided if people ate healthier, exercised responsibly, drove carefully, didn’t take stupid risks, avoided illegal drugs, stayed away from violence…
Pregnancies, ear infections and ingrown toenails are part of life and expected medical claims.
Gun shot wounds and drug overdoses are medical costs that could be avoided. (I know that there are many other types of claims in between but you get the point unless you’re purposely missing it.)
“Americans deserve what every other country has and that is a healthcare system that takes care of them and doesn’t force them to choose between food and paying for insurance.”
If Americans would have the same culture as the countries you have in mind they’d be able to have the same kind of healthcare systems. (Not that I’m jealous of the health care that they have in Canada or the UK.)
“Why should we have Medical Debt or people declaring bankruptcy due to it even after they have paid their insurance premiums?”
Again, it’s the people that milk the system that ruin it for everyone. If all work able people would get jobs that provide health insurance and start living a healthier lifestyle there would be more premiums being paid and less medical claims. It would be a non-issue to pay the premiums and other medical costs for those people who legitimately can’t take care of themselves and medical debt would slowly go away.
Before the ACA came out I had a generous health insurance plan with a $250 annual deductible. I was paying about $200 per month in premiums and my employer was paying about $1,200 per month. After the ACA came out I had a less generous health insurance plan, was paying around $400 per month, my employer was paying about $1,400 per month and the deductible was $7,500 per year. I couldn’t afford the extra close to $10,000 and may have gone bankrupt if I didn’t move to a cheaper location and switch jobs. Was it fair to my family to have to move from the only home they ever knew and for me to have to switch from the only corporate job I had at the time so that I (and hard working, responsible people like me) could pay the health insurance costs of those who chose not to take care of themselves?
“2) “If people that are attracted to others of the same gender would get the psychological help that they need the toeva crisis would be a non-issue.”
I don’t think that is the Republican view. Even if it is their view, it is totally false.”
Instead of just saying that it’s totally false can you please explain why?