People get educations because they need a diploma as proof that they have a brain. They can't get a job otherwise.

If you have a easy job and a pre existing condition and insurance thats great but you better hope your job is forever or you will get taste of what others are feeling. To me the big thing is other people even If I won the lottery I would want others to have health care because its not all about me. Did Jesus only help the afflicted with insurance?

Most insurance companies will not insure you if you are honest about your preexisting condition OR they will not cover anything that involves your preexisting condition. If you have one who does, then good for you.

That is why I said good for you.

But none of that proves me wrong.

Maybe a better word is parasite states?

think i will order papa johns ya made me hungry


so because he comes out and states what most should already know
you force a cost on a company for their employee
the company will do what they need to to cover that cost

i guess jack was right

"the truth you cant handle the truth"

but hey what do i know

You have done nothing of the kind. Telling me your personal opinion or experience has not disproved anything.

I am not incorrect. That is only your opinion.

If "science" wants to shut itself off from the rest of the world and humanity and lock itself up inside of a box with rigid inflexible laws about the meanings of words, (particularly consciousness) which I don't agree with you that they do, then they would not progress forward much where the true nature of reality is concerned.

And yes, as everything stated, that is my opinion.

The word "consciousness" (like "God) in my opinion, has not been correctly or adequately defined.

If we as philosophers, or scientists want to progress towards learning the truth about how we came to exist out of nothing, and how we became alive and conscious, new definitions are in order.

From the time he went into office, Bush pretty much rammed this country's economy to the ground. It is going to take the next 200 years before we will get out of the mess that he helped put us in. I am dumbfounded at how conservatives are quick to throw our current leader into the cauldron, knowing well that eight years of having that goof of a president (Bush) in office is what kept us in this economic downfall in the first place.

I'm happy for you.

Oh god, one more time.

The Red states take more from the fed than they pay in.

The blue states pay more than they get from fed.

It's that simple and that is the point of the thread.

Spin it all you wish its still one person one vote.

Really? it would seem its the republicans who do not after all they spend four years chasing the votes 800,000 rednecks with states with about 4 electoral votes each, then they cry and wonder why the lost the election.

Not to mention these states contribute nothing to the national economy in fact they take more money from the federal government than they contribute as proven above.

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you good lord!

What a feat of propaganda.

Its a tax write off and who the heck wants a pizza made by desperate poor people with no insurance? I would not risk Hep C over a free pizza uggggg stay away from the chains.

People with pre-existing conditions have been out of luck in this country as far as health insurance is concerned. This just tells me that health insurance as it has always been is nothing better than a for profit business that does not really give a rats rear about your health at all. Its just profit they are interested in.

It's interesting that the ranters never respond to posts like this which point out the real-world problems with our current system.

Of the 32 states that receive more than they give in tax dollars to the federal government 21 of those states are Republican.

Of the 18 states that give more federal taxes than they receive 17 of them are democratic.

Wannabe Secessionists, Go For It, Pretty Please we can finally balance a budget.

See the stats here.

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/11/13-1

I like their double bacon 6 cheese pizza. Mmmmmmm.

Instead of cutting employee's healthcare benefits, maybe Papa Johns should stop giving away free pizzas.