israel is smaller than the state of vermont yet over 1/3 of TOTAL american foriegn aid goes to israel every year-Ozz wrote: It's Israel that makes the real medical breakthoughs these days.
that comes to about $26,000. for every united states citizen given to israel.
israel would not be where they are today without the USA
don't want to go into too much re:israel as there are many hot button topics.
to the non-usa posters there are so many 'non-health' issues tacked in to this bill/law
and the mandate disquises things as a tax so the IRS is the enforcers hence the gov't has wiggle room to say it is constitutional-those sneaky bastards!
also the way the votes were bought off angers many americans..the whole process was dirty..it is (should be illegal yet it is now blatanly in our faces)
lobbyists are just as bad and yes it happens but for something that is so opposed by the majority of americans shows this is not a representative republic.
the statement -if you like your plan you can keep it is false because the standards for acceptable coverage has not been determined
a fine or tax for not having insurance is crazy but it may prove to be cheaper to pay than get insurance for some individual.
let me ask non-americans-are your bank accounts real time accessed by your governmental collection for 'healthcare' ?
can they just deem you haven't paid enough, etc.? and can take that currency out of your account? beyond your paychecks..(akin to hand in your pocket on your wallet)
things have been set up way before and since bush sr. has been pres..slow incrementalism.
original tea party was started by libertarians/independents fed up with dem/rep very much grass roots.
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NOUN:
1.Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.
2.The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.
