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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Meanwhile, your ability to think critically is approaching the nearest asymptote at alarming speed.
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A. My understanding of that concept is that it includes the upper limits as well as the lower limits, so I will be charitable to you and simply say thanks.
B. A proposal to make health care affordable by simply passing on to the taxpayer the top $250k of risk for each account, without a plan to pay for it except "from taxes", is simplistic, incredibly expensive, incomplete, has absolutely no chance of passage, and won't even deliver as he vaguely promises. ("Up to" $1k?) And, the little part mandating that employers provide insurance, or steps will be taken? If this is what I need to consider as a serious position, then Kerry has indeed lowered the bar. He should stick to puppies. At least they don't eat each other.
(ETA) - Good lord. His proposal now also includes a brand new governmental agency - a "Department of Wellness". This is good, because we all know that government is well suited to running our personal lives, and at low cost, too.
I wanna be Minister of Carbs. I bet red wine gets a whole division by itself.
