Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Thom Hartmann Program" channel.

  1. Thom Hartmann is incorrect. The Constitution limited powers on the governments at all levels. It outlines the duties of the federal government where the rest of the powers were given to the states. States can create laws but they could not violate the Constitution either. Hartman is incorrect on Jefferson and taxes. Jefferson opposed a federal direct tax. Now maybe he supported a progressive tax locally, but not federally. Less than 2 minutes in and Hartmann is already proving he is lost.
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  2. Young work force....ok.  Here is how this is working out.  People like Bernie Sanders pushes for a min. wage.  We get it and jobs for teenagers go away increasing teenage unemployment.  So now the government wants to spend money to create teenage jobs that they destroyed. It just keeps growing, the government dependence. This is no different then how federal government taxes in the 40s led to the healthcare problems we have now to where the ACA was passed (which in turned created more problems). Government creates a problem and then uses that problem to expand.
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  3. rogerwhutwhut, I doubt you do if you believe the lies of Hartmann
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  4. northmeister Another point on guaranteeing healthcare, we lack resources. So if the government guarantees that I can have surgery but there isn't a doctor in my town that can do it does the government force a doctor to perform surgery on me? That is slavery, but I have my right to healthcare. You see the problem? We lack organs for people. We have people on waiting list for kidneys. Is the government going to force people to give up their kidneys for people? The government can't just wave their hand and then something appears, they have to take it from people with force.
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  5. +BernieSandersenEspañol Define "decent standard of living".
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  6. Gustavo Sautter Working is a great way for someone to gain experience in the workforce so when they are an adult they can have experience to get better jobs.
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  7. Climate change has been happening for over 4 billion years.  There are no questions if it is happening, what to do if anything is the issue.  But if Bernie really wants to help then he needs to do what republicans do and keep politics out of science. We can have more democracy if we have limited federal government and more power to local governments.  The opposite of what Bernie wants.  Bernie wants to run the economy and healthcare when I never voted for him, not really a democracy there. What interest me is how Bernie has all these talking points but his "solutions" will only compound our problems.
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  8. I agree. And we should leave education, healthcare, the min. wage, business regulations, taxes etc. all up to the states like the way this country was established.
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  9. Less than 2 minutes in Hartmann is wrong on the Constitution and Jefferson. The Constitution was there to limit government. It gave the duties for the federal government where the federal government was not supposed to reach outside of those duties. The states were given powers but they had to work within the frame of the Constitution. On Jefferson, Jefferson opposed direct taxation at the federal level which is why it was unconstitutional. He never points to a source for that Jefferson claim. Hartmann went on to tell this guy to google himself and slavery as if what he says is credible. I could not get 4 minutes in this video without stopping. Hartmann has to be an idiot.
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  10. I know, how about we just make more free schooling. That will solve the problem.
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  11. Jeff Bezos is worth that much, it does not mean he has that much. Look up the history of Jeff Bezos and Amazon and you will see a guy born from a teenage mom that through hard work, innovation and offering something society wanted became rich. Complete opposite of Bernie Sanders. I like the FDR reference, the same FDR that turned a recession into a depression. But of course this guy is comparing economics in the 70s to now.
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  12. Fix the tax code, simplify it. This is why the founding fathers only wanted a tax on the states. Liberals broke the idea of limited federal government and more state rights which is why you have rich people earning money through stocks which are taxed less. After Bernie is gone what is going to stop future politicians from turning the tax code back to lowering it on the rich?
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  13. That is not a lie. Bernie Sanders' plan will cost a lot of money and will raise taxes at high rates. And Bernie has no respect in DC. Congress will not work with him at all, and that goes for both parties.
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  14. +BonusRoundTube Obama needs to lead. People are going to oppose him. What Obama did was make excuses which is why he got nothing done where Clinton, with a republican congress, and Reagan with a democrat congress did. "Let's not forget currently Hillary losses all but one of her match ups in the general election while Bernie wins all of his perspective matches." Wait until after the primaries before you get into general elections. When independents and moderates see Bernie as who he is, an idiot, they will not vote for him.
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  15. +BonusRoundTube Independents can't caucus. BTW, Bernie lost in NV.
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  16. +BonusRoundTube The more people realize that he can't answer simple questions the less support he will get. The question answer session in Vegas really hurt him.
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  17. +Ga5524 There is a solid argument for him being great. Under him and a democrat congress, and under Clinton and a republican congress things were great.
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  18. Of course, nobody wants to watch an old fool flap his arms around and say crazy talk.  Sorry Bernie, the US citizens are not stupid enough to vote for you.
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  19. A difference between free speech and owning a gun and healthcare is that is that healthcare can be used by the government to control us, guns and speech are a way for the us to control the government.  Big difference. You can't compare us to other countries.  Denmark has some sort of government healthcare, it also has mandatory military service.  Imagine how different our culture will be if we had mandatory military service. This is the first time I heard of Thom Hartmann and after just 2 minutes I just debunked everything he said and stands for.  And this guy has a radio show? Man we have idiots in this country.
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  20. northmeister Government can't guarantee you access to anything. Just because it controls something doesn't mean it guarantees you access to it. Government has nothing. The only way it gets something is in a form of a tax. With healthcare it will have to tax the citizens their resources they earned and then offer it back to the people. That is different from free speech, press and religion in that you have the right to pursue those things without fear of incarceration. You don't need to rely on the government to offer you those things. That is the difference and it is a big difference. We can go down the road of facts and how the US already has socialized healthcare at the federal level and how poor it is. Or how we can't compare ourselves to other countries. Or how FDR dismantled the constitution that has led to the problems we have now. Believe me, there is so much you don't know.
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  21. Rt Gall We don't have plenty of resources. Resources are limited, and even more so because we do have a group of people who refuse to produce in this country but instead take. Med school is based on ability. People don't get in because of lack of ability. Look at Med. schools and their acceptance rates. I teach pre-med students and I just gave 6 of the 24 I had B's which means that they won't get into med. school unless they retake the course. Med school is expensive but with the pay later on the cost means nothing, it is all about ability.
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  22. Rt Gall And who determines who has the best chance for survival? I personally don't want my fate to be in the hands of the government and them giving someone else an organ I can afford. Who are they to decide I am not worth it? If I earned enough income to get an organ then I have proven that I am productive in society. " A lot of people with kidney disease could have avoided needing a transplant if they had received the proper care before their condition became life threatening." Really? Are you going to say the same thing about heart problems or diabetes and so on? How many people pursue preventative care? Not many because they don't want to spend the time doing it. We are a nation that is in the top 10 in obesity. Access to healthcare won't prevent that. "EVERYBODY ON DIALYSIS IS COVERED BY MEDICARE AND/OR MEDICAID. WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED MOST OF THE NEED FOR DIALYSIS IF WE HAD UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE!" What do you base that off of? Once again it comes down to we don't have enough doctors and goods and services available to cover everyone. Either we have to increase spending to cover the lack of resources or ration out care. The government can't just wave it's hand and things magically appear. Have you ever been in line to the post office, or at a welfare place, or the DMV? It is very inefficient. And you think they can manage healthcare?
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  23. Rt Gall As I said, med school pays off in the end. People don't go because they simply can't do it mentally
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  24. Rt Gall So a child who could grow up to be a criminal should receive a kidney over a developed person with proven worth? Preventive care doesn't solve everything. Plus, even if available you can't stop people from having poor diets and exercise habits. If you are not making enough then you need to work to get out of it. Prove your worth in society.
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  25. +Ju Gru Depends on how you use those facts.
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  26. I can identify a lot of areas where Bernie Sanders doesn't stand for American.  He wants to expand the size of the federal government getting less representation of the people in government and more representation for those in power.  And the min. wage was raised around in 2007, that is really recent.  And it has been raised in several states.  Never mind the fact there isn't one single good reason to even have a min. wage the fact is that it has been raised recently.  Thom Hartmann is an idiot.
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  27. logan511962 Yep, anyone that disagrees with you is a troll.
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  28. Sharon S Actually raising the min. wage will put more people on welfare because of lost of hours and increase prices. Nothing good comes from the min. wage. Welfare at the federal level is expansion of the federal government. Bernie wants to expand the power of the federal government which will create more problems.
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  29. Sharon S If you took a course in economics you need to get your money back. Think about what money is. Money doesn't drive our economy, goods and services do, essentially wealth. Since money is no longer tied to a standard of a precious metal (like gold) it derives it's value solely on the goods and services it produces. You don't need to create demand. There is infinite demand for better goods and services. The problem is the inability to consume due to lack of resources. Just giving money away without increasing the amount of goods and services it produces lowers the value of money which is why we see increases in prices. So raising the min. wage doesn't do all of what you said because if it did then we can simply raise it to $200/hr. The reason why there hasn't been detrimental effects (I never said it did by the way) is because the economy is complex. The min. wage has been raised around a few dollars at most in our society. Nothing good comes from it but all the negative results get lost in what is called the statistical noise. For example, the state of Washington has one of the highest min. wages in the country over $10/hr. $10/hr is a small amount. All the negative results get lost in all the other variables that are involved in the economy. If you were to do an analysis and remove those variables and look at select groups you see negative effects. WA has on of the highest youth unemployment rates in the country. Young individuals are low skilled and are typically low wage workers, it makes since they lose employment. Now overall unemployment may drop but that is due to other effect. My state has a min. wage higher than the national, it also has some of the lowest taxes in the nation which is leading to more jobs, a company just started up that pays $26/hr. The min. wage means nothing to them at that point. As I said, you need to get your money back on you econ. class. I get paid $1800/month to teach 40 students a semester, I gave you this lesson for free. You are welcome.
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  30. lucidity910 One, I teach the physical sciences at the college level. Another, this is a youtube comment page, not a dissertation, not work I am looking to get publish but a comment page. Grammar is not that important as compared to content. So if all you have as a rebuttal against me is my grammar on a youtube comment page when you never seen any of my published work then I feel that you clearly don't know very much.
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  31. Dan Underwood If you raised the min. wage to $15/hr then prices will go up and hours will go down.
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  32. Sharon S Predictions are not hard when they are in theory to happen and have happened in practice. It is like saying the sun is going to rise from the east tomorrow morning.
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  33. Dan Underwood Denmark doesn't have a min. wage. Plus you really can't compare the US to other countries, especially one like Denmark which has a population of less than around 30 states. And never mind that you are determining the state of a country's economy off of the min. wage and the price of a big mac. You do know that overall cost of living is cheaper in the US? And if you want to compare healthcare the US is number one in cancer survival rate and in life expectancy when you remove accidents and murder, two factors not connect to healthcare, the US is number one. But hey, you just determined the state of a country's economy off of the min. wage (which doesn't exist in Denmark) and the price of a Big Mac.
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  34. Dan Underwood I guess you didn't read. I said if you remove factors such as murder and accidents, things not connected to healthcare, or all intents and purposes, at all, the US is number 1 in life expectancy. This was looked into by professors at the University of Iowa and Texas A&M. The US is also number one in cancer survival rates. Yes healthcare in the US is expensive, but most are the reasons why are due to the federal government. I can point to a policy in the 40s that caused prices to go up. Also, while cheaper in other countries you get what you pay for, as in longer wait times and arguably lesser quality of care. Denmark does not have a min. wage. Even with that the US has a higher GDP per capita and it has an even higher one when PPP is taken into account, Denmark has a lower one. Cost of living is higher in Denmark. Their "$20/hr minimum wage" doesn't go as far.
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  35. Sharon S Nope. I don't really know what is going on in Greece because I really don't care. I am concerned with what is going on in the US and what works here.
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  36. Dan Underwood It isn't a joke or a cop out. Studies that claim that the US doesn't have the best system uses a broad stat as in life expectancy and point to the US being 34th. But if you remove issues such as murder an accidents for all countries the US is number 1, thus that should improve their healthcare rankings. But studies designed to make US healthcare look inferior won't do that. On cancer, so you want your mom to die? Never mind that your mom is a just one story. I know of a story of a UK girl named Natasha that died from a brain tumor after seeing several doctor. Look up the story, she was 16. The stats are there, we are near number one in cancer survival rate. "it's for profit" What is wrong with profit? Profit means competition which means better goods and services at a more affordable price. "You only have longer waits for non critical care.  Actually in critical care their wait times are comparable to ours." Why do I have to wait longer? " And their healthcare is ranked better. " You mentioned that before and that is debatable. I have shown you why. "Out of 11 advanced nations compared in a recent study America ranks 11th in almost every subject." I have seen that study and as I said it was designed to make the US healthcare system look inferior. That is why respectable people don't cite it. It is a flawed study that I took down by simply looking at life expectancy. "It goes a lot further than our $7.25 an hour.  It goes further than our 14 an hour.  What are you for laissez-faire capitalism?" It isn't $14 in Denmark, cost of living is higher in Denmark. If the min. wage is do high than why is GDP per capita so low? And to answer your question it is no.
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  37. Dan Underwood In your mind it is a better option. You have to realize that if that doctor were to give your mom something else, even if in your mind it was better, and your mom would be worse off they are liable. Also, you can always see another doctor. "And why would we pay out the ass for a system that is more often than not horrible? " The only real horror stories are dealing with cost in the US. I believe you are talking about a different little girl. The one I am talking about had a brain tumor that would have been found if the doctors would have simply done an MRI instead of having her wait months to get it. For profit has made thing cheaper and better. It is a flawed study, I have shown you why in just life expectancy. A more in depth investigation will bring up more flaws.
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  38. Dan Underwood Then how about you go to med. school and you change the way cancer is treated. Right now you are telling doctors, experts in their fields how to do their job. I have had my run in with doctors as well, difference is that I am PhD candidate myself so maybe I come across better. Ever try changing your approach? There are not many horror stories about quality of care in the US. Even Michael Moore's movie Sicko was basically on cost. Cost is the only problem with our healthcare system and it is mainly due to federal government policies. The for profit system and a more capitalist system would lead to lower prices. Product last a long time if you take care of them. My Ipod has lasted me 10 years. My car last longer than older cars today. And even if you have to buy more they are cheaper than in the past. Just simply look at the technology people have access too. Smart phones, HD TVs, blu rays etc. They cost less and are better. The reason why food cost more is due to government policies such as the min. wage for example. We are producing more food than ever but prices keep rising. That doesn't match theory, but when businesses have to pay a higher price in labor then prices have to go up. That min. wage has outpaced productivity leading to higher prices. "We also spend more on healthcare than any of the socialized countries do." And we get the best results. And the high price is due to federal government policies. And the ACA is going to make it worse. Segments of healthcare that were not effected by the federal government's policies have seen their prices decrease such as LASIK for example. There is always wealth inequality, that is natural and good for a productive society and economy. That is because not everyone desire to develop a lot of wealth. A home owner has 30 times more wealth than a renter, a home owner has around 60% of their wealth in their home. Beyond owning a home the average person does not have much wealth. That is because not everyone desires to run a major corporation or business. I don't have much wealth but I don't care. I am still well off. " If we could narrow the gap then our ratings in the world would rise. " We are still very strong compared to the rest of the world. You really can't compare us to other countries and if you do then you will see that we are comparable to other countries and within the standard deviation. That difference is noise due to several variables. Thus you really can't say who is better. Look up the Forbes article "The Myth of America's Poor Life Expectancy"
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  39. So if Bernie somehow becomes president he will abuse his power. But when other politicians who he considers are to be the establishment does it, then it is bad? This is why the founding fathers wanted a limited government.
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  40. +J GALT Ok, Sanders may not abuse the power. Now what about future federal politicians? Do you want a Trump or Cruz to have that kind of power?
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  41. Remember folks, just because you are a human being you have the right to healthcare. But you don't have the right to your property, and if you are a doctor you don't have a right to not be enslaved.
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  42. Bernie peaked at the first debate. He got exposure and people found out that he was a nut.
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  43. Marco Rubio, and even Scott Walker are not more well known than Bernie Sanders, they are at the same level. Bernie has zero chance of winning, enjoy defeat.
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  44. Sharon S I am not voting for Trump, I just know that Bernie is going to scare too many people away with how radical he is or how weak his policies are, both of which will show up in debates.
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  45. Sharon S I will remember that when he loses this next election.
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  46. kymileon No they won't. He has no plans besides tax the rich and spend. And, as usual with federal government programs, when our problems compound he will just want higher taxes and want to spend some more. It is a never ending trail for him. Bernie will get burned in debates as well. He has a handful of talking points and that is it. He will push about how terribel Walmart and the Koch brothers are and how we should tax them more. He has no legit plan. He will fall faster than Occupy Wall Street did.
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  47. While Bernie is dishonest it is not nearly as bad as how economically illiterate he is.
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  48. Remember folks, just because you are a human being you have the right to healthcare. But you don't have the right to your property, and if you are a doctor you don't have a right to not be enslaved.
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  49. +Del Aran He can't deflect loaded questions when he can't even answer simple ones.
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  50. So this is Reagan's fault? He was president 30 years ago? Why not Clinton? Why not FDR? Why not Carter? FDR was corrupt as well. He threaten to pack the courts to simply get his way, and during his time we saw the worse recession ever, we can easily blame FDR. And I love how this topic went from economics to weapons deal.
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