Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Republican Dodges Question u0026 Smears Bernie To His Face" video.

Fleur, it isn't about them making money. Equipment and chemicals cost a lot. My laser set up, initially cost $500,000. That is just the laser, chiller and detector. Add in the mirrors and other components as well it is approaching close to a million. It cost money and time to keep it running efficiently. Many facilities are limited in instrumentation because of cost to where you have to share it. I do scientific research for a living and I agree with Cassidy on this one and find Bernie to be ignorant on this topic.
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Bernie gets confused with complex, intelligent thoughts.
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Bernie is a master of deflection. If he presses harder than people will press him harder. When discussing healthcare and people press him on the issue he reverts back to "we are the only major country on earth....." That is not an argument as he ignores many variables.
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john li, when Bill O'Reilly asked Bernie what his tax rate will be Bernie could not give a number. He has been in congress for around 3 decades and could not give a number at the time, or an approximation. He simply said that it will be higher. When pressed on the min. wage in Vegas in the town hall debate on how he will prevent prices from going up he went on his usual rant on how people can't afford to live off of the min. wage. The guy had to ask him the question again. He said they might have to pay a little more, but went back on the rant on how people can't afford to live off of the min. wage. When pressed on healthcare he reverts to "every other country has it" which is not an argument. There are people with doctorates who research this topic and the issue is complex. When asked by a business woman how she is supposed to pay for her employees healthcare he admitted he has no clue how a business operates and went on an emotional rant about "what if they get sick". There is nothing wrong with asking why drug prices are high. But one reason why is because of R&D. In R&D there is a lot of waste because many projects don't hit the market because diseases evolve so fast and there may be a minor flaw in a project. The human body is complex and changing. And R&D cost a lot of money as equipment and chemicals are expensive because of the limited amount of them. Bernie does not understand that concept. I want lower drug prices, but we have to understand the entire situation. Bernie fails to do that. Canada does well because they take the drugs we produce. What does Canada produce?
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Globalist Pig, I support a public option as long as it is done at the state level. I see many advantages of it. That is not what Bernie wants. Bernie wants complete takeover of healthcare by the federal government. There isn't any price gouging. Money is needed for R&D.
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"And the Public option he's proposing is at the state level. The federal government simply sets standards." That is not a state level public option then. I will read that article when I get time. I have glanced at it. Being a scientist myself and understanding the complexity of R&D I will say this. The body is evolving and so are drugs. To me this is a point where I question if the political left is the party of science as they clearly do not support evolution at this point. I am not saying there isn't any price gouging being done. With the lack of a free market in healthcare I feel there is some. But to immediately say it is all price gouging and the government should be the arbiter is not the solution. For one, the federal government is corrupt. I see them catering to special interest groups. Next, the government is very poor at negotiating prices. Do you really think Bernie has the ability to negotiate prices? He has no understanding of business. To me pushing for a free market system is best. It give power to the people. We don't have that. People cannot pick their own insurance plan but instead are dependent on what their employers offer. And since insurance has become a form of payment it has become healthcare. What Bernie is pushing for is completely centralizing that problem now at the federal level.
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"Republican ideology is that everyone just wants to get rich and escape to the cayman islands. They can't imagine people being motivated by anything else" That is not true at all. Most just want to mind their own business and don't want elitist telling them what to do.
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Bill Anderson, as a graduate student I earn $23,000 a year. I work for free a lot as I sign a 20 hour a week contract but work way more than that. Many on the right work for free, the just want to mind their own business and don't want politicians they have no way in voting in (like Bernie) messing up the life they have.
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" First, you need to do your research before making this statement. " Such as? If you think I am wrong than clearly I am missing something. How about you provide me with something. "Second, any intellectual property related field cannot be purely free market. " I agree. But you can set up a system where many components can exist, even within government. For example, with state rights, that will be states competing with each other. You will still have government involved, but states are competing to provide for their citizens the best living situation possible. " No one's saying that. Read the paper I posted." I will read it. I have a test to study for and my own projects to do. I most likely won't get to it until this weekend to fully read and think about it. But I have it saved. But many are saying that about price gouging and government. They want federal take over on the idea of the federal government negotiating prices when the free market does that as well. " Actual analyses of clinical trials and the process of brining a drug to market. " Which is fine. I will read it and come up with my opinion based on what I know. "And state governments aren't and don't?" They can be. But at the state level your voice is louder. You can vote for more members of your state legislature. How many congress members can you vote for at the federal level? I can't vote for Bernie or Nancy Pelosi. And many on the left can vote for Cassidy an Graham. But they are pushing for legislature that directly influences your life, at least Bernie is. The more local government is the more control you have over it. I met both candidates for mayor last election season and I live in a city of 400,000 people. You just have to be active. Also, if a state is that corrupt than you can move and remain a US citizen. Look up the video "Milton Friedman Smashes Man's Three Questions Like Dixie Cups". He talks about local government. There is a desire to have government, and not system is ideal. The more local government is the easier it is to control and the easier it is for you to see if government is working for you. To give another example, the local school district in my city wants to take land to build a new school. Many members of the community are having a meeting this week to discuss that. They are getting involved and they are not elected officials but normal people. "This is surely not an argument. Why would state governments be better at negotiating drug prices than the federal government?" I don't think any government can be consistently. I did not limit that to the state. So yes, it is an argument. But on that point in my city our mayor is a former business owner that built up many successful businesses. She has done well in negotiating prices for numerous projects. Expansion of our schools, renovating downtown, building of the new bridge, etc. I will trust her and I can vote for her. I don't trust Bernie nor can I vote for him. "Moreover, are you really under the impression that Sanders would personally be negotiating drug prices?" Not necessarily, but even the people he hires I will question. Again, he has a very limited understanding of business, the economy and the market. That has been clear in his debates. When a small business owner asked him how she should pay for healthcare for her employees he outright said that he does not understand the hair salon business. All businesses operate in very similar ways. He should have basic understanding of that. Bill Clinton did when Herman Cain asked him a similar question. "Look, a public option is not centralizing power. It's creating a government option that competes with the private markets. " At the federal level it is centralized power. At the state it isn't. Also, should it be competing with the private market, or should it be there for a last resort? That is debatable and I want to leave that to the state and local governments. There are arguments on both sides, and I support many of them. This is a complex issue that I feel a one size fits all policy is not the solution considering our diverse culture and the complexity involved. "I'd like you to explain what free market healthcare would actually look like. " I said push for a more free market system. To me the first step should be to get rid of the payroll tax. Because of the payroll tax businesses pay with benefits, such as healthcare insurance, as opposed to a higher wage. Those benefits are a way to pay employees without paying taxes. One of those benefits is healthcare insurance. If you remove the payroll tax businesses will instead pay with a higher wage. Those employees can pay for their own insurance. With that they can pick a plan they want, and can keep it even if they switch jobs. They can get a plan to where women don't have to pay for viagra and men don't have to pay for contraceptives. It can go even farther. Insurance should be for unplanned, expensive situations such as an accident. But for things like routine checkups. contraceptives, elective surgery, etc. they can be paid for out of pocket. That will force companies to drive prices down and improve quality much like what happened with LASIK. And insurance companies will only cover unplanned cases which will lower prices. Much like car insurance covers accidents but not oil changes. However, what we have is that people get a plan through their employer as a form of payment. They can't pick their plan, they have to change when they switch jobs (which is were pre-existing conditions come in), and since it is payment insurance has become healthcare. With my idea insurance companies will be limited. They will not have control over all of our healthcare. People will force companies to compete. So my first step will be to remove the payroll tax.
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Globalist Pig, you can still address other things I said. I will read the paper, I just have other things to do as well such as study for my test and work. You asked me a question and I addressed it. Now you are avoiding my response. Why?
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Lance, my responses don't take long to write. Reading the paper will. Most of the responses I write I have done research on already. I am willing to do more but that takes more time.
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Lance, to add, I have been posting comments at a much lesser rate lately. Mainly because this channel is dropping in views. I feel that people are starting to realize how full of crap Kyle is. Maybe I contributed to that, maybe people are just getting older, maybe people are starting to see that the left has gone insane and Trump is becoming successful. Either way, this show is starting to die.
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wargarurumon, Youtube was created by the private sector. The government made the internet, and the private sector made Google, Youtube, Amazon, etc. Just like the government made the post office and Fed Ex made tracking numbers.
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Ok, and....?
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Dead people can't pay.
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Bernie was confused with intelligent thoughts. He can't imagine how complex healthcare is as he is an idiot outside of saying talking points.
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I agree. Bernie has no clue what it is like to do scientific and healthcare research. He has no long term goals on his plans. It shocked him to have to consider them.
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Noonelikes Aknowitall, I read many sources and have yet to find one that I agree 100% with. I live 2000 miles away from my parents.
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Deyshaw, did I ever say that other countries' systems are poor?
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Chen, I said they were unnecessary considering how more children are going to college and teen unemployment is high. Businesses are not hiring teens even though they have the opportunity.
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Liza, if you are trying to earn a living off of the min. wage you have many problems. When I was 17 I was earning more than the min. wage.
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"When 78 percent of the country is living pay check to pay check something is terribly wrong. " There are two reasons for that. 1. People are living beyond there means. Around 70% of lottery winners go bankrupt. There is a correlation there. People have poor money management skills. 2. Government action forces people to, at times, spend more than they want. For example, if you earn just enough to put yourself into the next tax bracket in our progressive tax code you will end up paying more taxes. To avoid that you have to invest in land or something that is a write off. That is government forcing you to spend money as opposed to saving it if you want.
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Colleen, why is it always "right wing talking points" and "Fox news" with you guys? You are deflecting the discussion. You are acting like Bernie Sanders.
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Bill Anderson, you never address anything I say.
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Disease evolve. Creating cures is complex and takes time and money. Or do you not support evolution? For the example given in Alzheimer, that is a complicated disease and we hardly understand protein folding. Finding a cure isn't easy. But for socialist like Bernie they don't understand and assume it just magically appears.
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He is right. Where will innovation comes from? If we pay less than that means less profits, less investment, and less innovation. Where will the new drug come from? This is why socialism does not work in the long run as there is not incentive for people to work and invest. Also, I don't like the idea of the government negotiating prices. Why can't the people do it?
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"Never heard of economies of scale have you? Way more buying power way more negotiating influence." Economies of scale ignore numerous variables, mainly culture. It only works in an ideal economic system which we don't have. Also, with the government being the only entity flipping the bill what is going stop drug companies from just raising prices?
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Also, in the big picture, Bernie has no clue what he is talking about. He has his talking points. But he can't press the issue because you have to know what you are talking about to do that.
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" hes had his tax rate posted on his site for over 2 years now. " Kind of vague. But it still doesn't excuse the fact that after being in congress for almost 3 decades he could not come up an approximate number. "prices havent gone up in many places who have a high minimum wage" When you account for areas of the economy that are influenced by the min. wage the prices have gone up and hours were cut. "you know most of these drugs R&D is paid through tax money, " Not true. Government research is vague. On paper I do research in healthcare, but many of my projects may never contribute. Private companies produce what is actually useful. "the reason why drug prices are so high is because there is no negotiation on prices and the companies charge whatever they want." Not true. Insurance companies negotiate prices. The problem is that the people cannot negotiate better insurance plans. " hes explained healthcare quite throughly" Saying that other countries do it is not an explanation.
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Liza, that is not so. We are investing in R&D. Other countries get the drugs that are developed and can sell for cheaper because they have no desire to progress. We do. And while drugs are more expensive, we are pushing for newer drugs. If you want to pay a lower price than don't expect much progress in healthcare innovation. Also, I don't want Fox. Last time I did I was critical of what they say. I can actually think for myself.
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Bill Anderson, what facts?
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" I just saw a small retail business owner in a state which raised minimum wage. He said his sales volume increased dramatically, and he has had fewer absences, accidents, better employee performance" If you want to go anecdotal on me I can show this as well http://www.facesof15.com/
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"Did you know most R&D happens in publicly funded universities? And then drug companies take the research done by publicly funded research GG. Get knowledge." I do research for a living. The publicly funded research is vague and most do not go anywhere. What private companies do is take what ends up being useful and expanding it to where the public can use it. Pretty much the publicly funded research is academics throwing shit on the wall. The private industry sees what sticks, takes it and expands it. To compare, the government created the internet. The private sector created Youtube, Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.
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" there's a reason you have no likes😂, I understand what you're trying to say but no one here believes that." Actually a lot of people like me, just not here. I am dealing with radicals here and I am trying to pull you closer to the middle to at least have a rational conversation on the issue. I feel the political left has gone too far left. Bill Clinton was a great democrat and president. Watch his video where he discussed healthcare with Herman Cain. Clinton ran through numbers and showed he understood what it took to run a business. Now look at Bernie. He has showed he does not understand what it takes to run a business nor does he care to learn. All he cares about is pushing his socialist agenda and he does not think it is radical. Going to medicare for all is radical as you are completely transforming our healthcare system which is 1/6 of our economy. That will lead to a major recession and a major culture change. There is a reason why Bernie lost and 80% of people in Colorado voted against universal healthcare. No one wants it. And before you say our healthcare system is bad, it isn't. It is great in many ways, and so is universal healthcare in other countries. But they have shortcomings and so do we. We should work on improving the system we have, not completely replacing it for a system that will have just as many shortcomings. As far as people not liking me, republicans won, Bernie lost, and every attempt to pass universal healthcare has failed. It seems like people are not liking the political left at this point and radical ideas.
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jinnai1, ever thought you were the one who is a sell out? The 90s were great. Clinton was intelligent. He worked well with others and was willing to discuss the issues. Now you have Bernie "white people can't be poor" Sanders. Or Bernie "the socialist with three homes" Sanders. Bernie can't have an intellectual discussion. Look at the Ted Cruz (who is also very intelligent) vs Bernie debate. Bernie got destroyed.
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jinnai1, how is Cruz not intelligent? Can you give me examples and your reasoning?
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KC, that is some conspiracy there. I only comment on Youtube. Also, I know very little about the Heartland Institute. But really, that is some Alex Jones level of conspiracy there.
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Bill Anderson, so me saying that Bill Clinton is intelligent and Ted Cruz is intelligent makes me partisan? Also, at this point all you guys are doing is smearing me. I can say that at this point I am the better, and more intelligent man.
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Bill Anderson, I have a job. I work as a research assistant as a graduate student. What do you do?
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Bill, you are the one believing a conspiracy theory that a private institution will waste money to have someone post comments on the internet.
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Grey, you caught me. It depends on the topic. Here is how I get paid 1. Climate change: $200 a post 2. Minimum wage: $150 a post 3. Healthcare: $500 a post 4. Anything dealing with Bernie Sanders: $500 a post 5. Abortion: $100 a post That is some of my income. And than you have to include various other topics that I have to submit to my overlords to earn a income. Depending on what the topic is about and what I write it can be $50 to $500 a post. Bonuses if I double up (like this is Bernie and healthcare, so $1000 plus and extra $200).
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