Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "GOP Congressman Says The Left Wants U.S. To Be North Korea" video.

DavidUno23, you won't get good reasons from these people. They will just blame capitalism when capitalism has led to an obesity problem in the US. Also it led to his friend being able to afford food for both of them. No system can help everyone. This guy blaming capitalism for not having food is no different than someone else being poor in other nations as those people exist.
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You mean small countries with lower corporate tax rates and less business regulations? You know, a free market approach?
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Life expectancy is not dropping in the US. Those that say it is are pointing at a couple of years by truncating the graph. Every country has experienced times of falling life expectancy. Norway saw it between 1999 and 2000. Iceland saw it in 2012 and 2013.
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Josh L, those nations have low corporate tax rates and a free market when it comes to relationships between the employer and employee. They have high taxes on the citizens with everyone paying a higher income tax and a higher consumption tax. Also, they face many issues, they are not utopias. It is also easy when you have populations that are smaller than most of our states.
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Darth Malus, Jeff Bezos earns $80,000 a year. Learn the difference between wealth and income.
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Richard, your comment is a part of the problem. I support high wages, but my idea is to allow a free market to take care of that. You say "sensible gun control" where that word "sensible" is subjective. I want high quality healthcare to as many people as possible. If I disagree with you than you are saying I don't support healthcare for people, that I am not "sensible" on the gun issue, and I don't care about higher wages. Your wording on this issue is the problem which is a major problem the left has now.
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Kurt, you served your "required time" because Denmark, as I am aware of, had mandatory military service for years. That changes the culture of a nation where many of those social programs you offer can work to a degree. In the US we don't have that culture. We have a different culture. Bernie and AOC want to dismantle the military. They want higher min. wage where Denmark has none. They want higher corporate taxes where Denmark's is lower. There are many things Bernie and AOC want that Denmark does not have
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Etrigan The Demon, reducing defense spending is dismantling it
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Kurt.Dk-55, no one has changed healthcare systems because the systems are so established and developed that changing would lead to a recession. Same goes for the us. Overall the us system is on par with other nations.
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Astral Dragon, there are multiple ways that the free market can raise wages. One is through competition. With businesses competing for good labor they will pay more to attract it. Another is by businesses pushing to push better goods that a cheaper. That means goods cost less which means consumers get more for their dollar.
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Jonathan, I actually do show how competition raises wages. I will say it again. Competition between companies means a business wants to attract workers so they will pay more to attract better workers. Competition with businesses means a business will do the best they can to provide the best goods/services at an affordable price. I mention all of that but of course, you being fake, you completely dismiss the other side. Unions are important, problem is in the US we have crony unionism. I support unions. Problem is they corrupted politicians. One major reason why the min. wage exist is because it is a negotiating tool for unions. Milton Friedman broke that down one time how it was unions leaders holding a meeting to raise the min. wage, not low wage workers. But I bet you think Milton Friedman is an idiot because he represents the other side. Jonathan, I called you out as a liar last time and you ran away. I called you out as fake and you ran away.
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Jonathan, they are not "common sense" gun laws as there are arguments on both sides to begin with. Arguments on both sides by experts. But of course you dismiss experts on one side because you are fake. You see, I did not even make an argument for certain gun laws, I am simply showing you cannot call them "common sense" or "sensible" as there are arguments to begin with by experts on both sides. You bring up psych evaluations. You claim to be studying to be a doctor. If that were true you would understand how difficult mental issues are hard to handle. They are not like diabetes where you can have a quantitative way of measuring something, blood sugar in that case. Mental health issues are very subjective. I have a friend who is a nurse who works in a psych ward. They will hold someone on suicide watch for three days and after that the person there can simply say they are no longer suicidal and they have to let them go. There is no way to tell if they are telling the truth. If you were really studying to be a doctor you would know this. You would know how easy it is to fake those psych test. I took many of them as I have received mental health care and I know exactly what to answer to get a certain diagnoses. It isn't. But of course you are fake and are not a doctor.
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Jonathan, you said in healthcare that I can eat ice cream and smoke all day and it won't influence my health at all. The person lifestyles have no factor in healthcare, that it was purely genetic. You said that if I were to get murdered today and die it was because I had poor healthcare. These are things you said. And now you have shown you complete lack of understanding of mental healthcare and you continue to dismiss the other side with comments like "common sense". I will add on the difficulty in mental health problems. I received help but originally it was challenging to find it in me. A major reason why is because I was raised in a strong, caring family and my intellectual threshold was so high that I was able to work with it up to my doctoral studies. However, it eventually held me back. People view mental health problems as people who are homeless, or who can't keep jobs. It can be in people who are very successful (like me as a PhD candidate) due to outside factors and intellectual threshold. Thus it was challenging to even diagnose me with a mental health problem. Mental healthcare is as challenging as it gets. You would not know this because you are not an intellectual. I have showed that many times as you continue to dismiss the other side. You have little knowledge about healthcare even though you claim to be a doctor. However, I pointed out many times where you lied, so you lie about that as well. Cheers.
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Zandman26, Amazon competes with Walmart. Amazon provides products that people can buy without leaving the home. That saves gas and time. Instead of wasting gas driving around looking for something that might not exist, you look for it online. With many sellers on Amazon you can find a low price. Walmart is countering with their Walmart pickup. You order online, drive up and pick up. That saves time so you can focus on other things. Walmart and Amazon business model caters to the consumers. To work there you need a GED at best for Amazon and only have to be 18 to work at Walmart. They are low skilled and thus low wage workers. I worked at Amazon warehouse and the job was not difficult. But their business leads to lower prices or consumers which saves them money. Also, there are other retail stores. I have not stepped foot in a Walmart for months. I shop at a local grocery store down the street.
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Jonathan, you can dismantle something slowly. You don't have to do it all at once. But of course you claim to be a doctor but how no idea how challenging mental health is and how someone can easily fake a psych exam. Also, with mental health issues that does not mean someone is a killer leading to many limitations on those psych exams. We don't take away people's rights until they actually do something illegal. There are strong arguments in that. But you will dismiss those people as lacking "common sense" as you are not an intellectual. A part of being an intellectual is being able to understand both sides of an issue and understand that the points both sides have are valid. You will never see me use the phrase "common sense". You did. Why? Because you are not an intellectual, you are a fake.
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And again, what does Ben Shapiro have to do with anything?
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Jonathan, I just proved to you that you simply dismiss the other side and have no clue how complex the mental health issue is even though you claim to be a doctor. You cannot hide the fact you are fake.
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Jonathan, family members are not doctors. They may not see if someone in their family has a mental health issue. That is why this issue is not "common sense". It is a complex issue and I outlines how it is. Now that I have you are back pedaling. I, again, pointed out how fake you are. There are many arguments against the idea of psych evaluations. One is that they are not quantitative and highly flawed. Another is that just because someone has a mental health problem does not mean they are a threat to others. I have a mental health problem on record. I own four guns and have zero intentions to harm anyone. However, you want to take my guns away even though I never done anything illegal. It goes farther that any red flag can deny people guns meaning a lot of people will be denied their second amendment. You are deputizing doctors at that point. But in all of that you simply dismiss the other sides by using the "common sense" argument. That, again, is why you are not an intellectual.
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Jonathan, you I don't misrepresent your argument. Here is the trend. You dismiss the other side completely. I don't. Again, I never used the phrase "common sense", you have. I have gave you papers by economists and you dismissed them just because they have a different opinion than yours. I don't dismiss the others side. I find their arguments to be valid. Whenever I call you out on these actions you back pedal. Look at the mental health issue. I broke down how complex it is after you claimed the issue was "common sense". As for genetic factors and healthcare, I pointed out how lifestyle choices play a role in healthcare making any healthcare stat, like life expectancy and infant mortality rates, complex. You can't use raw data to make a conclusion on healthcare systems. You came back saying that genetics are the factor. I called you out on it so now you are back pedaling again. Notice how I don't retract of my statements? You want to know why? Because I am an intellectual that understands all positions on an issue. Keep back pedaling, it just shows how fake you are. Cheers
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Jonathan, another trend is that I am educating you. In the past I have said numerous times that factors outside of healthcare influence healthcare related stats like life expectancy. That is where I brought up the murder and car accidents. That is why I said that if I got murdered tonight you would claim it was because I had poor healthcare. And now you are back pedaling and admitting that outside factors influence people's health. Admit it, I am teaching you. Swallow your pride bud.
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Jonathan, you literally said mental health issues are easy and can be determined with simple psych exams and asking family members. You are pushing laws to take away someone's right just because they answered a psych exam wrong or shows some signs of mental health issues even if they will never harm anyone and have never harmed anyone. You say that issue is "common sense" when mental health is probably the most challenging issue in all of healthcare due to the lack of quantitative testing involved. As I said, I have a mental health problem on record. You want to take my guns away even though I have never harmed anyone and have no intentions to. And you say our argument is "common sense" and that my counter argument, that personally influences me, is dumb. I can't take you serious anymore. You literally degraded all mental healthcare providers saying their work is easy and slapped the people with mental health issues in the face by saying they should not have rights. And you continue it dismiss the other side as you feel you side of the argument is "common sense". You are a joke.
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Jonathan, I will add that my situation was talked about for months between my and my doctors. And the issue that I had four guns was brought up as there was a potential for someone getting hurt, mainly me. We discussed it and decided that it was safe for me to possess my guns. That came down to a conversation between me and my doctor that is confidential. You want to create laws that takes my guns away because I exhibit signs related to mental health issues that other shooters have had. That is literally what you support because you feel a complex issue is "common sense". You are a complete moron when it comes to healthcare. You feel healthcare is not complex. You are not an intellectual as you continue to dismiss the other side. You are a complete moron and just degrade people better than you to make up for you sad life.
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Jonathan, to add, you can't just ask family members, schools and doctors for their opinion. If someone exhibits signs of being dangerous and the school claims that kid was fine. When that kid does a shooting the school is held accountable. That is why many schools have zero tolerance. A kid made a pop tart into the shape of a gun and was suspended. Why? Because the school is making it so they are not held accountable. The same can go between my doctor and myself. Say I do shoot someone. If records came out that I had a conversation with my doctor about my guns that doctor is held accountable. You can't place people in that position. You do. And in your mind that is "common sense". You continue to fail to realize how challenging these issues are.
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Jonathan, you can't back away from this one. You are a lying piece of shit. You said that law is "common sense" as it is simple. You are saying that mental healthcare is simple. It isn't. You are trying to take away people's rights without due process. You can't do that. Considering how you feel that mental healthcare is that simple that it can be reduced down to a simple psych exam and asking family and the school, that may know little about the individual, show you have no idea what you are talking about. You are a lying piece of shit. This is the 2nd comment thread in a row I prove that you. Now you are degrading doctors in the mental healthcare field by saying their work is so easy that laws attached to them are "common sense". Now you are trying to take rights away from people as say the reason it "common sense". It isn't. Go ahead an quote yourself, it just proves I am right. These issues are not "common sense".
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Jonathan, I read back on your other comments. On that law about the mental ill and gun ownership, it was repealed due to lack of due process. You cannot take away people's rights if there is no due process. Next, I am on medication for my mental issue. You are saying that I should not own a gun. I have never harmed anyone in my life and most likely never will. But you are saying I should not own a gun and you only reason is "common sense". Also, you proved your ignorance on healthcare again. You say you are not asking for opinions, you are. Mental health is very subjective. That is what makes it challenging. But of course you feel that healthcare is not complex. You said that many times and dismiss experts with opposing views. Why do you lie?
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Doug Casey, you are not going to get an honest response from Jonathan. I have interacted with him many times and he keeps shifting the goal posts in his arguments. On the issue of mental health I have knowledge of it as I suffer through it. I have found a way to manage with proper care though and don't use it as an excuse. I am on medication and based on his standard I should be denied a gun even though I committed no crime. We got in this discussion and he asked if I understand mental health more than someone with a PhD in psychology. Reality is no. But when my psychologist and psychiatrist allow me to keep my guns, that says something. Also, when we got in discussions on economics and healthcare I posted work by professors in those fields and he dismisses them. Jonathan is what is wrong with the left. I support many ideas on the left, but people like Jonathan drive me away from it. He completely dismisses the other side of the argument even if I show him experts who make arguments against his ideas. But then he brings in experts' opinions or use appeal to authority when it suits him. Jonathan is a fake and a liar. I called him out many times on it and easily showed it here. He feels that mental healthcare is easy as he called it "common sense" to base gun laws on it even though I easily argued against it using my own experience as hard evidence.
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Jonathan, I love how you run away again when challenged. I doubt you will answer this but I will ask anyone. Me having a mental health problem, diagnosed by a psychologist and a psychiatrist, and being on medication, do you feel I should have the right to own a gun? Remember, I never harmed anyone in my life.
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Real American, leftists these days do. In the past they didn't. But a radical like Jonathan does. I exposed him as a fraud long ago. Now he is saying mental healthcare is an easy issue to tackle, and he claims to be in med school.
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Doug Casey, both sides are strawmanning anymore. I see that as a problem in politics which is why Trump was elected. There was a time where both sides engaged in intellectual conversations. Find the video of Bill Clinton and Herman Cain discussing healthcare in 1994. Both sides used numbers and reasoning in their arguments. While I sided with Cain I see Clinton's reasoning and respected the fact that he understood Cain's position. These days I feel the political left is too radical. I come to these videos trying to pull people like Jonathan to the middle. I feel a need to have the political left and their programs around in our society. But these days I feel they are too extreme. They push over simplified policies on complex issues, and if you disagree with them they berate you, call you a bad person and feel you need to be punished. Those on the right don't counter their arguments at that point because of fear of being painted poorly. Trump does not care how others view him. The political left needs to engage in intellectual discussions, not be so emotional and accept that the other side does have a legit argument. That is what happened in the 90s between Bill Clinton and Newt. As for us going farther right in the US, I can easily argue that we have gone farther left. In some issues we have gone left in others we have gone right. To say we have many problems in the US to me is simply not true. Yes, we have issues and there is always room for improvement, but they are not that extreme. There is a desire to discuss these issues and someone like Bernie stirs that up. However, both sides continue to shut people down on the discussion. As a whole I feel both sides have legit arguments. I have my opinions that will differ from you, but I see your side of the issue and understand a need to resolve it. I feel both sides are not doing well in engaging in conversation. As for my question towards Jonathan, it is to see how consistent he it. I know he isn't but he said that a panel of psychologist should determine the law and vote on what conditions should be set to allow someone with a mental illness if they should own a gun or not. My psychologist and psychiatrist know me personally and have for months. They know my behavior and what I deal with and how I handle it. In their opinion they feel I should be allowed to own a gun. By Jonathan's standard a group of arbitrarily picked psychologist, whom I have no say in how they are selected, and do not know me personally, should determine my fate on if I should own a gun or not. That was the idea behind my question towards him. If I ever interact with him again I will ask that question and point out the holes in his reasoning.
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Real American, for the most part I agree, that is how many on the left act today. In Jonathan's case he said it was "common sense" to have gun laws where you have to take a psych evaluation. I then broke down how challenging mental health issues are and how psych evaluations can easily be faked. He then claims that I misunderstood him. If one wants to say it is "common sense" that dangerous people should not have guns then sure, that is fair. But defining what is a "dangerous person" is where the complexity arises. You can't just deny people guns who have not committed any wrong doing. That is a solid argument. But people like Jonathan claim it is as easy as a psych exam and asking family and friends. They have simple solutions to complex issues.
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No, they want more local government to hold it accountable. Also, they want intelligent people in office, not a 28 year old bartender who doesn't understand the unemployment rate.
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No different than when people point to Canada and Denmark. There are many factors the ultra left is ignoring. It goes both ways.
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