Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "CNN" channel.

  1. Actually there is evidence kids are less likely to become infected.
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  2. Matt Schilling, the study said that $32.6 trillion over 10 years was a conservative estimate. Also, that number is just for public care. What we pay now is for both public and private care. The $32.6 trillion made the assumption that healthcare providers will be willing to take a 40% pay cut without lowering quality and that increasing demand will not increase prices. The fact check was comparing the conclusion of the study to what Bernie is concluding. Bernie is wrong in what the study says. Now you may disagree with the study's conclusion where that is a completely different discussion in itself. But you have to be honest in what the study says. Saying that increasing demand will not increase price is an economic fallacy. Very little suggests that Medicare for all would be cheaper.
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  3. Matt Schilling, the issue is that gathering data is challenging. This study is just looking at cost and using Bernie's assumptions. They are a 40% reduction in healthcare payments where healthcare providers will be earning 40% less, and assuming prices won't go up despite demand going up. If you assume that you get the number that the study produced. Now consider that increasing demand will surely increase price, or that a 40% reduction in payments will lower quality, you end up with a situation that Medicare for all is not any better than what we have now. Expand on that how you will almost have to double taxes on everyone and completely dismantle healthcare as we know it, you have a situation where Bernie's plan is arguably unrealistic. Also consider how every state that tried to pass universal healthcare failed due to cost.
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  4. Why not? She is fighting for her citizens. This virus is being overstated. New data is coming out that the virus is not that deadly. Also, she is right in a control group. If the citizens of Vegas want to reopen why not?
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  5. Nicole Davy, gun murders have been dropping for over 20 years. What she experienced was a very rare tragedy. She has a greater chance of dying in a car accident than by a guy. But tell me, what new law would have prevented this shooting, or previous shootings?
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  6. She wants to destroy the 2nd amendment as she has no solution. Anyway, this is the same girl who claimed it was easier to buy a fully automatic than it was to make weekend plans with friends. Her friends must such to force her to do a background check an apply for an expensive license before hanging with them.
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  7. If you are healthy and reasonably young you want to get the virus. Evidence is out that you can become immune for around a year and even up to 10 years. Get it and move one not worrying about it until a vaccine comes.
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  8. Ekil Tho, also, healthcare is very complex. There are a ton of moving points. Even in nations with single payer it is around 10% of GDP. In comparison education is typically around 5% of a country's GDP. Healthcare is that complex. You are grossly over simplifying the issue.
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  9. Eksil, to start, a "fact checking" website is not going to do it with me. Sure, facts are important, but how you interpret them, the reasoning behind them, and what they all mean is important. To start, here is title of this paper "“Comparisons of Health Care Systems in the United States, Germany and Canada” Mater Sociomed From that paper "Part of the gap between US and Canadian health care costs may be explained by a failure to account for Canadian hospital’ capital costs, larger proportion of elderly in the United States and higher level of spending on research and development in the US." Now the paper also said this "Compared to the US system, the Canadian system has lower costs, more services, universal access to health care without financial barriers, and superior health status. Canadians and Germans have longer life expectancies and lower infant mortality rates than do US residents." However, by this book http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/-the-business-of-health_110115929760.pdf When you remove car accidents and murders the US is number 1 in life expectancy. The reality is that there are many factors that contribute to life expectancy besides healthcare. On infant mortality “International Comparisons of Infant Mortality and Related Factors: United States and Europe, 2010” In that report it shows that the US does very well in infant mortality when there is early pre-term births. That is a sign of a strong healthcare system in that a baby can survive even if they leave the womb at 24 weeks. Another issue with infant mortality is that the US has a high pre-term birth rate which will skew the results. Pre-term births can be associated with those who fail to take proper measures during pregnancies to which no matter how much access of healthcare one has it would not be solved. It is the same as obesity where obesity is self inflicted and requires no healthcare access to cure. Also, issues like obesity and diabetes contribute to pre-term births, both of those are typically self inflicted. So citing infant mortality is flawed. Also, read these reports "True versus reported waiting times for valvular aortic stenosis surgery" Can J Cardiol. “ Analysis of deaths while waiting for cardiac surgery among 29,293 consecutive patients in Ontario, Canada" Heart “Too many patients with cancer die in acute care hospitals despite palliative options: report" CMAJ
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  10. Gertijn, I have had many knee problems and had no problem getting an MRI as well. The US system must be great by your standards.
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  11. Eskil, on the declaration of human rights, it is a legit point. If there are no doctors, or if there is a lack of doctors, how do you provide everyone with their "right" to healthcare? It is a dilemma at that point.
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  12. Eskil, the government can't just wave a magic wand and things suddenly appear.
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  13. Alden, the quality for advanced care is lower in other countries. Single payer is great for very very basic care such as routine check ups, pregnancies, and non critical situations. For critical situation and advanced care, such as surgery, it is inferior. As for people being more "economically stable" than the US, what do you mean? People in the US are stable. You bring up bankruptcy, but bankruptcy laws exist to ensure stability for people who fall on hard times. Diversity plays a large role in that different cultures means different economics, different lifestyles, and different ideas. Take the state of Nevada, for example. They are ranked poorly. However, a reason why is not because of their poor schools, it is because there is little incentive to become educated when you can make close to 6 figures parking cars or dealing at the poker table. The culture of the casinos influences their behavior. Now take the neighboring state of Utah. The large Mormon population influences the drinking laws there where beer has half the alcohol content. People die in Canada as well. Read the following papers "True versus reported waiting times for valvular aortic stenosis surgery" Can J Cardiol. “ Analysis of deaths while waiting for cardiac surgery among 29,293 consecutive patients in Ontario, Canada" Heart “Too many patients with cancer die in acute care hospitals despite palliative options: report" CMAJ The recession started under Hoover. FDR came in 1933 and we saw no recovery until close to 1940 because of WWII. The US economy was terrible under FDR. It shot up to number 1 after the war because every other nation was rebuilding. The New Deal policies were also watered down after FDR left. People who feel that FDR was a good president also feel that Matt Millen was a good GM for the Lions. Under Millen the Lions were terrible. Under FDR the economy was in a depression where it took a war to get us out of it. " In fact, every time in US history that a depression/recession has occurred, it was ALWAYS due to conservative/neo-conservative/neo-liberal policies, typically under Republican presidents." It is much more complex than that bud. Right now we have Trump who is almost as conservative as it gets when it comes to economics, our economy is growing.
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  14. Al Clark, Canada is running out of money in healthcare and they have lower quality. Single payer would not be cheaper. It makes zero sense economically and historically.
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  15.  @alib9937  consider how many times people die a day on average. Is 8 million really that high? Or is the number being overblown? I take the latter. More, in the US, have died with pneumonia. Also, Fauci has been wrong on many cases. He said opening up too early will lead to a second wave but it has not happened despite more testing.
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  16. This is what the people wanted. Also, deaths are down. Why wasn't Cuomo held accountable?
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  17. +gmlanmor Hillary has released her tax returns.
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  18. +questworldmatrix I can bring up my tax returns in around 30 minutes. They are all saved on a hard drive. It isn't hard.
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  19. +Ben Glick Simple economics. Say instead we raise the price of gasoline to $8/gal. Would more or less get bought? The same concept is with labor.
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  20. +Ben Glick In some ways they would, there will be more sales and better bargains. There will also be more people that will get hired.
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  21. So as usual Bernie does not answer the question. What is taking so long? While I feel this is a rather dumb point it does bring up the question if he has no problem releasing them then why is it taking so long?
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  22. reelreeler, that is only if the government becomes tyrannical. Consider this, democrats want to give you all this free money, healthcare and education but still don't trust you to have guns.
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  23. Paul Ryan is stating the truth behind the 2nd amendment. It is there to prevent tyranny. Both Obama and Hillary are anti-gun. You have to explain the reasoning behind the 2nd amendment. It isn't for hunting, it is to prevent tyranny. It is to prevent a government from becoming too violent and oppressive that when all other civil methods fail then we can counter with violence. "The shooter who shot the republican representatives had a known history of violence and should not have been allowed to own guns" What violence? You have to be specific. "But hey, the republicans don't have the nerve to say that even someone like that shouldn't own guns" Again, what has he done to require him losing his rights to own a gun? You do know republicans and the NRA came up with background checks in the pass, which we have now (and this guy passed). " Furthermore,  republicans give "free money" to corporations" How? If they do I don't agree with it. But again, how? If you say tax breaks that is allowing them to keep the money the earned. "universal healthcare wouldn't be free and no one said it would be. " It would be free for those who don't pay taxes. Remember, democrats want to raise taxes on the rich to make them pay for it, not the poor. "  I do believe that community college ought to be free for anyone who graduates high school, " So K-12 is not enough then? After 13 years of government schooling is not enough we need more? "and why should "state" college education cost an arm and a leg? " As that to the people who created the federal student loan program. " If we weren't going bankrupt supporting a bloated military budget " Defense spending accounts for less then 20% of our federal budget. We spend more on social welfare programs. Defense spending accounts for around 4% of our GDP. We spend more on education.
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  24. We always try to remain as civil as possible to solve issues. But in the end we should have the option to act violently if possible. It is similar to why we have nukes, we do not want to use them. But other countries have them as well. Thus that option should always remain.
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  25. You are comparing two completely different societies and cultures which can't be done. Bernie is taking complex issues and saying that 1. they are countries 2. people live there It is easily arguable that the US does better than all of those countries, especially when you consider the massive diversity and size we have compared to them. Every single one of those countries are different in some way, Denmark has mandatory military service, Norway subsidizes their economy with oil. Which model do you want to copy? In the very end the cultures in all the countries are too different to make a direct comparison making Bernie's argument very weak.
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  26. +JON "KILLER" WILCOX Trump can't lower wages unless he sets a price ceiling which he at now way mentioned he would do. If he did both parties will oppose it.
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  27. Ok, so when I Bernie going to talk about something else besides the "rigged economy". He is talking a lot but offers no real solution. The reason why he lost in Nevada is because he could not answer a single question directly. He just went on about "wealth inequality" and "rigged economy" and blah blah blah. Bernie has peaked. He energized voters but as the election draws one questions will get tougher and if he can't answer them he will fail.
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  28. +Christian Haigis Not it isn't because it won't cover college for all unless 1. you lower the quality 2. you restrict who goes It is called math
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  29. +Adam Corfman No, Bernie's number for "free college" only accounts for 2/3 of the expense. And it only accounts for those currently enrolled in college. It does not account for the fact that enrollment will go up when it is "free". Glass-Steagall was unnecessary then and there is no reason to bring it back. You can't reverse the citizens united decision, people have the right to their property. If you want money out of politics then remove the power of the federal government, don't expand it.
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  30. Sanders, if you get hit by a bus you are probably dead. Also, that is most likely your fault.
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  31. The US also has one race of people that disproportionately commit crime, but if you bring that up you are called a racist. And that is not to say that black people naturally are criminals, their race has not put forth the effort to break the stereotype or improve their situation. If those other countries had to deal with that then the story will be different.
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  32. +Jandzi Lorber What has been undermining us for years has been a federal government with too much power. I agree with Bernie that the federal government is corrupt and the economy is rigged. I am just smart enough to understand that the solution is not allowing that same government to control our healthcare and college education.
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  33. +Brian Anderson "Ideally, Congress would be representative of the electorate " They do. Problem is that we are such a diverse country that members of congress represent their voters. As in the members of Wyoming represent those individuals and the members of CA represent those individuals and so on. The reality is that people have little control of the federal government which is why we have to place strict limits on it and establish smaller, more local governments. "which is actually these ultra-rich shadowy figures behind our elected officials pushing their own agenda," Which wouldn't be a problem if the federal government had no power. It has no power than it can't be bought. "To simply blame "the federal government" is to miss the fact that RIGHT NOW they already don't represent us," I do feel like they represent us, but as I said we are such a diverse country that the role of government is not clear at the federal level. Politicians will push for what their people want. Everyone disagrees until someone with money comes in and persuades them differently. This is why the constitution was designed to place strict limitations on the federal government and established more state rights. The founding fathers could not agree on what government should do domestically so they left it up to the states and wanted to prevent a federal government from being too powerful. Members of congress I do feel represent their people for the most part, but what every state wants is so different then it becomes impossible to come up with a solution that most people can agree on. Money thus plays a factor in persuading politicians in supporting something. The fact is that the federal government should not have that power to begin with.
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  34. +Riccardo C Ok, now say a rich person gets arrested for protesting against Bernie's high taxes. Would you support that?
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  35. If republicans try to negotiate with democrats they are not going to be concern with Comrade Sanders. He is too radical. They only need a handful of democrats, so they will go after the moderate ones.
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  36. This guy's mistake was asking Bernie a question about business. The only response he was going to get was "MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES". That's it. If you were to ask Bernie a question related to Quantum Field Theory he would say "Climate change causes terrorism". All his answers are predictable.
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  37. Bernie lost the primaries by almost 4 million votes. Face the facts that no one likes Bernie.
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  38. ***** What rights are gays being denied? 
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  39. ***** "right to marry, adopt", you have no such rights, nobody does. "see their partner in hospital" you also don't have that right and that is up to the hospital. "in Indiana now they can be discriminated against" Business owners have property rights and religious rights.  They don't lose that when you open a business.  Also, people are discriminated against all the time.  So it is ok for individuals to do it but the second they open a business they can't?  That is like saying the second you own a car you lose your free speech right.  It is a ridiculous argument. We can't concern ourselves with other countries.  You are arbitrarily claiming rights that don't exist.
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  40. ***** Point to me were marriage is a right.
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  41. Once again Bernie rants about taxing the rich and giving away free shit.
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  42. +tangerinestorm How does my argument not hold true?
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  43. +Nathan smith Desegregation was a constitutional ruling based off of the 14th amendment. The problem that has been created with that is forced integration which is the other radical approah. The New Deal (in the 30s) created a depression and many of the problems we have now. It was the war that ended the depression.
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  44. Ok, now what if someone who is rich gets arrested for refusing to pay taxes? Would Bernie Sanders supporters feel they were doing the right thing?
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  45. +Mary Jean Just because something is a law doesn't make it right. And yes, people can peacefully protest, who said Bernie was at that time? It is like the people who block off freeways and bridges, that is not peaceful protest.
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  46. Bill is correct, Bernie did not give an answer besides use government force. Might as well shoot every third person on Wall Street, that would be the same thing.
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  47. johnny cake Ok 
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  48. R P, Bernie is predictable. If you talk about anything related to the economy he will simply talk about the rich people and free shit. On healthcare he went to the talking point us supposedly being the only nation on earth without universal healthcare which shows his ignorance on the topic. It isn't about getting priorities straight, is it about pressuring Comrade Sanders to make him an honest politician.
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  49. Bernie was an independent for years then changed to run for president. Rule are rules, the democrats did not have to have a primary election but they did. All this is, though, is a retirement party for Bernie Sanders who is a career politician. Win or lose he is going out with a bang.
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  50. +augustin1999 How many employees do they have, how many mcdonalds they have. Serving size, hours open. How productive their workers are. I went to a McDonalds months ago (I really don't go anymore) and they messed up my order. That is just with McDonalds. If you start looking at the entire economy it becomes more complex.
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