Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Krystal Ball Exposes Democrats FAKE Health Care Argument Against ACB" video.

@em3sis But the opposite is true. America has the costliest health care -- and the money is going to capital, not doctors, CHECK YOUR BILL -- and yet we have: MORE obesity MORE addiction MORE substance abuse MORE bankruptcy related to health MORE teenage pregnancy MORE teenage anxiety, depression, ADHD, violence, etc., MORE infant mortality MORE maternal mortality, and the MOST pandemic deaths . . . How come "free market incentives," to take "personal responsibility" aren't working?? Odd!
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@86baybay I really don't see why you bring religion into it. Religion can be twisted to justify absolutely anything, and has been, and its tenets have no place in a debate on political economy.
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@em3sis You have insurance companies deciding what you can and can't have, and you don't have a vote, the majority shareholders do. The majority shareholders will never need to confront what they impose on you. But I guess you have the "freedom" to try and join their cabal. So there's that. But I can relate to your sentiments. I certainly don't want to pay for anything for your kids. This is America. They may shoot me one day.
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@em3sis And health care isn't an elastic demand curve, or something it makes economic sense to skimp on voluntarily until you are comatose and brought to a hospital by first responders. But like I said, I appreciate your feelings. I don't want to pay for your kids. This is America. They could grow up to shoot me one day. Let them be feral. At least it wasn't on my dime.
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@paineite They lie about that all the time. Grifters.
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@em3sis Oh really??? That's FUNNY! Like, any time? Like you switch brands of cough syrup, or blue jeans! You can always get a better deal! And the company that gives these deals, insurer or employer, won't go insolvent! Especially not in the near future. Ha ha ha. You should do stand-up.
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@em3sis Now here me out. If you are not getting paid for this, if you are not getting your cut for these talking points, who is the chump? At least monetize by starting a YouTube channel. Lots of people have, and will. That's the game. Who lies for free?
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@therealcirclea762 If no one is paying you for your posts, who's the chump?
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@em3sis Here's another fact for you: previous generations of college students, whose in-state tuition at the great public universities was very low because it was heavily tax subsidized, STUDIED HARDER than students do now. Look it up.
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@em3sis Since we have the most incentives to stay healthy, why obesity? Why opioid addiction? Why infant mortality? Why teen pregnancy? Etc. You haven't addressed that.
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@em3sis Why do college students today, who go into debt for school instead of having tax-subsidized tuition, read less and attain a lower average level in mathematics than previous generations did, who had subsidized tuition and graduated with little debt? All the incentives are in place for them to study harder. They have debts to pay. And IT to master, at least as sophisticated users. Even drinking before age 21 is generally illegal. Still, they don't do it -- they don't study as much. They don't read as much. Odd!!
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@brendenshaw1744 Yeah, we should deregulate all medical licencing. They could be like, say, life coaches.
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@Jcewazhere You were right, of course. That guy doesn't know about much stuff.
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@therealcirclea762 Is public education a means of enslavement of teachers? Are first responders slaves, too? The US Department of Defense is the single largest employer in the world. Are all the people working in that system slaves? (There you may have a case.)
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@therealcirclea762 All the Terrible Places you mention, where no one has "freedom," have higher higher life expectancy than the US. And of course less obesity, addiction, random, crazy violence, and general dysfunction. But if you can set up an enclave, go near-hermit, you certainly have a better "opportunity" to do that in the US. I mean, look at the Manson family, or the Unabomber. If they had just left other people alone, no problem.
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@em3sis Have some pride.
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@em3sis Well as it turns out, your communication skills are outstanding, and you have persuaded me to adopt your point of view. You shouldn't benefit from so much as FAA air traffic control, you should have to hire your own -- or remain earthbound.
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@melanies.6030 Since he can do better on his own, by all means, he should have every opportunity.
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@therealcirclea762 But then why would universal Medicare be enslavement? What, did you think we forgot your initial assertion? Though it looks like you might have.
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@therealcirclea762 Mandatory registration for Selective Service most certainly is a "thing," and a draft could be reinstituted any time. In fact, all male citizens AND residents of the US ages 18 to 26 are required to register. Look it up.
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@therealcirclea762 Selective Service registration is legally required RIGHT NOW, today. But you try to evade the issue. If TEACHERS are not slaves for teaching in the public schools, why are doctors in danger of enslavement from universal health care?
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@therealcirclea762 Are doctors who treat Medicare and Medicaid patients slaves?
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@therealcirclea762 I "love" how you evaded the fact that you forgot about mandatory Selective Service registration. (Not) Are doctors who treat Medicare and Medicaid patients slaves, according to you? Are taxes that go to pay for these programs creating enslavement?
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@jeffberndt8699 These people have persuaded me. I don't want them to benefit from anything I pay for. :D Of course not. I never agreed to it. In fact, they should have to invent their own private language. By what right do they benefit from a collective product?
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@therealcirclea762 No, the court can appoint a lawyer to a case, usually from a panel of lawyers who agree to be available, but in principle any lawyer who is a member of the bar. If the lawyer does not want to take the case for any reason other than one recognized as presenting an ethical problem, he must petition the court for permission, and possibly even face reprimand. Not that reprimands usually happen, but that they could. There are even crucial moments in a case where a lawyer cannot withdraw, either formally or simply by quitting, unless he is desperately ill or something, without risking his license to practice. This is true even in civil cases, even where the lawyer took the client himself and later wants to withdraw. This is true even when the client has stopped paying. The lawyer needs the judge's permission, which must be requested by motion and becomes part of the public record of the case. A client can always fire a lawyer. A lawyer cannot always quit a case. Even a fired lawyer has to submit a motion to withdraw, to the court, so it becomes part of the public record that the client fired him. Look it up. You did not understand the post. So why are YOU talking about someone else's IQ points?
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@cld7411 Do you know what a "ponzi scheme" is?
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@therealcirclea762 Still fact-free? Is it . . . fun?
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@cld7411 Right. That has nothing to do with Medicare.
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