Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Why Ukraine Wants More Javelin Missiles" video.

  1.  @jont2576  M-2 machine guns make your thinking obsolete.
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  2. The Russian economy is in free fall. Putin can't sell his gas or oil to other buyers --> logistical problems. Things like: his gas and oil travel exclusively by pipeline to Europe... his oil tankers can't reach India, let alone Red China. (Their gas tanks are too small.)
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  3.  @greattime860  The homeless are homeless primarily due to mental illnesses. Some of these illnesses are due to drug abuse -- and that drug abuse was often an attempt by those suffering to treat their pain. (Anxiety and depression would top the list.) The homeless are also utterly dominated by (single) men. Our welfare state refuses to give to men that which it is willing to give to women -- pretty much -- without question. If a guy ever gets laid off too long -- he's screwed. Our government is sexist all right -- against the male. And then there's the socialist tic this nation has of rent control and rent suspension. (Covid era) Such market interferences make rent doubly unaffordable for guys on the edge. No amount of Federal funding can address these state level issues. And we don't run to our state capitals to address international affairs, either.
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  4.  @greattime860  It's easy: government mandates have caused the price of medical services to explode ever since they began. At the same time, government massively restricts the supply of doctors. The number of seats at our medical colleges have not -- in any way -- kept up with our population growth. Only 1/3rd of our doctors hold American degrees. Another 1/3rd have degrees earned at schools in Grenada, Mexico, the Caribbean, generally. These are schools -- exclusively for Americans -- that should actually be inside the USA -- but could not obtain the mandated government permits to even be built. Another 1/3rd of our doctors hold medical degrees from the 3rd World. There are practically no immigrant doctors from the First or Second Worlds. (These are the doctors who constantly show up in medical fraud cases, BTW. Yes, just a criminal sub-set. But the monies involved boggle the mind.) When you drastically reduce the talent supply, the price per labor hour EXPLODES. Duh. When I was a kid, the doctor two-doors down drove a new Caprice every other year. Today, I know of no doctor who drives anything but a luxury make. My optho drove a Rolls-Royce -- and not second-hand. His Lasik cost me $2,000 an eyeball. (He was worth it.) But, in answer to your question: Liberal (governance) notions of how things should work in a just world have created these results. Any more 'medical justice,' and we'll all be on our knees eating grass.
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  5. You noticed that.
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