Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "The Rational National" channel.

  1. These wealthy executives and shareholders ought to read up on the French Revolution.
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  2. 4:48 Yup, I've read this somewhere before. It's not exclusive to healthcare. It's common practice in American insurance to initially deny a valid claim just to reap the profit if the insured doesn't appeal or get a lawyer.
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  3. But, yes. The wealthy and powerful want to keep us working people (anyone, including white collar, who actually have to go to work) arguing with each other instead of turning our ire to up the ladder.
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  4. He's a genuine folk hero.
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  5. Haha, it is funny that whichever party people agree with, as partisan as our politics are, EVERYONE is OK with the insurance CEO getting his ultimate bonus.
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  6. America doesn't have healthcare, we have sick care. For profit hospitals don't make money if people aren't sick. Insurance companies don't make money if they pay for medical care. People stay sick, get basic care, AND get stuck with personal expenses that insurance doesn't pay for.
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  7. I'm not politically engaged. There isn't really a party for me as a centrist that leans economically right but socially left (libertarian, really...government ought not to be forcing woke policies OR governing what adults consentually do in their own bedroom). Luigi Mangione is a genuine folk hero. No politician has united the aggressively polarized attitudes on both sides of the political spectrum the way Luigi has. EVERYONE, even people who don't want "to give handouts to the lazy poor" are even more angry at the health insurance companies taking weekly payments and then DECLINING to pay for medical treatment and the fratboy spreadsheet managers at insurance companies overruling medical personnel. United Healthcare earned 23 BILLION (yes, with a "B") dollars in NET profit in 2023. That's just ONE insurance company out of all insurance companies plus most hospitals being owned by for profit companies. That's ALL money that could've been used for single payer universal MEDICAL PERSONNEL decided healthcare instead of stuffing the pockets of the ALREADY WEALTHY executives and shareholders of those companies. Luigi denied life to one individual. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson denied life to tens of THOUSANDS or more people by denying medical claims in the name of increased profit. And, at $23 BILLION net profit, those executives and shareholders aren't exactly starving. Also, Kyle Rittenhouse was a a young man who volunteered to defend a friend's business property when the police (brave boys in blue "afraid for our lives!!") refused to go into that part of the city and left citizens to fend for themselves. He had a firearm for self defense and deterrence and through unfortunate circumstances had to use that weapon to defend himself after he was attacked, tried to flee, and was chased and cornered (chased into a mob that surrounded him). I listened to the entire trial. I was shocked at the testimony and the criminal records of the "victims" who initiated the attack against Kyle and chased him when his first reaction was to run away. The mainstream media had all made it sound as though a light (youtube safe words) kid was out hunting peaceful dark (youtube safe words) protesters. In fact, Kyle was defending himself from rioting people and the casualties of his defense were also light.
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  8. ​ @AndrewClement and that would've prevented the Constitutional issue of a convicted insurrectionist (Trump) being sworn in as POTUS when such is forbidden in the Constitution and probably pardoning himself.
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