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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:43 AM Original message |
If I "mandate" that every American own a VW Bug... |
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allinktup (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. NO, you're giving them HilliCare |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I'd call it "Pie in the Sky" care.... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. I'm glad my guy is doing |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. You'll just wait until you need it ,then enroll? Nice. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. And allowing the young and healthy to "opt-out" until they need it |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. or Edwards care... |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. If you do so, you are a traitor, good sir. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. How about a Land Rover... |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. British. Try again! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No....GM makes Land Rovers now.... |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. GM is owned by Daihatsu! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. LOL...it sounds plausible...isn't that sad? (nt) |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Mandating just pisses people off and causes resistance. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. It is not just the poor who can not afford health care - it is the middle class too. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. And many WITH insurance are finding it is all but worthless when they need it |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Are you kidding? I've seen what my coverage costs. It is ridiculous. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. Tonight was the first time I heard about the MA fine for being uninsured. |
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peoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yep |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Oh yeah, it was all over DU |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wish more people got this. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. She has the audacity to accuse Obama... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Shameless? Perhaps. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. While that graphic is fun to beat people over the head with |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. that's right- People need to understand this- it is not a good plan. |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Rant: |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes, we are crazy.... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. There is still too much power held by the special interests |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. It costs money |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. The poor people who cannot afford it need the VW Bug the most |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
26. universal Hitler cars? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Are you actually asserting... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. well I said the H word |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Ok, so YOU are the one invoking Hitler... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I was obscure, if not esoteric. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Yes, I used VW Volskwagen... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I prefer to think of it as flippancy |
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CelloPaddy (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. Early last year |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Can you imagine what Republicans will do to her plan... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. They'll go one step further than that |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
33. Do you pay a Medicare tax in your paycheck? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. Just fine them for not buying a Bug so they get another penalty |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. Thank you! |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
36. What about the uninsured who stay healthy through alternative |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. How about that broken leg? or snapped neck? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I don't dispute western medicine's efficacy for skeletal injuries. |
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Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. If people who get sick can show up at the ER and get a free VW Bug at a public cost of $100,000 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. If they can't afford it then we just send tax money to VW. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. How do you feel about the social security mandate? |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think a better analogy would be mandating that people buy food. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yay! NixonCare! -- er, I mean HillaryCare! |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. the lights and windows won't work |
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