Gorgon

If you are so concerned about your bank account how about the US cutting deep into defense spending. There is enough there to take from to include a tax break, and lets face it, it has never really been 'defence' spending since WW2, and with the cold war gone a direct threat to US soil seems entirely implausible. Why is such a large percent of BNP spent on defense not viewed as an attack on your freedom, and your wallets, in the same sense as UHC. I think it's a fair question.

That would be a pretty big download, I think. Amazingly it comes to only 324 kb.

I'm going to go with two Harvard Researchers over you, sorry. Doesn't really matter how accurate the number is, people should not be afraid to go to the hospital because of the bills. Shouldn't happen in a civilised country.

I tend to join ad hoc groups of people who are already there to play the mission rather than clans, rather I think the word is guilds*, I go alone if I don't trust people to stay the course or if the only people available are all capping asshats.

I have an inkling that being a successful repulblican in opposition depends a lot on portraying strong character, and of course you need to break through the wall of general boredom. The plebs respond well to direct language. Don't assume anything is spontaneous, there were cameras after all.

I hope they keep the in-game cleavage and lose the postcards, they are just so indescribably stupid. Sex is fine, but does it have to be a minigame. At least it stops short of player input.

I played the witcher all the way to the end, twice, doesn't happen often. I'll get excited when it comes out.

The gentleman duels with the saber. I mean it would be amusing but also over pretty fast with a MAC 10.

Free speech is great, it lets you distinguish idiots from the rest of society in no uncertain terms. A much greater benefit on the whole than the divisions that can be created with hate language. It should be theoretically possible for a white person to use the word **** for comic relief, I can't think of any instances where it actually was funny, but everything is circumstance, the words themselves aren't evil, it's the intent behind them that is important.

On Kianu Reeves, he can be vulnerable and show emotion, it's just that for 90% of the parts he plays he doesn't need anything but his pokerface.

If you base a relationship on whether or not the other person has any money that is pretty sad. These days with the crisis and all you might want to work but be quite unable to land a steady job.

Yes studies show young men coupling up with wealthy older (30 is not old) women who are the breadwinners, these younger men become something akin to 1950 housewives, including mandatory sex. Not a bad gig if you can find it.

I'm with LOF.

Your information is not very useful, she could be thinking about a million things, or just saying what was on her brain. Not necessarily evaluating you for your gene potential. I'm LOF, jump in at the deep end and ask her.

My favorite Commadores track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubd2uUPT5ww...feature=related

It's a bit like those people who claim FPS gaming is a 'sport'. It's about recognition I suppose.

It's probably one of those policies that shift the cost to the user if he/she starts claiming anything, like your car insurance going up if you have been in an accident. The ideal customer isn't sick, and isn't likely to become sick.

There is Painter, which despite it's goal of emulating real life paining is very confusing and has thousands of custom brushes you will never ever use. There is photoshop which you must already know. There have been very few real improvements in the last installations as the developer team is still struggling with rewriting the whole code base to 64 bit. Silly really, but I suppose they can't call themselves 'cutting edge' if they don't. It's quite good for drawing as well as editing. For the free alternatives, Gimp. It's not as intuitive as photoshop and it doesn't have as many functions either. Again it's editing more than drawing, but actual full blood drawing programs usually just aren't that good.

20% of 100 is 20 20% of 200 is 40. Now, 40% of 300 is 120, not 60. See where I'm going with this. If you each pay 13% more it comes to 13% of something + 13% of something else. Not 26%.

13% of what, do you make exactly the same salary. If not it literally is apples to oranges.

See, I dont even understand this mentality. Like we have to "stick it to the man" because he makes more then me? What? No, just that you are the one paying the bonus. If most of the health care sector wasn't profit driven, it would cost a lot less. Ensurers charge whatever they can get away with, the more the merrier. Now if they were competing with a public alternative they would have to really step up their game to survive. There is still a market for private insurance in UHC countries, it allows companies make sure their workers can get 'non essential treatment' right away (what Taks was meant with rationing). A few weeks of rehab without a waiting list after a back injury will get the employee back to work faster, that kind of thing.

How much do you pay now through your employer. What if it turns out even you would save money by switching to UHC. What if there were practical benefits in servicing a much larger group of people, less administration, fewer million dollar bonuses for the execs, etc. They are just practical advantages though, and obviously not as studly as the American self made and self sufficient way.

Where does this idea come from that all rich people are employers. I'd wager a good percentage of them sit around in their fur coats doing nothing, their money in mutual funds producing nothing. Anyway the argument about personal freedom is one I can understand, I don't subscribe to it personally, but it's straightforward at least. The other scare stories about UHC seem to miss the mark by quite a margin for someone who has had experience with it. There can be waiting lists, but guarantees are offered and this is where the private sector picks up the slack to ensure that no one is left without treatment.

delish

Keynes made sense before Globalization. It's a lot harder to stimulate demand or predict how people are going to spend their money with everything so interconnected. Whats the use of a stimulus package if you are just giving the money away to China.