Posts by redvip2000

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

redvip2000

For government sponsored health care to function properly it has to regulate what medial procedures and drugs cost.

That's correct. Now if the prices were set with the goal of having the patient pay, then the market itself would regulate this. There would be not need for government to do this.

Btw, you even see a similar logic when you have an accident and go to the body shop. As soon as the shop realizes your insurance will pay, they inflate the amount of parts and costs needed to repair, as opposed to being a lot more judicious if they realize the cost will be paid by you.

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

redvip2000

My parents live in Europe. They have national healthcare. When they need to go to the doctor, they make an appointment, go and pay close to nothing. It does take time to schedule an appointment, sometimes weeks, but this assumes it's not urgent.

if it is urgent, then they can go to the emergency room, or go to an urgent care, or go to a private clinic. Even in a private clinic the prices are very low compared with the prices in the US.

The issue with health care in the US is that prices are set with the expectation that the insurance companies will pay. This is why a hip replacement costs $35,000 +. If the health care providers expected the cost to be paid by the consumer, then it would cost as much as a TV. And this is generally what happens in Europe even outside of national health care.

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead

by cofty in

the so-called caliph, one of the most evil men in human history, has blown himself up along with three of his young children while being pursued by american special forces.. the ambition of isis was to expand the territory of the caliphate under the leadership of al-baghdadi to whom individual jihadists swear allegiance.

now isis have nowhere to call home and no leader.

what a pathetic bunch of losers.. they will of course appoint a new caliph and reprisal attacks will no doubt follow in western capitals by christmas but the more contemptible they appear they less likely it is that young men and women will join their delusional cause.. respect to the elite forces who hunted him down - those on the front line and the many intelligence specialists who made it possible.

redvip2000

No immigration reform.

Where is the wall anyway? Possibly the biggest promise of the Trumpistan regime, remains undelivered, though to be fair it was dead on arrival.

Even as the Left spirals out of control, the fact that Trumphft was not able to deliver the "wall of shame", could well cost him the relection.

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What happens to Bethelites?

by rickroll in

so if someone puts their life into serving the cult for free at bethel, then say after 25 or 30 years they are not able to for one reason or another such as illness, or family issue or old age, does the cult have any safety net for these people or is it you serve until you can't and when you can't you just go away?

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redvip2000

They spend their active years claiming to not be a part of the world, but when necessity strikes will quickly resort to Ceasar's social security system.

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead

by cofty in

the so-called caliph, one of the most evil men in human history, has blown himself up along with three of his young children while being pursued by american special forces.. the ambition of isis was to expand the territory of the caliphate under the leadership of al-baghdadi to whom individual jihadists swear allegiance.

now isis have nowhere to call home and no leader.

what a pathetic bunch of losers.. they will of course appoint a new caliph and reprisal attacks will no doubt follow in western capitals by christmas but the more contemptible they appear they less likely it is that young men and women will join their delusional cause.. respect to the elite forces who hunted him down - those on the front line and the many intelligence specialists who made it possible.

redvip2000

Well done to the American commander-in-Chief who will probably Tweet about his success for a long time to come.

No doubt he will, though his involvement was nothing more than nodding as his advisors told him they were planning an operation to capture that animal.

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PIMO Elder with a Dilemma

by xjwsrock in

i haven’t been on here in awhile and this is my second user name because i was busted by my pimi wife on the first one.

i have been basically awake since 2013. i have a super dub wife that i love and don’t want to lose and my sick mom in the hall that is a true believer.

stupid religion has gotten between my wife and i (of course).

redvip2000

Dont meet with them .what they gonna do ?

Agreed, don't even meet. Do a preemptive strike, and step down. Use the busy, not feeling well reason for lack of preaching hours and that it's better you take some time off. As you do this, you are already preparing the way to stop preaching altogether.

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Did you EVER falsify your report card ?

by Chook in

every single watchtower soldier lied to god out of fear of the brooklyn popes..

redvip2000

well... doesn't every JW fake their report? Every hour that is reported, is actually only perhaps 5 minutes or less of preaching. The rest is driving, stopping for coffee, waiting in the car while others do return visits, stop in between houses to talk about your weekend, standing in front of a door after you rang the bell 20 times and you know nobody is home.

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Another one bites the dust

by stillin in

a close-by young brother, actually your basic, garden-variety, sexually-repressed, 40-year old virgin in the congregation has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.

i've known this guy since he was a kid and he has always been strange, in a nerdy kind of way.

he always wants to sound knowledgeable and wise when he comments at meetings, but i think he is bi-polar and depressed about who he is in life.

redvip2000

Based on growing up with a pedophile father, I am not so likely to have much empathy for pedophiles. I tend to have empathy only for the victims.

Yeah, but the reality is that we know so little about the brain, that perhaps we really should empathize with those folks. Empathy in the sense that they were perhaps born with a pathological disposition to like certain things that are disgusting.

We still should punish them, but nevertheless it could well be they were dealt a hand by nature that makes conforming to rules a much harder proposition.

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how do you perceive God ?

by stan livedeath in

what i'm trying to do is ask what theists think god is like.. also--why is he invisible.. how big is he ?.

in fact--why is god a he--not a she.

or is he / she hermaphrodite ?.

redvip2000

all those other religions that teach there is just one god..must also be worshipping jehovah.

You can't make that leap. Just because someone says that they believe there is just one God, it does not mean it's the same god you believe in.

In any case, the bigger point is that if God really exists, then he is not really interested in people knowing him. If he wanted to do this, he would provide irrefutable evidence of his existence.

If I wanted to convince you of something, and I had irrefutable evidence of it, but failed to provide it to you on purpose, then I'm an idiot.

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how do you perceive God ?

by stan livedeath in

what i'm trying to do is ask what theists think god is like.. also--why is he invisible.. how big is he ?.

in fact--why is god a he--not a she.

or is he / she hermaphrodite ?.

redvip2000

also--why is he invisible. - Evidently God wants to make it as hard as possible for people to believe in him. The reality is that if God really wanted people to believe in him, it could be done in 10 minutes.

how big is he ? Evidently not big enough where he can be somewhere in the US helping someone find their keys, but not see children in another part of the world starving.

in fact--why is god a he--not a she. or is he / she hermaphrodite ? Because the ancient peasants who created these ideas, looked down at women and saw them as a piece of property.

do you think god is a massive invisible man in the sky ? how big--like a universe ? see question 2