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

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. 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?

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  RubaDub

  Our Medicare has worked very well for my wife and I here in the USA since we received it when we turned 65..... we are now in our 70's. We paid into it for some 50 years and I still pay for it.

  Giordano ...

  Very interesting post and insightful.

  I just want to make people from other places aware that the "We paid into it for some 50 years" could be misleading to some.
  

  Here in the US, your payroll taxes, medicare taxes and others are not going into some lock boxes with our name on the account like we would do at a bank. All the money ends up in the general fund. We do get some more back, in the case of payroll taxes and Social Security, based on what we have paid in. But in the end, once we pee into the pool, the pee is gone.

  But you gave a very interesting perspective on your move to Medicare and the related issues.

  Thank you.

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

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. 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?

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  RubaDub

  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? Would you be willing to go the private route and pay for it yourself ($500, 1000, 1500 / month)? Obviously if you have a company health plan at your job, you are indirectly paying for it anyway since it is money that you otherwise would be taking home.

  Or is the assumed safety net of government-sponsored health insurance a more palatable choice?

  I really am not trying to inject politics into this (but I smell it coming) but just looking for actual, real-life comments, thoughts and experiences.

  As always,

  Rub a Dub
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  Did You Ever Get Hit On By An Elder?

  by minimus in

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  the organization stresses to elders to be careful with members of the opposite sex.

  never be alone with a sister whether it be in field service or paying a visit by means of a shepherding call.

  do you know of any elders that flirted or were overly “touchy” with females?

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  RubaDub

  There was a CO here that had active hands. If you payed attention, you would see that he went from one sister to the next with roaming hands.

  stillin ...

  Was the CO's last name Biden by any chance?
  

  Rub a Dub
  
  
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  Do You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Are A Threat To Any Government?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  russia believes they are a threat.

  the usa has put witnesses in jail in the past.

  other countries look at jws as a nuisance.. do you think the witnesses are a threat to governments?

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  RubaDub

  Rub, funny

  Min ...

  Funny and/or truthful ?

  Rub a Dub
  
  
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  Do You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Are A Threat To Any Government?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  russia believes they are a threat.

  the usa has put witnesses in jail in the past.

  other countries look at jws as a nuisance.. do you think the witnesses are a threat to governments?

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  RubaDub

  The most subversive thing a JW might do is pull a cart up in front of a government building, sit there for two hours while texting to friends, count the time, talk to no one, and then go home.

  Rub a Dub
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  Hotels Deny Watchtower Discount Rates For 2020 Regional Conventions

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wtbts is not being given special room rates by 2 major hotels at the long beach convention center area for the upcoming 2020 regional conventions & wt is t'd off.

  letters are being read in surrounding circuits and congregations.

  apparently wt is afraid that other hotels are going to blackball them as well.. has anyone else heard this?

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  RubaDub

  I would bet that the problem has to do more with the big booking companies (Expedia, Travelocity, etc.) than with the JW's in general.

  Hotels will prioritize the big companies over the JW's at any time since the JW's are still a small player in the big scheme of things. And there is only so much you can squeeze out of a hotel. Plus they are not getting the big bucks from the bar or restaurants they may have compared to vacationers or business clients.

  And let's face it, many JW's are not that stupid when they log into a travel site and see the rooms at a lower price than what they would pay based on the "recommended" hotels. You can get tired of the BS about how you are getting a better price through the Society. Just check the rates!

  It's just a matter of time until the hotel stuff comes to an end.

  Rub a Dub
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  Do You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Are A Threat To Any Government?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  russia believes they are a threat.

  the usa has put witnesses in jail in the past.

  other countries look at jws as a nuisance.. do you think the witnesses are a threat to governments?

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  RubaDub

  No. Especially now that more and more JW's are doing cart witnessing and not waking up government officials trying to sleep on the weekends.

  Rub a Dub
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  Russian raid on 50 Jehovahs witnesses

  by Diogenesister in

  1. social
  2. current

  there has been a raid on a large jehovahs witness gathering in norilsk, above the arctic circle, according to the moscow times.. a building with 50 jws inside was surrounded by masked, armed special forces forces who burst into the building and demanded they surrender all electronic devices.. i'll link the article but it's obviously going to drive these witnesses deeper into the religion.

  not to mention the images conjured up in the report are likely to be used by watchtower as more fear mongering, since its very much like last year's terrifying assembly videos where witnesses were huddled in a field and surrounded with similarly masked, armed men.. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/22/russian-special-agents-raid-jehovahs-witnesses-resort-as-crackdown-intensifies-a67855.

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  RubaDub

  Disgusting, anyone who values the rule of law should condemn Russias actions.

  Simon ...

  Very well spoken.

  I could not agree with you more.

  Rub a Dub
  
  
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  JOKER

  by peacefulpete in

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  2. entertainment

  i don’t think that the world needs that many brooding psychopathic avengers.

  i don’t know that we need any........they’ve lost a lot of their original innocence, and they can’t get that back.

  and, they’re stuck, it seems, in this kind of depressive ghetto of grimness and psychosis.

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  Simon ...

  Wife and I are not huge movie people but we will see it in the next week or so. Sounds very interesting! Thanks for your reviews.

  Rub a Dub
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  Did Jeruselm fall in 587 or 586 BCE?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across this article written in 2004 by an evangelical.. “when did jerusalem fall?”, rodger young, journal of the evangelical society [jets], 47/1 (march 2004), 21-38.. http://www.rcyoung.org/articles/jerusalem.pdf .

  these are the conclusions of the 18-page analysis.

  (1) jerusalem fell in the fourth month (tammuz) of 587 bc.

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  RubaDub

  As I mentioned earlier in this thread (and quoting the Apostle Paul), it all comes down to the zero year.

  Rub a Dub