sol_remmy

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by sol_remmy 8y ago
And the Western European governments have _death panels_ to decide who deserves medical care and who deserves to die. And, in Western Europe, you must wait over a month for your non-urgent surgery, and much longer to be admitted into the ER
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
Notice how every sector of the economy that the government is highly involved with (health care, education, real estate) keeps increasing its costs? Your inflated health care bills helped pay for the 280k average salary of physicians (sourc
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
It is a market - that's the whole point of the federation of states system that the founding fathers put in place. If your state has bad laws, you can go to a different state. Using government as a market has worked very well for both
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
Except America does not practice the biblical definition of asylum just like it does not practice the biblical definition of marriage. And in the ancient days, you often had to live in a country such as Judea for three generations before be
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
America can't afford universal health care - doctors get paid too much. The average doctor's salary here is over 300k USD. The average doctors salary in Europe is almost one-third of that..
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
And there are plenty of slackers who never accumulate any money but don't have catastrophic medical conditions. They will never declare bankruptcy. OP is referring to those.
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
Where are the proceeds of the fine going? This "fine" should be returned to the American people and not used to fund obscure government programs
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
Don't forget that their cash assistance/stipend from CalWorks counts as part of their salary. So their real take home is 2k/month + monthly stipend. You're doing incredible work though. You're allowing them to essen
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
$14 an hour is not as bad as you think. Median nursing salary in England = 23300 pounds = 32300 usd. So the median amazon warehouse worker makes 87% of what the median nurse makes in the U.K. Is that really so bad? Source on median salary:
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
> I find it gross that.. Can you leave the mock disgust behind? You probably live in an urban/suburban area just like the rest of us, yet your lecturing us. $14 an hour is not as bad as you think. Median nursing salary in England =
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
That's 1 robocall for every married couple in the U.S... It's a shame Mr. Abramovich did not learn respect at yeshiva, if he was raised in my orthodox community he would not be acting like this..
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by sol_remmy 8y ago
Why not cite your claims about Amazon with a news article, just show good faith
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
That's because big box retailers are shipping at a loss: i ordered something from Home Depot that was $10 and got free shipping, 3-4 days too. For the same cost as the in-store item. No way is that profitable for them They're all
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Thank goodness the government protects me, a non-accredited investor, from investing in any private companies! I'm too stupid to make investment decisions without going broke! https://passiveincomemd.com/not-secret-soc
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Living space cost per sq-ft has grown while storage space cost per sq-ft has stayed the same. Why? Handicap accessibility regulations, parking regulations, etc etc have greatly increased the construction cost of new houses. i.e. https:&#x2
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
> I share the cost of a police chief with 2.7 million people and you share it with 50,000. And you wonder why people feel helpless to control the endemic corruption within the Chicago urban limits..
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Why do you consider people from Chicago moving to the South "refugees"? They are moving for better weather, lower taxes, and more jobs. Those are very normal reasons, not "refugee" reasons. Moving to the South is not a l
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
The simple fact is that Chicago does not have enough bedrooms to house all the people working in the city. SOMEONE has to live in the suburbs
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
If poor South American families can afford to sneak into the U.S., than 99.9% of Americans can afford to move to a neighboring state. Or, why don't you give me a counterexample of someone who "can't afford to leave". A n
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
> If everyone that disagrees with a government leaves, it almost ensures that government will stay the same. The only voters left are the ones who don't have a problem with the current administration. Your flat out wrong. If enough
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Because America is 400m people not 10m people like Sweden, not a homogenous population, etc. Its more accurate to compare America to the EU than to one wealthy EU member state (Sweden)
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Doesn't matter if there is a "legal obligation" or not, if the state does not have money to pay then the money will not be paid.
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
5 years from now: "listening for illegal speech in city streets using TensorFlow"
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Sure, the Obama campaign itself did not do the above, but liberal-leaning SuperPACs did
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Except if the speed limit is 35, you need to drive 35. You can't drive 25 just to be more "defensive", that will get you a ticket.
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Ongoing discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16626318
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Ongoing discussion at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16626318
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Ongoing discussion at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16626318
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
Ongoing discussion at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16626318
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by sol_remmy 9y ago
> I don't think your definition of inequality, which basically equals popularity, is a useful one. The article is about income inequality. My definition is perfect. High popularity -> high income -> inequality. If you bandwago

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