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Old 09-29-2008, 08:57 PM   #1
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Default Do you agree with Michael Moore?

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Old 09-29-2008, 09:00 PM   #2
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Naive at best. Do you buy any MM economic blather or just trolling?
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If Moore could say anything like that without blaming Bush and fellating Obama, then he would have a point.
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Michael Moore doesn't know shit... He is blaming these problems on the lack of Universal health care.
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you know, I was wondering about that de ja vu feeling. This does feel like the lead up to the Iraq war. "Trust us. We have to do this quickly."
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Michael Moore doesn't know shit... He is blaming these problems on the lack of Universal health care.
And he thinks Cuba does health care the right way.

He may be more stupid than Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin.
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Somehow, we can afford this bailout, but we can't afford universal healthcare in America.

I think that's interesting.
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Somehow, we can afford this bailout, but we can't afford universal healthcare in America.

I think that's interesting.
So, do you agree with Moore that if we had socialized medicine, all the economic problems would be non-existent?
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Somehow, we can afford this bailout, but we can't afford universal healthcare in America.

I think that's interesting.
Even I can see the hole in your analogy here.

Supposedly, if we can afford the bailout which I find to be a dubious assumption, it's supposed to be paid back.

That's a big difference between a huge loan to obligating yourself to continued eternal obligations with no end in sight and no repayment of principal or interest.

UHC is simply another albatross around the necks of taxpayers. The bailout may be as well, but a poor analogy, and probably a troll by you.
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So, do you agree with Moore that if we had socialized medicine, all the economic problems would be non-existent?
I'm not aware of such data.
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