keepthefaith

So a blow job is still OK.

I believe that if you are uninsured you have to pay a fine, so for 6 months you can pay the fine and then die before you are eligible for coverage. That's a nice revenue enhancement plan for the feds. What the dems have yet to figure out is that sterilization of their constituents is the best way to reduce health care costs long-term.

I don't believe anyone can get elected on a platform of common sense.

Agree. What's more alarming is how little other TV networks question or challenge what is going on in Washington.

Yet another decision in a long line of decisions that reduces the chances for success.

Yes, GOP should probably become more socially liberal but they also need to have real answers to the reckless growth of entitlement programs, spending and what to do with the ever-growing population of unproductive adults. Dems want to help the unproductive by giving them handouts which doesn't help them. Republicans want to ignore them or simply tell them to sink or swim. I lean hard to the sink or swim mentality but that doesn't solve the problem. They simply keep reproducing.

I get your point about Republicans not cutting budgets and not fixing several issues, but stating that they give tax cuts to the wealthy is the biggest lie that's been told over the past 8+ years. Cuts under Bush benefitted everyone making 28K or more per year (or 56K married filed jointly). Each bracket received a reduction of 2% of income. The only exceptions are the 2 brackets below $28K of income that are in the 10% and 15% brackets which stayed the same and the top bracket which had a 3.6% reduction from 38.6% of the portion of income above $312K per year to 35% for the portion of income above $312K per year. That is hardly a big break for the rich when you consider the feds were taking nearly 40% which is outrageous. Nobody should pay that much in tax.

What's your point?

Obama mentioned addressing SS during the campaign. My guess is that he and Pelosi and Reid will have a 1200 page bill drafted that will create a new sliding scale for benefits. It'll likely include increased benefits for those with lower net worths and eliminate benefits for those with more $$. Healthy people will have to wait longer to draw from it and the sick will receive benefits sooner. Employers will have to increase the portion that they contribute and higher wage earners will pay a higher percentage in FICA taxes on higher levels of income. While they're at it, capital gains will also be subject to FICA taxes.

Ahh but we don't have a free market in health insurance today. It's regulated state by state and it's dominated by employment with employers making the coverage choices for their employees. If the system allowed insurance companies to sell across state lines and was sold to individuals directly and insurance companies could bundle health, life, auto and homeowners together, you'd see more choices, competition and lower costs. Don't be fooled by the Obama rhetoric. He is simply looking for a way to give coverage to many at the expense of some and to create a framework in which to control who gets benefits and who pays for it.

I caught that too and laughed. Obama is full of shyt in nearly every presentation he gives.

You're a good example of the post I left last night. You don't have a choice of coverage. You get whatever the Federal Government offers to you. If you're not happy with the insurance company, you can't go elsewhere. Because I shopped independently for my insurance, I chose a higher deductible plan at half the cost of yours. If nobody in my family breaks an arm or has some other emergency, I win to the tune of $8k per year. I had the choice because I own my own business and chose this type of coverage for our company. If people could make individual choices not tied to employment, they would find less expensive ways to provide coverage. On the other hand, some of our employees might not like the coverage we have selected and they cannot easily make another choice. We don't offer one.

Something doesn't add up here. Based on your numbers your policy costs $15K per year and you're telling us that a broken arm (even a bad break that required surgery) under that plan costs the policy holder $15K? Doesn't sound right. Sounds like an error was made somewhere. The coverage we buy for my family of 5 has a $2K annual deductible and the premium is under $7K per year. I'm also in Illinois. My son broke his upper arm 2 years ago playing football and had surgery to have it pinned. A very bad break. We paid about $2k. No big deal. Something is wrong with your picture there. The insurance carriers are public companies for the most part and you can easily look up their profitability. The industry overall is not a high profit industry.

DBs are the the smatest and most capable players on a team. Under Jauron, they can play any position on the field at any time.

Yes, those countries can be wrong. I own and operate a company of 12 people. We provide health insurance to them AT NO COST TO THEM. That's right, we pay 100% of the premium. How and why do we do it? Simple. The current health care system makes it difficult for individuals to buy insurance in the same manner they buy auto, life or homeowners. The health care industry has evolved that way over the years as companies offered health insurance to employees as a way to compete to hire and also as a way to reduce risk. Most of our employees are young and joined our company with no coverage. As a distribution company I don't want people working for me with no coverage in the event that they get hurt on the job. Don't want or need the headache or risk of workman's comp claims if they can be avoided. Insurance companies like the current system because they can target large groups of potential customers through a single employer and it's harder for such a group to change to a competitor. We offer a high deductible plan which is very cost effective for us and the employee. Premiums are much much lower. It is affordable now. I don't think you can debate this topic and conclude that health insurance should be tied in any way to employment. That's just dumb. It should be a personal choice and a personal responsibility. Our employees cannot choose the coverage we offer. Everyone in our plan has to have the same coverage if they particiate. People should be free to shop for the coverage they want and not be forced to change it if they change jobs or lose their job. I'd gladly give all my employees a raise equal to the cost of the insurance. Countries with socialized medicine typically do not offer choices in coverage, doctors or treatment. Americans want that. It also stifles innovation among Doctors and manufacurers. Make health care a personal responsibility and move the system away from employer based and allow insurance companies to sell across state lines and offer a range of insurance products to individuals and you'll see reduced costs. You'll see people become more responsible for maintaining their own health and reducing their own cost. Catastrophic only insurance is much cheaper and all that most would want to pay for. Processing claims for ordinary doctor visits only adds to the cost. Medicare is going broke due mostly to end of life costs and new treaments and drugs for the elderly. It might be that Medicare rates have to go up in order to provide that level of care. Making everyone that benefits pay for it is the fairest way if necessary. The last thing we need in this country is another entitlement program that is poorly administered and will ultimately result in bugdet deficits and will become a crutch for many and ultimately a political mess.

Oooh. That is a kick in the balls, but a fiscally conservative NJ would be a big improvement. Gotta give the libs their due for fukking the place up over such a long time.

I'm amazed that so many of the Bills' recent draft picks are not performing up to expectations. Get a coaching staff in here that knows how to develop players, preaches a more aggressive scheme on both sides of the ball and can game plan worth a crap and many will be better players.

Clinton sat back and rode the technology wave while getting his dick sucked. This will be news to some - the government does not create jobs unless you're talking about spending tax dollars for new government jobs that contribute next to nothing to our economy. Apparently Dems think that spending a couple hundred billion dollars to employ 650K people is a good investment.

We can only hope and pray he's a 1-term President. He sees small business as a tax revenue opportunity with strong evidence of this in the revised income tax brackets and other taxes in the latest health care bill. The recovery act contains almost no incentives for hiring. It does contain funding for hiring hundreds of thousands of government employees which will cost billions for years well beyond the life of the recovery act. Obama's a one-trick pony pushing an agenda for social and economic justice for the bottom of the economy which is really the only thing he knows. He's a typical liberal, passive intellectual with little hands-on experience. Frightening.

OK people, Ralph apparently stood in front of the fans during his ceremony today and stated that he wanted to give the fans a Superbowl winner and that the fans deserved it. I assume he will start tomorrow with a blank sheet of paper and begin to draft a plan. If anyone sees evidence of him executing such a plan, post it here. We should keep a close eye on this. Today he took the first step. He stated publically that he wanted to do this. Looking forward to his next move.

Well it would be improvement, but they aren't going 8-8.

I think somebody did, but it's worth repeating along with comments about his wacky views on our great country.

Thankfully I have broken this year from a 35 year habit of watching the Bills on Sunday. I've had a nice day today.

Yeah, or maybe this coaching staff can't develop a player.

Yes, which is why they all have to go. I can't imagine Ralph moving forward with any of them and expecting suport from the fans and the rest of his employees.