Azalin

I think you are 100% correct.

I had wondered about the tax implications too, but I imagine that a portion of the demographic these signs were aimed at view their tax status as being reflective of their benefit status. I think it's free for some as part of medicaid, but I don't know. If so, then there wouldn't be a tax penalty for them - unless they have to actually sign up for the free version and then they don't follow through. But yeah, I know a few people in food service who were really pissed when they were penalized on their 2015 tax return for not having any health coverage. I'm just waiting for the feds to start counting my employer-provided insurance as additional taxable income before I go ballistic.

Good question. I'd imagine it's probably the same reason that we still need to get people around here to actually get their mandated drivers license and mandated green cards.

I work in what's generally considered to be the lower-income side of Austin, and over the last couple of weeks I've noticed a lot of signs being posted around the area urging people to sign up for "Obamacare" (apparently it's called that in both English and Spanish, since the signs are printed in both languages). These signs weren't posted anywhere until recently - they're obviously a part of a new campaign to enlist as many people into ACA coverage as possible. Since these signs say nothing about the impending repeal of the ACA, it strikes me that this is nothing more than an effort to rile up even more people by creating a larger pool of 'victims' once the laws change. A very crappy thing to do to people, especially those at the bottom of the economic scale. But who cares about that? As long as we can make villains out of Republicans in doing so, it's okay to manipulate people, right?

That's an affront to potatoes everywhere.

Because they're complete and total mor......oh, was that a rhetorical question?

I liked this comment in particular: "Henry Hawkins | January 1, 2017 at 8:33 am What a lovely subject to open up 2017. Feminist goal: knit 1.7 million kitty hats. Feminists who knit: 4"

I Know. I never cared for that nephew anyway.

I never knew Daisy made an AK-47. That will make a perfect gift for my nephew.

So I'm actually at least 30 seconds or so older than I thought I was? Oh, the good news just keeps on coming.

That sounds like a good name for a Prince cover band.

How quickly time passes. Congratulations, Ms Kelly!

"Jocularity, jocularity!" RIP Mr Christopher.

It's a great reminder of how literally everybody was wrong about how the election would go - not just dems, but republicans and all the major news outlets as well. I hope Trump does okay, but time will tell whether or not he does. I have to admit that I'm very much enjoying watching the so-called experts stammering out BS reasons as to why they were so wrong.

Who would have thought that a Kennedy would ever get into trouble while drinking?

That's what I got out of it, too. What this means is that soon nobody will want to hire history teachers who earned their degree in history from GWU. And just why in hell is that school still named after a white, slave-owning war monger, anyway?

The news report that I heard said that her last words were "I want to be with Carrie". How terribly sad. RIP

Sure, that's why he posted it.

“Now all kinds of ambition has come back. I desire so much more in life and, at 37 years old, it’s a little late to do it, but better now than never,”he said. That right there ought to tell folks something.

I saw that too, and yes, Dershowitz was pissed. I disagree with him though - I think this gives Trump an opportunity to be a champion of the Israeli cause. Whether or not he plays it that way is another thing.

You apparently have a difficult time discerning outrage from mockery.

Great - I went back and reviewed your post to decide whether it was content or phrasing, and I got another headache. The force is strong within you.

Dude. Seriously. This is the first thing I've ever read on PPP that gave me an instant headache. A personal milestone to be sure......