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#1591 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 535 weeks ago
It's not just pharmaceutical companies. Litigation, other legal fees, employees, training, etc. Everything is expensive and while some of it may be reasonable, a lot of it isn't. If you don't tackle all of it, the process will be never ending. You can't fix it piece by piece.
#1592 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 535 weeks ago
The private sector at least in terms of insurance companies aren't driving up anything. I don't know how many times I have to say it...until they get the costs under control, nothing will work. Not single payer. Not anything. It can't cost $800 for an IV and hundreds of dollars for bandages. Prescriptions are over priced. Everything is over priced. Nothing else matters.
#1593 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 535 weeks ago
Not exactly. I'm hoping enough people figure out the flaws for things to matter again.
#1594 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 535 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:There's zero chance they don't fuck it up. Zero.
Then fix that, and vote on smarter people.
There is no fixing it. The system is rigged.
#1595 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 535 weeks ago
This concept that it's uninformed is bullshit. I have forgotten more about health care than most of you have ever known. But even forgetting about that, the gov't couldn't even enroll people in Obama care and that's a small fraction of what singe payer would be. There's zero chance they don't fuck it up. Zero.
#1596 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl predictions » 535 weeks ago
Brady won a few SB where he had next to nothing to do with it. People seem to forget that when trying to remind people how great Brady is.
#1597 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl predictions » 535 weeks ago
buzzsaw wrote:I live near charlotte now, so I get to see it first hand. Certainly a bit of an exaggeration, but not as much as you might think.
Why does anyone care is my thing... Like "who gives a shit". He answered a few questions, got pissed and left. WHO CARES! I feel the same when Belechik and Saban are short or rude to media. I don't get the obsession and hate.
So here's why it bothers me: I don't mind the cockiness. I don't mind the ego. I don't mind the dab. None of that bothers me at all. However, if you want the paycheck and you want the endorsements that go along with playing in the NFL, you have to play the media game too. Were the rest of his teammates happy they lost? Was he the only one that really put his heart into it? They managed to do their interviews just fine. That's the issue. He's basically saying he's more upset than anyone else that they lost and that's not what a leader does. A leader takes responsibility. I think he was somewhere around his 4th or 5th reason they lost when he was making a list.
If you want to be a baby, that's fine, but you have to live with the consequences of doing that too. I hate losing. I've played sports at a fairly high level. I never didn't shake hands after a loss as much as I wanted to sometimes and I would have done interviews had someone wanted to interview me. So while I was never an NFL QB in the SB, I understand what it is to give it all for something and lose. Maybe better than he does because I had to actually work a FT job and have money concerns while trying to compete. So no, I'm not going to feel bad that he had to sit there and answer questions. That's part of his job. That's part of what he gets paid to do.
#1598 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl predictions » 535 weeks ago
I live near charlotte now, so I get to see it first hand. Certainly a bit of an exaggeration, but not as much as you might think.
#1599 Re: The Garden » Super Bowl predictions » 535 weeks ago
I've learned a few things the past week. If someone loves cam, they don't really care what he does and he'll be given a free pass. If you don't like cam, you're racist because there's no possible other reason not to like him. Finally being a big baby is okay as long as you do it in the name of being competitive. I mean all the rest of them stood there and did their post game interviews but none of them care as much as cam does.
#1600 Re: The Sunset Strip » Matchbox Twenty Discussion » 535 weeks ago
They are still active, they just take breaks for a couple years to pursue solo projects. It sounds like they will have a new album in 2017.
