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Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:30:36 pm »

If we did that 30 years ago, we'd get much better healthcare results and have 50% more to spend than we currently spend at the federal level on things other than debt and inefficient and insufficient healthcare.

Pozi has a better solution than me, I am sure.  It's so good he won't embarrass himself sharing it, lol.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:26:53 pm »

Now stop and think.  What if we adopted a system like Germany has 30 years ago and used all those savings to reduce national debt.  If we were wise (we aren't, we'd just blow the savings and still take on debt), we'd have no national debt and would be a creditor nation.  Instead of paying 19% of ALL federal tax revenue (and growing), we'd be paying zero and have pretty much 19% more of our federal tax revenue to spend each year on things that benefit Americans.  Instead we pizz away 19% and growing on what are essentially credit card payments, albeit at a much lower interest rate.  It still adds up.  It's over a trillion we spend teach year on interest on debt.

Imagine we weren't spending that trillion and we were also now saving 1.6 trillion a year on healthcare.  That's 2.6 trillion, with a T, dollars more we could spend each year.  Instead of that, I am trapped in a country with 345 million retards and it's squandered on stupid decisions and decisions, to anyone with a brain, that are illogical and cause self-inflicted pain.
Posted by: Texas Pete
« on: Today at 01:25:55 pm »

Occupy Democrats

BREAKING: MYSTERY SOLVED! A New Jersey Republican congressman VANISHED for 117 days, left his constituents without representation, and just finally told them why.
For 117 days, New Jersey's 7th District effectively had no congressman.
No votes cast on their behalf. No explanation. No timeline. Just silence — and vague assurances from staff that Tom Kean Jr. was dealing with "a personal medical issue." While his constituents wondered, while his colleagues speculated wildly, while Speaker Mike Johnson privately begged him to say something — anything — Kean said nothing.
Today, he finally broke his silence. He was hospitalized for depression.
And look — depression is real, it is serious, and treatment absolutely matters. Kean himself said it best: "It is physical, it is emotional, and until you experience it yourself, it is difficult to fully understand how powerful this illness can be." Over 48 million Americans are being treated for this illness. There is no shame in it.
But here's what there IS shame in: leaving your constituents completely in the dark for nearly four months while they had no representation in the United States Congress.
New Jersey's 7th is a competitive district. Every vote matters. While Kean was absent, Congress voted on legislation affecting his constituents' healthcare, their taxes, their lives. He missed more than 100 of those votes. And the people who sent him to Washington had no idea why — because he chose silence over transparency, privacy over accountability.
"I am a private person by nature," Kean said today.
Congressman, you work for the public. Your privacy ended the moment you asked New Jersey voters to trust you with their representation.
Speaker Johnson — hardly a bastion of Democratic values — said he "encouraged him many times" to be more forthcoming. Even his own Republican colleagues were frustrated. Even THEY didn't know what was happening.
Today's speech was moving. Kean's words about recovery and asking for help were genuinely important. But the format he chose — a five-minute floor speech to a nearly empty chamber — conveniently allowed him to say exactly what he wanted and dodge every question journalists and colleagues still want answered.
He's already scheduled a fundraiser for tonight. An election is five months away.
New Jersey's 7th deserved better than 117 days of silence. They can show their displeasure with Rep. Kean by voting to have his Democratic opponent, Rebecca Bennett, replace him as their representative and allow Kean to recuperate further from his depression with all the new free time he’ll have.
Posted by: Texas Pete
« on: Today at 01:23:21 pm »

Quote from: Waco1909 on Today at 01:17:16 pm
LOOKS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A $200 A MONTH SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASE….
They in no position to push thru anything.
Posted by: Waco1909
« on: Today at 01:20:09 pm »

Quote from: positronium on Today at 12:08:16 pm
Is that what you want?
IF I WANTED IT, I WOULD’VE SAID IT… but the implication is simple… YOU HAVE A POWERFUL POLITICAL FIGURE SITTING AROUND A TABLE FULL OF CHILDREN WHO DON’T HAVE PARENTS AROUND… IMPLICATION BEING THAT HE’S PUT THE PARENTS IN THE GULAG… OF COURSE I’M PARANOID BY NATURE
Posted by: Waco1909
« on: Today at 01:18:37 pm »

Quote from: Frodo on Today at 11:03:40 am
Current Gas Price Average $3.85

Energy experts said gas prices would stay high. Why were they wrong?
The unexpected drop in gasoline prices has given Trump a political boost, even as energy analysts warn the fragile ceasefire and tightening oil supplies could quickly reverse the trend.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/trump-said-gas-prices-would-fall-after-the-war-defying-the-experts-so-far-hes-right-00980674

Prices are lower than predicted in part because China cut its oil imports, ships snuck through the Strait of Hormuz despite the blockade and oil futures never fully priced in the level of risk, which most energy experts did not expect.

China slashed oil imports by at least 3 million barrels per day, according to Kpler, a commodities research firm. While it isn’t clear exactly why, some suspect it is a combination of a weaker economy and an increase in electric vehicles hitting at the same time as the war.

In addition to reduced Chinese demand, the energy futures market and the cost of actual real-world barrels of oil wildly diverged for much of the war, keeping prices at the pump lower than most thought possible. The market continued to focus on Trump’s claims of a quick resolution to the war and his pledge to quickly drop prices while the price of crude oil in some regions spiked upward as the actual barrels available for sale became scarce.

Instead of spiraling upward, the average price at the pump has plummeted 70 cents per gallon in a month from a peak of $4.56. A little over a week since the memorandum of understanding was signed between the countries, a barrel of oil costs just a little more than it did before the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran in late February.

It wasn’t supposed to work this way, according to energy experts whose predictions of $150 barrel of oil, $5 gasoline and summer recessions were widely quoted in the media.

For now, they’ve been proven wrong for a litany of reasons, including a surprisingly weak Chinese economy and a failure to imagine how handily the president could bully the markets into submission.
GAS IS 339 A GALLON HERE.
Posted by: Waco1909
« on: Today at 01:17:16 pm »

LOOKS LIKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A $200 A MONTH SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASE….
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:14:31 pm »

Quote from: NC Yankee on Today at 12:57:10 pm
We have about 345 million people.  Spending $4700 more per person each year for healthcare, only to achieve worst results?  How is that even logical?  Multiple 345 million by $4700 and that's how much we could save annually as a country, if we just copied what Germany does.  We don't even have to reinvent the wheel.  There are many examples we can look to and what results they achieve.  That's a lot of money too.  That's $1,621,500,000,000 annually in savings.  Over 1.5 trillion in savings, with better results too.

But you are just stuck on, "I'm not paying for anyone's healthcare." It's ridiculously stupid and short sighted.  The healthcare industry loves people like you.  Suckers.

Worse results I meant, but in truth they are about the worst results, with how much we spend.
Posted by: purplelady1040
« on: Today at 01:13:10 pm »

95 here and feels like 110. Been at a friend's pool and it has felt great!
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 01:00:27 pm »

The way this country is run and how our media behaves, many people vote against their own interest based on lies and propaganda.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 12:57:10 pm »

We have about 345 million people.  Spending $4700 more per person each year for healthcare, only to achieve worst results?  How is that even logical?  Multiple 345 million by $4700 and that's how much we could save annually as a country, if we just copied what Germany does.  We don't even have to reinvent the wheel.  There are many examples we can look to and what results they achieve.  That's a lot of money too.  That's $1,621,500,000,000 annually in savings.  Over 1.5 trillion in savings, with better results too.

But you are just stuck on, "I'm not paying for anyone's healthcare." It's ridiculously stupid and short sighted.  The healthcare industry loves people like you.  Suckers.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 12:42:24 pm »

Go look at your current filter.  It should say what kind it is.  Go to any hardware store and they will have them.

That's the first thing I check if our AC isn't working.  It's always been the filters and always frozen.  So I have to thaw it out even after I replaced the filters.  Happened about 1 month ago.

It can of course be something more serious, but that's my first approach when we have had any issues.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 12:39:42 pm »

Quote from: Frodo on Today at 12:37:11 pm
I put a new one in return last night
 I've heard something in crawlspace under house lately. Think clear now and blocked off. Animal might knocked some trunk lines loose.
 Hard to get to indoor unit part down there.
If filter on it that needs replaced they've never told me what to use
 Ceiling fans in 2 bedrooms.
78 in house. Bearable not comfortable. It's doing something or be worse.

If the filters were causing it, after you replace it, you need to turn it off for 8 hours to half a day or just run the fan to always be on, to thaw out the system.  If blocked filters are causing it, your AC gets frozen and has to thaw out.  Replacing the filter won't fix it, until you let it thaw out.
Posted by: NC Yankee
« on: Today at 12:37:19 pm »

Unlike you, I don't claim to know it all and have all the answers.  I know how'd approach it, however, to get all the answers.
Posted by: Frodo
« on: Today at 12:37:11 pm »

Quote from: NC Yankee on Today at 12:14:00 pm
When was the last time your filters were replaced?

I put a new one in return last night
 I've heard something in crawlspace under house lately. Think clear now and blocked off. Animal might knocked some trunk lines loose.
 Hard to get to indoor unit part down there.
If filter on it that needs replaced they've never told me what to use
 Ceiling fans in 2 bedrooms.
78 in house. Bearable not comfortable. It's doing something or be worse.
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