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Also, I remember it. Not sure if I was a part of it.

In. Thanks for running it edjr!

I feel like we discussed this recently. Our system is far from perfect, but the idea that universal healthcare is the panacea for us is naive. People like to use Norway as an example -- Norway is tiny in both population and size -- for size, it is basically a one-dimensional country, because virtually everyone lives near the coast. Plop a medical center every 50 miles along the coast and, walla, medical care for everyone. They also have a general Scandinavian mindset like "Hygge", which translates roughly to "good enough." It's a very different mindset than the US. This is not to mention innovation. I don't think Norway is blazing trails in advanced medical innovation like the US does. Here is a list of countries by population: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/ Here is by area: https://www.worldometers.info/geography/largest-countries-in-the-world/ Which of the countries with large areas and populations would you trade healthcare systems with. India? China? Russia? Brazil? Japan is interesting. Small in area but 1/3 our population. They have national healthcare with a 30% copay. It's mandatory, people pay into it, and if you don't have it, fock you. If you are an illegal alien without it, fock you. Heck, if you are a visitor like you or me and don't have proof of insurance, fock you. I'd consider that kind of system -- take employers out of the coverage which is a big problem, everyone pays, and if you don't pay, see ya. (There are reduced rates for low-income and elderly).

Because govt paid healthcare and daycare would be FREE#@! It grows on the entitlement tree$#@! Those are bankrupting our country, The costs of these programs dwarf all other costs. You know this, right? SS cost $1.5T in 2024, 22% of our spending. Medicare was "only" about $1T in 2024. I think we need both programs, especially SS which we've paid into. But the unwillingness of anyone to address the obvious need of SS (increase the age of payouts) will lead to major problems.

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23.7 Mad Max, Mad Max - Hero

Thankfully, I have two other guys to overcome your jinx.

venmo'd fitty to Ed Also, alts are Engrish, then Speef

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Blow me

Are we going to pick an alt?

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1.03 Bobby Mac @edjr

Are we doing this?

The plan is draft 3 score 2, unless you draft Sheffler, in which case you only get to draft 2 score 2.