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  2. I don’t like anything enough to permanently have it on my body. Also, I keloid and am very careful about not scarring my body in any way. I don’t even have pierced ears.
  3. I don’t have any tattoos.
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    Five Guys

    I really like their burgers. I found the fries to be too salty.
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    Elon says that Trump is in the Epstein files.

    Years ago, an associate of mine, a millionaire, laughed about Epstein. He said that all this talk about young girls was a smoke screen to take the focus away from what was really going on there. He said, “Young girls are everywhere. Rich men don’t need to fly to an island to have sex with young girls. That’s not why those men were there.”
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    Did he get laid?

    That was really nice of that young man. You all here have a lot to learn from him.
  7. I don’t remember the facts but I specifically voted for Obama because he was for universal healthcare. I thought the Democrats supported him and that was why he was their candidate. I was shocked to find out, at the last minute, that some Democrats were against universal healthcare. I asked ChatGPT to explain why we don’t have universal healthcare today: When Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he did campaign on expanding access to health care, often using the term “universal coverage.” However, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — which became law in 2010 — fell short of true universal healthcare (i.e., a single-payer or government-run system that covers everyone). Here’s why: 1. Political Constraints in Congress Democratic divisions: Even though Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress in 2009–2010, there were deep disagreements within the party. Some favored a single-payer system (like Medicare for All), while others — especially moderates and those from swing states — opposed it as too radical or expensive. Republican opposition: Republicans were uniformly against any large expansion of federal involvement in healthcare. Since the Senate effectively required 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, Obama needed every Democratic vote he could get, forcing compromises. 2. Industry Resistance Major stakeholders — insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms, and hospitals — lobbied heavily against proposals that would eliminate private insurance or impose tighter price controls. The Obama administration chose to work with these groups to avoid total opposition. In exchange, the ACA kept the private insurance system intact while adding regulations and subsidies. 3. Public Opinion and Messaging In 2009–2010, polls showed that Americans wanted healthcare reform but were divided on single-payer. Many were concerned about losing employer-based coverage or facing higher taxes. Opponents effectively labeled broader proposals as “socialized medicine,” which hurt support for a more sweeping reform. 4. Economic and Political Context The country was in the midst of the Great Recession, so the administration’s main priority was stabilizing the economy. Obama and his advisers believed they could only realistically pass incremental reform given the circumstances. 5. The Result: The Affordable Care Act The ACA expanded coverage dramatically — through Medicaid expansion, insurance marketplaces, and subsidies — but it preserved the private insurance system. As a result, by 2016, the uninsured rate hit a historic low (~9%), but millions remained uninsured. In short:
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    Ilhan Omar IMPLICATED in $250,000,000 FRAUD RING

    How dare you even let it slip into the 1 brain cell you all share here on this site to even THINK about any group other than your own having stinking smelling hair??? Arabs taught you all how to clean and how to get rid of your own filth. Look it up.
  10. Thank you for answering. You have 3 children??? Congratulations! I believe you've had another recently. A blessing! A friend from Shanghai explained that the flaw he saw in U. S. teaching was the focus of at home learning (meaning homework or home resources-parental involvement). He said that the teachers really make the children learn the work in the classroom. That the teachers are drilling the subjects into the kids and leave little work for parents to do and that parental income or home life isn't a big influence on a child's success because the child isn't left to learn at home. He said almost all learning is happening in the classroom and that is why there is such discrepancies in the U. S. between schools and within students. I think Bush tried to address this with no child left behind (unsuccessfully).
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  12. OUR TAX DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. You know, your memory is better than most men I’ve dated.
  14. A better list would be per capita income. We can afford it.
  15. I need Volty @Voltaire to jump in here, but I would argue that the funding situation isn’t simple and the way we educate is backwards. They do a much better job in China. The best schools are in the richest neighborhoods. My daughter went to school in Newark, NJ and the news always said the Newark schools were getting so much money but the classrooms only had 2 computers that didn’t even work! It was awful. The schools had nothing but great committed teachers. They didn’t even have air conditioning.
  16. That’s a given, isn’t it? The government is funded by our tax dollars and congress decides where our tax dollars should go. I would rather our tax dollars go to education and healthcare than to funding wars, buying weapons or bailing out random countries.
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    Ilhan Omar IMPLICATED in $250,000,000 FRAUD RING

    Do you know what’s under her scarf? A full head of gorgeous long hair.
  18. But children aren’t employees of the government and yet the government pays for their education for free. If it’s possible in every other western country for citizens to get universal healthcare, why not here?????!!!!!! We need it! It’s too darn expensive.
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    Don to bring in 600k Chinese on student visas

    Please note: I am over the moon happy about the Chinese students coming. I’m learning to speak Chinese and I love their culture, it’s a win in my book. I’m just shocked and amazed that conservatives spouting “Americans first” seems to have left the tips of their tongues.
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    Ilhan Omar IMPLICATED in $250,000,000 FRAUD RING

    Why do you care about what a woman wears? Are you some sort of fashion expert? So you like women’s clothes? What do you know about hair or scarves or styling? Maybe stay on your own lane and worry about what you look like.
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    Ilhan Omar IMPLICATED in $250,000,000 FRAUD RING

    Maybe she was tricked like everyone else?
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    Don to bring in 600k Chinese on student visas

    These MAGA people will say and do absolutely anything to justify their lifestyle. These conservatives will complain about illegals, scream about illegals crossing the Mexican boarder, praise ICE and their terror tactics, proudly support the president when earlier this year he revoked all the legal foreign student’s visas, but guess what this one does? He hires them! Just like Trump! They all do it! As long as it’s profit for them, it’s okay. This is all about getting techies over here that they can abuse and not pay well to work in AI corporations. Elon wanted this and now it’s being done. It was once lucrative to go into the tech world, watch how the salaries slide down to regular teacher’s wages.
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  24. But you can comprehend the government paying soldier’s healthcare, just change soldiers to citizens.
  25. Do you think joining the military is like socialism? The military provides extensive and universal benefits, such as 100% health coverage, subsidized housing, and free education and training.
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