What do you think, barfo?

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  1. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Seatbelts don't go IN your body, and you don't have to wear them (just don't drive or ride in a car).
     
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  2. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Yes, cameras in the house. Haven't you read 1984?

    So what do you think of the police putting up cameras everywhere to monitor for crime?

    I oppose it, though I have no problem with the police looking at the security camera tapes obtained from private businesses.
     
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  3. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    NSFW (audio)
    [video=youtube;QnJQ9U9pW9Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJQ9U9pW9Q[/video]
     
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    I think some of you can't see the forest for the trees. Forcing people to eat something is not actually the issue at all. We don't even know if she eventually answered that question because we weren't provided with the full video.

    I think he was asking that question in an attempt to corner her on the healthcare bill. The analogy is flawed though because the bill doesn't force you to buy insurance. If you buy or are provided with insurance you are exempt from the tax.

    "The individual mandate, which amends the Internal Revenue Code, is not actually a mandate at all. It is a tax. It gives people a choice: they can buy health insurance or they can pay a tax roughly equal to the cost of health insurance, which is used to subsidize the government’s health care program and families who wish to purchase health insurance." -- Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School.

    "People are exempt from the tax if they get health insurance through their employer or through Medicare, are poor, are dependents, are in the military, live overseas, or have a religious objection."
     
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  5. maxiep

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    Enforcement isn't the issue, curtailing our freedoms is. Like it or not, I have the right to live an unhealthy lifestyle if that's my choice. It may be suboptimal, but if I did so, it's my decision, not the government's.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Are those people then provided with health insurance? Yes they are. Against their will.

    A mandate is a mandate, no matter how you dress it up.
     
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    Another classic Denny Crane fail, you are infamous Denny.
     
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    NO YOU DONT!! MY TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR INSURANCE BILL IF YOU GET FAT AND HAVE A HEART ATTACK OR DIABETES!! IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT YOU!!




    do i need to put this in green?
     
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  9. PtldPlatypus

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    There's a tax I can avoid via religious objection? SWEET! Are there any other taxes I can avoid because God told me not to pay them?
     
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    I'd prefer it in green over allcaps, thanks. :)
     
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    "Give to Caesar what it Caesar's, give to God what is God's" (whole story Luke 20:20-26)
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    I think you're about to see an Amish revival in this country.
     
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    Taxes? No, but there are lot of people you could start hating.
     
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    Another sphincter clinch inducing question avoided by Kagan!! Seriously, when will it end?

    http://content.usatoday.com/communi...ominee-elena-kagan-dodges-twilight-question/1
     
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