gregpso 1 #1 October 4, 2012 Watching the debates here in Australia (and let me add I love the USA and its people and love travelling there). .. Romney is a stooge for big business. Case in point he actually believes that the private health Insurance companies can run health care better than the government. Private health Insurances companies are there to make money period.. that is why they will not insure sick people. Thet exist to make money. A government health scheme exists only to help sick people. In Australia we have had Universal free health cover for over 35 years. My sister last week (who has no Private Health insurance) had complications from an operation. Was in Intensive care for 6 days and will be in hospital for 5 weeks under the care of a top Specialist. (whom also works privately as well) The cost to her of all this I hear you ask .. $20 000 ?? Actually ZERO NOTHING !! all covered by our universal health system. if we can do it why can"t you.. I mean give me strength !! A country that can put a man on the bloody moon cannot provide health care for all it's folks.I tend to be a bit different. enjoyed my time in the sport or is it an industry these days ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #2 October 4, 2012 IBSC"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #3 October 4, 2012 QuoteIBSC in 3.....2.... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #4 October 4, 2012 QuoteQuoteIBSC in 3.....2.... Poof!!!!lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #5 October 4, 2012 QuoteQuoteQuoteIBSC in 3.....2.... Poof!!!! not yet "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #6 October 4, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Quote IBSC in 3.....2.... Poof!!!! not yet Longest count-down ever! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 801 #7 October 4, 2012 She's sleeping! West coast! Represent! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #8 October 4, 2012 Asleep at the wheel. Hey, let's make this a game. Take a shot every time they say "jobs". You'll be trashed in no time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #9 October 4, 2012 Quote She's sleeping! West coast! Represent! At this rate, it might still be here in the morning. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #10 October 4, 2012 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote IBSC in 3.....2.... Poof!!!! not yet Longest count-down ever! 2.5......2.431.....2.210007.... "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeaKev 0 #11 October 4, 2012 tick...tick...tick... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 801 #12 October 4, 2012 I kind of tried the debate drinking game Andrea found on line. I was getting a lot of drinks in....I love my home-made kegerator! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #13 October 4, 2012 QuoteQuoteIBSC in 3.....2.... Some of us work for a livin'. I just got home.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 801 #14 October 4, 2012 LOL...that was weird...right in the middle of my response... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #15 October 4, 2012 Quote Quote Quote IBSC in 3.....2.... Some of us work for a livin'. . When did you become a republican? Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #16 October 4, 2012 Quote LOL...that was weird...right in the middle of my response... Who knew that the mods could intterupt? It was fun while it lasted. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #17 October 4, 2012 So where does the money come from to fund your "free" healthcare? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 52 #18 October 4, 2012 Quote Quote Quote IBSC in 3.....2.... Some of us work for a livin'. I just got home. If you had said " I have a job", JM would have had to take another drink before bed! lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SivaGanesha 2 #19 October 4, 2012 I'm an Aussie citizen by birthright--born in Australia before 1986 when Australia tweaked its citizenship laws a bit. Although I've never paid a penny in Aussie taxes and probably never will, I hold an Aussie passport (triple citizen USA/AUS/CAN). It's very good of you as an Australian taxpayer to offer to pay tens or hundreds of thousands for my health care should I ever get sick--despite the fact that we've never met and, as I said, I've never paid a penny in Aussie taxes. Thank you. I mean it."It's hard to have fun at 4-way unless your whole team gets down to the ground safely to do it again!"--Northern California Skydiving League re USPA Safety Day, March 8, 2014 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skypuppy 1 #20 October 4, 2012 pretty one-sided view. We have universal health-care here in ontario, too (supposedly). basically mean everyone has the right to wait for health care. What did that get my mother? Well, they diverted the ambulance she was in to pick up someone else rather than call for a second ambulance to handle that call, and my mother died before reaching the hospital. Many many people here can't get a family doctor because the gov't won't pay enuf to attract them. And trying to get in to see a specialist, well, if you have 6 or 8 months to wait, you may get in... Of course that'll get better now (not) because the gov'ts just announced they're cutting the fees they'll pay to doctors by, in some instances, 30 percent or more. Meanwhile, drugs aren't covered; dental's not covered; physiotherapy's not covered; eye examinations aren't covered. And yet this is a better system? There are all different kinds of health care systems, but not all universal systems work. Even the UK has their state-run system, and a private system as well. I think you should look around at more systems before telling someone in another country what they need.If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJonathan 0 #21 October 4, 2012 The NHS works very well here too in the UK at a fraction of the cost of the US insurance model. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #22 October 4, 2012 Well currently anyway, the news polling organizations are disagreeing with you and calling it a decisive win for Romney. ...personally I thought it was like watching a Colts ~ Redskins game. Kept shakin' my head wondering how ANY of these guy got in the big league. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #23 October 4, 2012 QuoteWell currently anyway, the news polling organizations are disagreeing with you and calling it a decisive win for Romney. I agree - Romney was far more smooth with his lies than Obama was with his.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #24 October 4, 2012 QuoteQuoteWell currently anyway, the news polling organizations are disagreeing with you and calling it a decisive win for Romney. I agree - Romney was far more smooth with his lies than Obama was with his. Well, acknowledgement is the first step. Congratulations! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #25 October 4, 2012 QuoteQuoteWell currently anyway, the news polling organizations are disagreeing with you and calling it a decisive win for Romney. I agree - Romney was far more smooth with his lies than Obama was with his. best debate analysis ever (omit the names even and it's still the best). you can make me smile in the morning, even before my coffee... maybe I should buy you dinner first next time?-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
