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@little5bee
But the base remains diehard loyalists and the thing is so what if the economy is doing well? Economies have done well under other corrupt regimes. It doesn't paper over every other sin, and there is no real historical equivalent--cert…
@msf no offense taken...was just jerking your chain! Takes a lot more than that to offend me...what bothers me infinitely more is people opining that they know more than me regarding my health insurance and financial decisions. Since I am 62 and h…
What I know about FB is this: it desensitizes its users to the fact that there are actual people behind those posts.
We have a community FB page which I'm sorry I joined, because I was living in ignorant bliss before that. Now...I never realized …
@msf Don't you think your hypothetical coin flip is a wee bit simplistic? I work out every day...you might be on the proverbial couch eating the proverbial bonbons; I am 62...you may be 22; I don't smoke...you may be a chimney, etc., etc... and …
Still, the real problem is the cost of health care, not the price of insurance. Premiums (and deductibles, copays, etc.) simply reflect those costs. Insurance costs are what people see, so they're what people complain about. IMHO those are t…
Was referring to Obamacare...sorry, did not make that clear.
One other thing...because Medishare is not considered insurance, I am no longer able to contribute to my HSA...bummer, but definitely not enough of an incentive to stay with Obamacare.
@msf Thanks for the quick research! I don't know which plan I'll choose, but I agree with Crash...there's value added if your insurer has a customer service department that treats you with respect, not annoyance. I would be willing to pay for that!…
@MikeM yes, there is a definite difference between states...and even counties within the same state! Here in sw Florida, we have one health insurer...Florida Blue. Everyone else left when Obamacare became law and we are at their mercy...and they k…
Speaking for myself it is NOT about conservatives v. liberals. It's about him - his values, morals and integrity. Granted none of us are probably incident free but he is so deep in the toilet I can't even.
Exactly how I felt/feel about the Clintons.…
@00BY Well said...I, for one, have never been convinced to change my political positions by ANYONE or ANY link on this board. And the more strident and insulting the opposing poster is, the less convinced I become. Posters have to realize that ther…
wonder what the other side of the pond and other countries feel about all this.
They probably wonder why we drag it out so long and waste so much money on campaigning.
@davidrmoran On behalf of my Buckeye friends...apology accepted!
@TheShadow I am a tax refugee, as well. Moved from Michigan to Florida about 7 years ago. I tried the snowbird thing for a year, but didn't like it....and I still have an income, …
When I first read this:
>>>I could move back to SW Ohio and pay closer to nada. Then I would be in SW Ohio. >>>
my initial reaction was "Oh, no...not another thread where someone slams a part of the country where someone else…
So what to do? I could move back to SW Ohio and pay closer to nada. Then I would be in SW Ohio. As my somewhat overeducated somewhat provincial kids asked way back in HS, Why live anywhere else than the Boston area?
@davidrmoran Quite an elitist …
This showed up on my Twitter feed today...it was too cute not to share (apologies to Panthers fans):
Cam Newton going after that fumble in the fourth quarter of the SUPER BOWL pic.twitter.com/5yjdIqZevv— Bill Kvalheim (@Coach_Kvalheim) February 9, 2…
Off topic: I'll probably be voted off the island for writing this, but I think Sanders is a refreshing breath of fresh air to the national political debate.
Yes, bf and I are planning to go back to college...for free! ;)
If Cam isn't ready for prime time yet, Manning showed it is time for his retirement pitching for his business interests on camera at his biggest moment (apparently has a stake in Annheiser-Busch distributors and Papa John's but not paid for this s…
We're getting very close to the magic 20% correction, but I don't think it's 2008 revisited.
I don't think so, either. But if it is, there's a huge disconnect between Wall Street and what I see happening around me....lots of tourist activity, home…
littlebee made a lotta $$$ on the game! Took Broncos for the win...0 points (who needs those?) :)
@davidrmoran @Ted At least Brady lost with class two weeks ago!
Did anyone watch the Madoff docudrama this week? I just finished Episode 1 today while on my treadmill...it's pretty good. Richard Dreyfus plays Madoff.
Didn't Saut also predict that we would have a "rip-your-face-off" rally in the latter half of December ?? How did THAT turn out??
What??? We're holding analysts accountable???
I was invested in a MLP fund that I sold on a oil bounce last year, but at the time, I was mainly concerned about the effects of rising interest rates on high-yielding MLPs. From what I had heard ad infinitum from analysts, MLPs were the "toll boot…
@msf Absolutely. Many MBA programs, such as the one at the Ross School of Business at my Alma Mater ^^^^ want work experience, as well. I think the difference today, as opposed to when most of us graduated from college, is that any degree in any …
Since I am a parent of two millennials (ages 24 and 27) and unofficial "parent" to many of their friends, I am somewhat of an expert on this topic ;) My unscientific observation is: the ones who have a college degree in a marketable field are doin…
No sympathy for the oil cartel from me...only schadenfreude. I guess they're not burning $100 bills anymore, either. But they could always raise the price to $4.00/gal in their own countries...that would bring in some more cash ;)
This would be the perfect election for a 3rd (or 4th) party candidate. As a conservative, I would much rather have any of the governors over Trump or Cruz. And if I were a prog, I would definitely prefer Bernie over Hillary...at least he doesn't s…
@Maurice @Old_Joe This grammar debate is much more entertaining than the snoozefest presidential debates...especially the Dem one with Hillary, Bernie and that other guy ;)