buckbova
Joined 13 years ago
Joined 13 years ago
For the same reason I leave every community (namely digg and reddit), I'll have to leave this one.
Far too much politics and I get sucked right in. I find myself reading and commenting on stuff that's a complete waste of time and energy.
It's great that HN added "hide" at least. Nice way to quickly remove these politically motivated articles.
Does anyone know how to delete my account here?
edit: Just requested an account over at lobsters, but'll just lurk if I'm denied.
when they're on long wait lists for procedures because of a glut on resources
when they no longer have access to the high quality care they once had
when there's a greater shortage of quality nurses and doctors because of diminished pay
when innovation is stifled because R&D is funded by the government
No, it's the typical appeal to emotion nonsense that got the ACA passed to begin with. Now that's going to fail before it's even completely applied.
First off everyone dies. Who's not receiving healthcare right now that would be ultimately saved by the government?
Secondly let's cut the hyperbole and have a rational conversation about this.
https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=earth%20day%20do...
http://www.care.org/our-impact/usaid-technical-project-brief...
Sure American companies benefit, sure there's some fraud, sure some of it is a foreign policy decision in the US best interests. But a lot of good is done.