mjmooney Posted February 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2017 21 minutes ago, maqroll said: The majority of Mexicans are mestizo, and the majority of Central Americans are mostly native blood. Red people then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 In the US and Canada people use the term brown people, to denote blacks, mestizos, south Asians and Arabs. Nobody really uses the term red people anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 10 hours ago, Keyblade said: From the thumbnail image i thought it was one of those Korean (?) CGI news dramatisations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 31 minutes ago, maqroll said: In the US and Canada people use the term brown people, to denote blacks, mestizos, south Asians and Arabs. Nobody really uses the term red people anymore. Thanks, that's what I was trying to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2017 33 minutes ago, maqroll said: In the US and Canada people use the term brown people, to denote blacks, mestizos, south Asians and Arabs. Nobody really uses the term red people anymore. I know, I was joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2017 John Oliver's latest show with a section on Obamacare is definitely worth a watch. Video here...http://eachvideo.com/watch?v=YEGpriv2TAc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 4 hours ago, a m ole said: From the thumbnail image i thought it was one of those Korean (?) CGI news dramatisations I like the way they have CNN on two TVs in the background. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 So can anyone explain why a lot of Americans don't like Obamacare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I think Mel Gibson said it best. You may take my life but you can never take my freeeedom ! Jokes aside there is a huge amount of people in America who hate the idea of their government forcing them to do anything. Interesting thread here about why thats an odd take to have when it comes to healthcare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2017 8 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: So can anyone explain why a lot of Americans don't like Obamacare? I think one of the reasons is that it's illegal not to have health care now, whereas before if you didn't want it you'd simply not pay for it. Other than that i'm really not sure, it seems like a good thing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted February 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, PieFacE said: I think one of the reasons is that it's illegal not to have health care now, whereas before if you didn't want it you'd simply not pay for it. That and "why should I pay for someone else's healthcare? It's my money! That's un-American, that is. God-damned communists". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 hour ago, MakemineVanilla said: So can anyone explain why a lot of Americans don't like Obamacare? Take a wild guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 They've been indoctrinated to believe any government social intervention is tantamount to stalinism. They believe because it because they're incredibly stupid / functioning on the selfish belief or dream that their way out of poverty is wining the lottery, they'd rather believe in smokescreen dreams of "entrepreneurship" winning big or the lottery than collaborating on communal programs that lift everyone up. The only beneficiaries in reality are all the money makers who profit from the health industry. Why would they want their cartel even halfway neutered. **** weird libertarian turkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, Rodders said: They've been indoctrinated to believe any government social intervention is tantamount to stalinism. Yet they want to take away people's individual rights to have abortions, have trans rights or smoke cannabis. The mental disconnect of the Republican party should be studied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2017 It's that political quadrant thing again. They're libertarian on economic policy, but authoritarian on social policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Perfect excuse to post this classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 27, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2017 16 minutes ago, mjmooney said: It's that political quadrant thing again. They're libertarian on economic policy, but authoritarian on social policy. It's a morality contradiction - the Gov't shouldn't tell businesses how to behave or what to do, but they should tell people how (not) to conduct their lives. I think it comes from religionism or something. Their invisible Sky fairy tells them stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 27, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2017 9 hours ago, maqroll said: In the US and Canada people use the term brown people, to denote blacks, mestizos, south Asians and Arabs. Nobody really uses the term red people anymore. Yeah because that wouldn't be PC like 'brown people' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 4 hours ago, MakemineVanilla said: So can anyone explain why a lot of Americans don't like Obamacare? I'll have a go: a] Many people don't understand what Obamacare is. Studies show that fully one third of Americans don't realise that Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing. The Affordable Care Act polls better, presumably because lots of low-information voters who just know they didn't like Obama reflexively oppose the law because it has his name in it. In other words, the Republicans won the branding battle nice and early. b] The law is more unpopular than almost all of its individual provisions. Around 2/3rds of voters, including more than half of Republicans, want to keep the ban prohibiting insurance companies refusing to offer coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, and basically the same number like the provision that children can stay on their parents plan until the age of 26. Even those provisions which aren't popular with Republicans are mostly still popular with the wider electorate, such as the requirement for companies with 50 full-time employees to offer coverage (around 60% support). The only part of the bill that is truly unpopular is the mandate to buy insurance - the problem, obviously, is that without the mandate the entire law doesn't work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, MakemineVanilla said: So can anyone explain why a lot of Americans don't like Obamacare? People don't like the mandate to have insurance and the tax penalty if they don't. They view it as Big Govt. intrusion. Other people don't like it because Fox News told them not to. Other people don't like it because it has Obama's name on it, and Obama is a Muslim from Kenya. Edited February 27, 2017 by maqroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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