I love that it took him several hours to figure out that "comeback".
I love that it took him several hours to figure out that "comeback".
The other timeline is Hillary won and Bowie lives. It's the timeline where all our dreams came true and things don't suck horribly every single day.Man, the possibility of an alternate timeline where Bowie is still alive is just as heartbreaking as the one where Hillary wins. In both cases, we're reminded just how much our current one sucks.
Awesome background. 😯
Baby, you have to @them.Wait, how fucking fancy does your house have to be to start with if you can spend a million RENOVATING it?
(Paging y2kev or shinra? Am I allowed to do this?)
Then maybe you should cook up a better one!Overall this debate seemed to mostly be a wash just based on this poll.
The other timeline is Hillary won and Bowie lives. It's the timeline where all our dreams came true and things don't suck horribly every single day.
Sorry about this. As a dreaded Poor merely thinking the name of those above me in society causes my mind to immediately collapse.
That I know where this comes from makes me want to die.
I legit think that David Bowie's and Prince's deaths both completely destroyed the timeline
Look at this shit. Look at it. Dude did it while he was literally dying from cancer and writing a musical simultaneously.
I guess gordon sondland bascally nullified his expenses on campaign donations and got all that money back for free. I hope they give him life in prison if he doesnt help take down trump now.
This is one of the things for us and literally everyone at my husband's work. As of January for the average worker, the company is covering 100% of the premiums for everyone. Even under Bernie's 0 minute ab 4% payroll thing, my family's costs would skyrocket. (And we use a lot of health care! As in, my son just had nearly $30k worth of medical testing/drugs/equipment done in the last 2 days. We reach our out of pocket maximum by the end of January each year.) There is no universe in which a 4% payroll tax would save us an ounce of money. I accept that we're not necessarily indicative of everyone, as we earn a lot more than most and have a strong union backed plan. But, there is going to be some massive pushback from unions on this issue.
It's why Medicare for All Who Want It is the best possible option. Look,if people really hate their health insurance, and if people really, really want a government plan...let it compete! My ideal solution would be something where each year you sign up for your health insurance at work. Your company can offer a private plan that you can sign up for, or you can elect to sign up for the Medicare option. If the Medicare option works best for your family, you pick that. We'd get rid of the exchanges, and the only option would be the Medicare for All Who Want It Plan. We'd roll Medicaid into this new plan, while keeping the same level of Medicaid coverage. We'd roll Medicare A/B/D into this new plan too. If at any point you lose your job, you can immediately enroll in the M4AWI plan. It would be subsidized heavily. This would give our infrastructure time to actually adapt to the idea of a single payer system. It would let people keep their insurance if they want it. It would eliminate uninsured. It would give us time to figure out how to manage reimbursements without having to cut services. It's a win/win situation.
Nobody is going to trust their employers to "pass on" the health care savings either.
Basically anyone who gets their health care through their employer is working on the assumption that it's "Free" and your asking them to give up free healthcare AND pay more in taxes. So good luck with that.
Never seen that before, but it's a good idea.In both my former and current job when we receive our yearly reviews I have gotten a breakdown of my total compensation package; wages, healthcare, 401k contributions, etc. If they are suddenly off the hook for those costs I know exactly how much compensation that I am missing. I have zero idea how common of a practice this is but I suspect a fair amount of people would have some idea of what their employer is paying.
Bernie's M4A also has a payroll tax increase, so companies aren't going to be able/willing to pass 100% of the "savings" over to workers. My husband's work is very very good at how they treat folks. (We own a quarter of the company, and don't take no shit.) But, ya, back of envelope math, our costs would go up. Everyone would suffer because of profit sharing as well (which is extended to literally everyone.)It's probably variable in each case but would your costs actually skyrocket? Paying 100% of premiums would be a large part of your husband's compensation from the company. If the company was no longer on the hook for healthcare that would free up a lot of funds to go into wages (depending on how scrupulous the company is). It would all depend on where the percentages land but I would expect most people would probably be about even with it all. That said, I think Medicare for all who want it is probably the best current plan.
Look at this shit. Look at it. Dude did it while he was literally dying from cancer and writing a musical simultaneously.
I think most people are going to naturally assume, or at least worry, that they're not getting any of that back. Like, there's a pretty fundamental tension between being so pessimistic about private health insurance that you want to blow the whole system up and expecting that market forces will promptly act to allow workers to capture the extra profit that appears when companies are no longer paying for health insurance. Either you just don't want to get rid of private insurance full stop or you worry that your employer will try to screw you out of the savings from going to single payer.It's probably variable in each case but would your costs actually skyrocket? Paying 100% of premiums would be a large part of your husband's compensation from the company. If the company was no longer on the hook for healthcare that would free up a lot of funds to go into wages (depending on how scrupulous the company is). It would all depend on where the percentages land but I would expect most people would probably be about even with it all. That said, I think Medicare for all who want it is probably the best current plan.
Ive listened to every single one of his albums.
Amazing how close Blackstar got to being his best work
Anecdotal, but I've had a few employers that did this FWIW.In both my former and current job when we receive our yearly reviews I have gotten a breakdown of my total compensation package; wages, healthcare, 401k contributions, etc. If they are suddenly off the hook for those costs I know exactly how much compensation that I am missing. I have zero idea how common of a practice this is but I suspect a fair amount of people would have some idea of what their employer is paying.
Oh it will be.
nothing beats Low for me, an absolute musical masterpiece. I can talk for like, twenty minutes about every single one of those songsPersonally it's my favorite album from Bowie. Dude went out on a high note.