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Looks like some fcc related news re hikvision and dahua .. Major US online retailers remove listings for millions of prohibited Chinese electronics
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IDK if you have been following or reading about this dumb twat, but man, this cartoon is hilarious!
Insurance companies had to meet new guidelines, but their rates were guaranteed by the subsidies. When the Federal government is buying (or funding), the prices goes up. Student loan limits go up, and tuition goes up. Section 8 housing reimbursements go up, and rent goes up.
Obama famously stated that health insurance will be cheaper than your cell phone bill. Maybe for the person, but only because the government is paying the balance, effectively making Obama's claim a lie. If a person pays $20 for an ACA plan, but the government kicks in $1,980 every month, the plan does not cost $20. That is a massive amount of money flooding a system with a host of greedy bastards seeing a new way to get rich. Health care and pharmaceuticals followed suit to capture their piece of the government gravy train, adding unneeded programs and administrators to fund them (exactly like higher ed has done over the last 30 years)
Here's an older chart of comparative pricing. I can only imagine how much higher the line for medical costs has gone up since federal money started freely flowing into that system...
mat200
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Understood
I think on “fixing” health care, which I’ve yet to hear a single idea from Republicans on, is going to take reverting back to everyone buying direct private insurance to expose the Insurance companies as the primary driver of costs.
I see healthcare n 3 buckets
Well 4 if you consider disabled not of retirement age (Medicaid)
Employer shared means you pay less than going direct to an insurance company, but as a former business owner, that cost I pay on your behalf factors into the wages I pay you. My share while employed was about $500 p/mo
Self employed etc- this is what ACA was designed for. Taking the place of the employer paying a share. The plans I saw last year when looking at this route for Mrs bigredfish, were more than the cost sharing plans as employer based. In her example it was about $850 p/mo after a $700 mo offset from subsidies. She’s part time making about the poverty level. (We’re not close to poor, that’s a conscience decision based on not making too much before they start dinging your SS income) So yes, the insurance companies charge more for this group
Medicare. Between actual cost deducted from my SS check and my Medigap supplemental I pay about $500-600 p/mo. Very close to the same taken from my paycheck when I was working
Insurance companies have already stated they see on average an 18% increase coming for 2026
I think on “fixing” health care, which I’ve yet to hear a single idea from Republicans on, is going to take reverting back to everyone buying direct private insurance to expose the Insurance companies as the primary driver of costs.
I see healthcare n 3 buckets
- employer shared cost
- self employed and others not covered by employer plans (ACA)
- retired (Medicare)
Well 4 if you consider disabled not of retirement age (Medicaid)
Employer shared means you pay less than going direct to an insurance company, but as a former business owner, that cost I pay on your behalf factors into the wages I pay you. My share while employed was about $500 p/mo
Self employed etc- this is what ACA was designed for. Taking the place of the employer paying a share. The plans I saw last year when looking at this route for Mrs bigredfish, were more than the cost sharing plans as employer based. In her example it was about $850 p/mo after a $700 mo offset from subsidies. She’s part time making about the poverty level. (We’re not close to poor, that’s a conscience decision based on not making too much before they start dinging your SS income) So yes, the insurance companies charge more for this group
Medicare. Between actual cost deducted from my SS check and my Medigap supplemental I pay about $500-600 p/mo. Very close to the same taken from my paycheck when I was working
Insurance companies have already stated they see on average an 18% increase coming for 2026
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Problem with that chart is ACA wasn't passed until 2010.
Health insurance cost was out of control way before .gov subsidies
Agree, student loans backed by.gov was a bad idea. That was 100% raping the government by colleges.
Students Begin To Tap The Brakes On The Campus Amenities Arms Race
Colleges spend billions on bigger and better campus amenities, believing they are key to effective student recruiting. Historically, students have supported new fees to fund these projects. But recently, they have begun to vote down proposed campus amenities, signalling a new, welcome frugality.
www.forbes.com
Education became a 100% for-profit industry somewhere along the way.
I recall back in the late 70's paying $15 p/credit hour +books at North Texas State Univ (Texas Oil revenue offset costs for in-state students)
I recall back in the late 70's paying $15 p/credit hour +books at North Texas State Univ (Texas Oil revenue offset costs for in-state students)
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When I attended Bost State College in 1972, the tuition was $150 per semester no matter how many credits you took. There were then some fees, which brought it up to about $185 per semester. I spent more in books than tuition.
This has been very appropriate for quite some time.
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Look where you're not meant to look..
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HE'S OUTRAGED!!! LOL
Ranking Members Raskin, Swalwell Statement on Senate Republicans’ Misdirected Outrage Regarding DOJ’s Investigation of the Criminal Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election
“There was no ‘spying’ on Members of Congress. Experienced federal prosecutors conducted an investigation setting forth overwhelming evidence of how President Trump worked with numerous persons, including private individuals, government officials, and Republican Members of Congress to carry out criminal acts designed to block the peaceful transfer of power and overthrow the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election. As part of this conspiracy, President Trump and his inner circle sought to enlist Republican Members in their efforts to submit false election certificates to Congress, to get Congress to reject the lawful election certificates, and to coerce Vice President Pence as the presiding officer over the electoral count. January 6 insurrectionists sought and obtained tours of the Capitol from Member offices in the days preceding their violent attack on the Capitol and its police officers. Even on the evening of January 6, 2021 when the Capitol was still being cleared of rioters, President Trump's allies were still calling Republican Senators to encourage them to refuse to certify Joe Biden as the rightful winner of the election.
“My Republican colleagues are likely not actually outraged at Jack Smith’s perfectly legitimate act of seeking four-days of phone records related to these crimes; they are outraged that anyone investigated the President’s insurrectionary plans on January 6 at all. This outrage should be directed at Donald Trump and his co-conspirators who put them on speed-dial during an Insurrection and sought to engage them in a criminal effort to block the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution and overturn the will of the American people.
Ranking Members Raskin, Swalwell Statement on Senate Republicans’ Misdirected Outrage Regarding DOJ’s Investigation of the Criminal Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election
“There was no ‘spying’ on Members of Congress. Experienced federal prosecutors conducted an investigation setting forth overwhelming evidence of how President Trump worked with numerous persons, including private individuals, government officials, and Republican Members of Congress to carry out criminal acts designed to block the peaceful transfer of power and overthrow the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election. As part of this conspiracy, President Trump and his inner circle sought to enlist Republican Members in their efforts to submit false election certificates to Congress, to get Congress to reject the lawful election certificates, and to coerce Vice President Pence as the presiding officer over the electoral count. January 6 insurrectionists sought and obtained tours of the Capitol from Member offices in the days preceding their violent attack on the Capitol and its police officers. Even on the evening of January 6, 2021 when the Capitol was still being cleared of rioters, President Trump's allies were still calling Republican Senators to encourage them to refuse to certify Joe Biden as the rightful winner of the election.
“My Republican colleagues are likely not actually outraged at Jack Smith’s perfectly legitimate act of seeking four-days of phone records related to these crimes; they are outraged that anyone investigated the President’s insurrectionary plans on January 6 at all. This outrage should be directed at Donald Trump and his co-conspirators who put them on speed-dial during an Insurrection and sought to engage them in a criminal effort to block the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution and overturn the will of the American people.
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Zohran Mamdani, a mayoral candidate, has faced scrutiny for accepting nearly $13,000 in potentially illegal foreign donations to fund his campaign.
These donations include contributions from his mother-in-law in Dubai, among others, raising concerns about compliance with campaign finance laws.
The campaign has received at least 170 contributions from foreign donors, which could violate regulations.
These donations include contributions from his mother-in-law in Dubai, among others, raising concerns about compliance with campaign finance laws.
The campaign has received at least 170 contributions from foreign donors, which could violate regulations.
People will be people - first one minute 
. Do they even know what they are doing? 
. Do they even know what they are doing? 
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SNL Star Frolics With Trump And Epstein In Doctored Video For Weekend Update
SNL star Colin Jost was inserted into the ubiquitous archival video of President Donald Trump and deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein frolicking together.
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Trump brushes off trade tensions with China: ‘It will all be fine!’
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the increasing tensions with China over its decision to impose export controls on rare earth minerals, even as he threatens a massive tariff...
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump shrugged off Chinese President Xi Jinping’s escalation, which could upend supply chains for American technology companies, as Xi merely having a “bad moment.”
Trump’s comments are a noticeable shift from his earlier messaging when he announced the move from China on Friday, which he had slammed as “very hostile” and accused the country of holding “the World ‘captive'” with its trade policy.
Shortly thereafter, Trump slapped a 100% tariff increase on China over its export controls, and appeared to cancel a highly anticipated meeting with Xi at the APEC summit in South Korea next month as a result.
That new tariff on China is not scheduled to take effect until Nov. 1, but it has not gone unnoticed from China.
CHINA SIGNALS COUNTERMEASURES IF TRUMP STICKS WITH 100% TARIFF INCREASE
Earlier Sunday, China’s Commerce Ministry responded to it by threatening “corresponding measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.”
“Our position on a tariff war remains consistent — we do not want one, but we are not afraid of one,” they said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the increasing tensions with China over its decision to impose export controls on rare earth minerals, even as he threatens a massive tariff...
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump shrugged off Chinese President Xi Jinping’s escalation, which could upend supply chains for American technology companies, as Xi merely having a “bad moment.”
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Trump’s comments are a noticeable shift from his earlier messaging when he announced the move from China on Friday, which he had slammed as “very hostile” and accused the country of holding “the World ‘captive'” with its trade policy.
Shortly thereafter, Trump slapped a 100% tariff increase on China over its export controls, and appeared to cancel a highly anticipated meeting with Xi at the APEC summit in South Korea next month as a result.
That new tariff on China is not scheduled to take effect until Nov. 1, but it has not gone unnoticed from China.
CHINA SIGNALS COUNTERMEASURES IF TRUMP STICKS WITH 100% TARIFF INCREASE
Earlier Sunday, China’s Commerce Ministry responded to it by threatening “corresponding measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.”
“Our position on a tariff war remains consistent — we do not want one, but we are not afraid of one,” they said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...