I got this as a joke.....but if it's tru

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
I got this as a joke.....but if it's tru
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Fri, 03-14-2008 - 8:22pm
I got this as a joke.....but if it's true then how funny is it?!?!?


Wacky Americans

- We yell for the Government to balance the budget, then take the last dime we have to make the down payment on a car.

- We whip the enemy in battle, then give them the shirt off our backs.

- We yell for speed laws that will stop fast driving, then won't buy a car if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.

- Americans get scared to death if we vote a billion dollars for education, then are unconcerned when we find out we are spending three billion dollars a year for cigarettes.

- We know the line-up of every baseball team in the American and National Leagues but don't know half the words in the "Star Spangled Banner".

- We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make us live longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for lost time.

- We tie up our dog while letting our sixteen year old son run wild.


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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 10:06am

>>>>>The all or nothing argument is very detrimental for those who have nothing.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 10:23am

Bingo?


If your argument is that a few bad apples don't spoil the bushel, then why penalize public school because a few of them have made "poor choices."

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 10:53am

>>It is not MY choice to pay for their healthcare, when they are unwilling to make sacrifices in order to pay for it themselves.<<


But you are paying for it.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-08-2003
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 11:58am
"I think teachers are paid too much and should be personally held accountable for their students' achievements."
I think the same thing about parents.
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Registered: 09-08-2006
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 1:44pm

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Is this an assumption or many people you personally know do this type of thing?


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I agree that many don't have health care by choice because they cannot afford the premiums.

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-11-2008
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 2:45pm

>>>>>>Is this an assumption or many people you personally know do this type of thing?<<<<<


It's not an assumption. It's a fact...here is info I researched when this debate came up in another thread several months ago:


The CDC puts the number of uninsured at 43.6 million while the Census Bureau lists it at 44.8 million.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2007
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 5:32pm

>>If your argument is that a few bad apples don't spoil the bushel, then why penalize public school because a few of them have made "poor choices."

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2007
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 5:43pm

I know it's simply hilarious!


They simply don't get that the wealthy they love to use to fund "THE FUNCTIONING OF SOCIETY" (love to see where that is found

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 7:24pm

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 04-02-2008 - 9:53pm

>>When a defense contractor fails at their job we don't give them more money.

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