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Posts Made By: David Cotterell

July 3, 2025 07:05 PM Forum: Politics

OH MY GOD!!! AT LEAST 300,000 AMERICANS ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!

Posted By David Cotterell

With the removal of some health care options for some people there will be SOME deaths over and above what would have occurred if 'the Bill' (TM) had not been enacted....  Will it be 300 000?  I don't know.  30 000?  3 000? 300? 30?

The important question is what number of deaths is acceptable to you, Richard?  

Dave

July 4, 2025 04:08 PM Forum: Politics

OH MY GOD!!! AT LEAST 300,000 AMERICANS ARE GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


This isn't going to cause any deaths Dave.  

The leftist hysterics (like yourself) are as full of shit as they always are.

Guess what causes death Dave?

Death, car accidents, plane crashes, cancer, heart disease.


Perhaps everyone should be limited to 20 MPH on the highways?

Maybe we shouldn't allow greasy food to be served in restaurants.  

Guess what, if we had the nanny state you want, maybe we'd get 1/100 the deaths out there.  

Maybe we'd get 2x the deaths we now have.

This will HELP People because it will provide medicaid to Americans who deserve it, not to MS13 gang members, illegal alien criminals, and others who don't deserve it.

You want to worry about it, contact your local Canadian Politician and you Canadians take him in and You pay for them.  smile
Ah, yes, you are technically correct, the best kind of correct.  Bravo.

You fail to distinguish between cause of death in the literal sense and political decisions which result in death.  

Dave

July 14, 2025 12:27 AM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

The world is watching....

July 14, 2025 01:18 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



Oh my God!!!  You won't get your tacos from the trucks in your neighborhood?

What a tragedy!!   I guess you won't get that cheap lawn care either?   What a bummer that you'll have to get off your lazy ass and mow it yourself.  

Another tragedy.  

The really good part is that we won't have to spend the Hundreds of Billions any longer that it costs the taxpayers to support these people.
The vast majority of "these people" are not criminals.  They work.   Pay taxes. 

AND

As undocumented/illegal as they are they do not get ANY medicaid, or government benefits. They are not eligible.

Dave

July 14, 2025 11:08 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
"In the United States, undocumented immigrants are largely ineligible for federal healthcare programs like Medicaid and Medicare, as well as most federal health benefits, aside from emergency care."

"Here's a breakdown of the key points regarding federal spending on healthcare for undocumented immigrants:"

"Emergency Medicaid: This is a significant area of spending. While undocumented immigrants are generally barred from most federal benefits by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Medicaid is required to cover emergency medical conditions for individuals who would otherwise qualify for the program, regardless of their immigration status."

"Cost of Emergency Medicaid: Estimates of the cost of Emergency Medicaid for noncitizen immigrants vary. A CBO report estimated that spending on emergency services for "illegal aliens" cost taxpayers over $16.2 billion under the previous administration, according to the House Committee on the Budget. However, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) notes that Emergency Medicaid spending represents less than 1% of overall Medicaid spending, totaling $3.8 billion in FY 2023."


https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/5-key-facts-about-immigrants-and-medicaid/#:~:text=1.,this%20five%2Dyear%20waiting%20period.
If 3.8 billion represents 1% then 16.2 billion would be 4%.  These numbers mean that one can definitively say that the drain on Medicaid by 'illegals' is trivial.

Dave

July 15, 2025 02:23 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

James, I appreciate your support.  

I am continually amazed that I even bother engaging with Richard.  He always "wins".  According to him. 

And whether or not he wins, or I win, or you or anyone else wins we all do so in the realization that we here are, at most, a dozen guys 
on a chat forum that no one else reads or cares about, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".

Why we keep coming back for another kick at the cat is a mystery to me.

Dave

July 15, 2025 03:11 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by James Lacey


Yes, as I've said many times, the enduring mystery of this forum is why we bother with Rich at all. He does provide quite the protagonist, though, and I keep wondering if one of these days he will learn how to interact with others healthily, and finally understand that other viewpoints are valid and worthy. Or, as you said, and in other words, we take another kick at the cat. By the way, thanks for that idiom, it's not one I had heard before, and it fits.
"According to the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, the expression is "Canadian informal" and bears the meaning of "An opportunity to achieve something." The supposition of its having a Canadian origin is seemingly confirmed by a locus of printed references (the earliest from 1953) that almost entirely come from Canada or north central U.S. states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota).

"Canadians are every bit as fond of their pets as are folks from other nations, thus it should not be presumed that custom among hard-bitten, rabid hockey fans had spawned the term. Instead, this feline-unfriendly idiom probably began as a misparsing of "Another kick at the can (or tin)," a term for which printed references date to 1909: "Children's games in Orkney. Kick the tinnie."

--Snopes

July 18, 2025 04:17 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Where did you go James?  You made the regular accusation that you've made at least 50 times now on this forum, claiming that I moved the goalposts.

I asked you to show me which response in this thread where some sort of goalposts were established, that indicated that the only thing that was brought up was the Number of illegal aliens on Medicaid.

Can you do that please?  The number of the posting that established these phantom goalposts that you refer to would be quite helpful.  I was the first to respond to Dave so I guess my posting was #1.

I'll make it easy for you and just challenge you to post the number of the response where 'goalposts' were established since you once again claimed that I moved them.

I'll check back.
Your attention to detail borders on obsessive/compulsive behaviour.

Dave

July 24, 2025 09:50 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


So no response then James to any of my challenges, such as your leftist lies about "systemic racism" existing?  

Once again I see you can't back up Your BS, but then we've come to expect that much from you. 

P.S. I'm still waiting to see you support your other BS when you claimed I "moved the goalposts".  I guess that's just another one of your accusations put to bed.  Failure is not only quickly becoming your middle name, it is your first, middle, and last names.  smile
OK. No goalposts.  You say 'nay' to systemic racism and poverty as being the reason for the higher level of black violent crime.  Fine.  Let's run with that.

If it is not racism and poverty being the problem what, specifically, is it about black people that leads to these very well-known statistics in your opinion?  Is there some other factor in play here?  Is there something inherent about black people that you are hinting at without saying out loud?

Say it out loud so we can all know your thoughts on this.

Dave

July 25, 2025 08:33 PM Forum: Politics

USA heading down a grim road....

Posted By David Cotterell

I ordered an Askar 103mm APO refractor just now.  

So my mind isn't on this current debacle.

Now to find a ZWO AM3 or 5.

Carry on without me.

Dave