In coming boomer bash...they’ve overseen the destruction of social progress, pensions, affordable education, affordable housing, their children’s and grandchildren’s future, merit based wealth accumulation, and as they slowly ooze into their graves, western democracy and now the Republic.

This is the question that needs an answer.

“Appropriation.”

This is such a dumb argument. The pulpit of the presidency can be enough to effect massive change and a record of passing “some bills” is irrelevant. You act like the electorate is actually informed about their candidates or, even when knowledgeable, make a logical choice.

With you on this. Chicken pox was absolutely miserable and I was a victim of get all the kids together since so and so got it. I was super excited my kids had the option to not suffer through it.

You need more stars for this one.

Yes! Now you’re getting it! You see how complex this issue is. There is no simple wise/unwise label to apply that checks everyone’s boxes of “affording a child”. To some that means maintaining a $5k emergency savings account (ESA), to others a six months of wages for an (ESA, while others may expect that you have…

You’re guilty of oversimplification as well. First, no decision (or finding) should be based on the worst case scenario only.

I’ve just realized that although I’ve defended Kaepernick I’ve never stated or informed the why of it. I admire the hell out of the guy.

The Republicans are not content to destroy every bit of Obama’s policies, but are trying to destroy his legacy. The fault in their plan is that an orange twat is now their parties standard bearer, and only idiots hear intelligence in his bloviating.

What shit company didn’t cover his bail so he didn’t have to sit it out for a month? Or what shit judge didn’t grant bail?

Oversimplification. When determining if an action is wise or not, then you should be looking at the perspective of as many stakeholders as possible. Even if you simply looked at it from an economic standpoint, you cannot factor immediate cost alone in determining whether it is a wise choice. You’d need to factor the…

As someone who hires managerial and supervisory level positions on a regular basis, it doesn’t appear critical thinking is part of any degree program these days. I’ll take someone intellectually curious with a couple of years of experience over the paper any day. That being said, the paper does demonstrate someone…

I suppose if you squinted really hard, shut off the portions of your brain that support reading comprehension, and rearranged some letters you could come away with that message.

It’s there. US Soldiers have been test subjects for all sorts of things since the countries founding. 

“if it’s justified”

I don’t know if you are aware, but you can call and negotiate that amount with the hospital and doctors. If you remain persistent you could probably cut it down to about 25% of amount owed. If the hospital/doctor refuse, use a third party collections company, and you can take a temporary hit to your credit, ignore…

“...69% of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings.” If people stopped making this “poor choice” we wouldn’t be a country much longer. I’ve been very fortunate to meet the arbitrary standard of being able to “afford” having children, but do not pass judgement on those who choose to do so even in difficult economic…

Thank you for saying what I usually have to point out. The estimated cost of a child over 18 years is nearly a quarter of a million dollars. If everyone waited until they could “afford” a child this country wouldn’t exist anymore. In addition, no matter how much you’ve saved and planned, 90% of the citizenry would be…

I’m curious how large the market is for “I want to claim I built a PC without actually doing it”. I mean tinkerers generally want the thrill of creating their machine, not assembling something in thirty seconds. Anyone else really just wants a machine ready to go out of the box. Unless there is some significant cost…