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I mean, while we're there... Let's add a carve-out for a no-fee HSA into Obamacare! The HSA would provide no discounts, no coverage, no insurance of any kind. All it would be is a bank account that holds pre-tax income for the purpose of paying medical bills. The insurance companies would be capped at 0.5% of the employee's + company's contributions for their fee. Employers would be allowed to match the employee's contribution by up to 10x the amount they put in. Employee would be capped at 10% of their paycheck, which would hopefully prevent any gaming of the system for wages vs. HSA contributions. The thing is, your employer is being charged something like $2,000 - $3,000 a month (or more) to subsidize your health plan and then you're ALSO paying hundreds of dollars on top of that in a normal office job. If the employer could take that money and instead put it directly into your HSA, that would mean all your regular hospital bills would be paid for and you'd end up with a giant health savings account over a few years. Combine that with a carve out for a health plan that ONLY covers health emergencies like sudden injury due to car accident or heart attack, and you've suddenly got affordable health care.

@ambiguity3333 @FloppingAces Ahaha! I thought I was talking to someone reasonable, I get you. You're on the Dem side. Sorry, Feds have the ability to dictate how the USPS is used. Not only is this the direction we'll be going, but it'll happen soon. Have fun trying to stop it.

@GargerathSunman @FloppingAces You’re moron suggesting we used post offices as official polling places, not me. No mail-in ballots, no federal government involvement needed. Again, asshole, states regulate and control their own fucking elections. The feds have no say in what happens. Piss the fuck off

Wake the hell up, conservatives. Mail-in ballots aren’t some minor inconvenience ... they’re a full-blown election assassination weapon that’s already rewriting the map before a single honest voter steps foot in a polling place. Virginia just got absolutely curb-stomped again. Real Americans showed up in-person and fought like hell. Then the mail-in tsunami from the usual blue strongholds slammed in at a disgusting 72.5% to 27.5% margin and ended the night. Same story, every damn time. You can chase ballots until your feet bleed, raise millions, and run the perfect ground game ... it doesn’t matter. You’re still bringing a pocket knife to a rigged machine gun fight. The rest of the civilized world banned or gutted this garbage because it’s corrupt as hell. Trump just called Virginia a rigged election. @RealSKeshel is out here dropping pure truth bombs while too many “strategists” on our side keep coping and pretending this is normal. The irresistible force has met the immovable object. Something has to give ... or we’ll keep watching red states turn purple, then blue, one mail-in avalanche at a time. (article below)

Yeah, you're an idiot. The whole point is that the Feds could require specific rules for handling of mail-in ballots if the state wishes to use the Federal mail system. They have that ability. What you're saying is "Yeah, we can fix Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, California, etc...! Just gotta get them to vote for voter ID!" How about we focus on a realistic path to the desired result, eh?

@GargerathSunman @FloppingAces The state doesn’t, voters do. The state allows them to. You not get this? Feds don’t set the rules for voting at all. They deliver the ballots the assigned address, nothing more? They may subsidize the cost, but that’s all they do. Your idea is moronic, plain and simple

@lilmoemusic @WallStreetMav By FAR. Trump blew up a wide variety of military targets, not individuals sitting with their families at a diner. Missile launchers, nuclear sites, pillboxes, airplanes, warships, etc... Actual military targets.

@GargerathSunman @WallStreetMav What speeches? What did he say? Do you believe the drone situation is worse than the situation in this current war?

We have $39 trillion in US govt debt and a $2 tillion annual budget deficit. I don't really care how much the White House ballroom costs, especially because it is paid for by private donations. The White House ballroom is meaningless. Congress is bankrupting our country.

@lilmoemusic @WallStreetMav Primarily the drone attacks that killed civilians by the thousands. Beyond that, speeches that clearly led to more racial division throughout his presidency. He was the great divider and the great exploder.

@GargerathSunman @WallStreetMav How did he act horribly?

Yes, but the state is using a Federal service, the USPS. As a result, the Federal government sets the terms by which they can use that service. The Federal government ALSO subsidizes the election mail by reducing or eliminating the cost of postage. In addition, an individual state can't mandate the USPS do anything, so a state would have to use a different method entirely. Most importantly, states that refuse ID requirements would be forced to adopt them if the Federal government restricted their use of the USPS.

@GargerathSunman @FloppingAces Not sure I understand.. challenge what rules? The post office isn’t a state entity. Elections are run by the state. States issue ids, etc. it’s all on the state to control their elections. They pay for it, they fund it, etc. in person, ids, Election Day voting, period.

@lilmoemusic @WallStreetMav He definitely bombed civilians in more effective numbers. He also stirred up hatred in America quite well... He talked nice and acted horribly. I prefer the one that speaks roughly and acts in America's actual best interests.

@WallStreetMav Barack Obama was a better a president than Trump

@WallStreetMav Which is better, trillion or tillion? That said, anyone can identify this problem. That's easy. How do you propose we FIX Congress? I feel like that may be impossible without a serious change in attitude by Americans in general. Too much "If it ain't Trump, I ain't votin'."

So you ARE a moron, then. It's been having issues for over a decade and is normally cleaned annually. (They don't do a very good job) The only difference here is that Trump paid a contractor directly instead of the overpriced and ineffective government group that did it previously.

@Jon12767668237 @BiblicalBeauty Of course not, Trump’s been president for over a year, maybe he shouldn’t have let it go to pot by cutting parks budget.

Pretending you actually love the look of pond scum is yet another symptom of late-stage TDS.

@RachelC31160017 @KylePLMT @MikhailaFuller Ah. So you're justifying hate because your target has money. You're SUCH a great example of a Christian, I'm sure. It's people like you that drove people away from Christianity for decades. I'm thankful the youth entering the church have the discernment to throw you to the side.

@KylePLMT @MikhailaFuller In Bible days, widows had no hope of survival because women couldn't own things or have jobs. Erika has many millions of dollars.....Jesus wasn't talking about her kind.

I don’t want to share the video of Erika Kirk last night but that’s what PTSD looks like. Heartbreaking. The mockery it triggered just strengthens my faith in God. There are times when seeing the good in the world is more difficult, but you can always see the evil.

@BertThere @alfsadvntrs @FrancescaHongWI So you’re saying she’s even worse than he was? Good to know.

@alfsadvntrs @FrancescaHongWI Obama is a raging Conservative according to Hong. This isn’t the dunk you think it is.

I want to say a few things about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night and the rise of political violence in America.

@TomTiffanyWI @doranchad Yeah, the whole “no violence is good BUT” chatter is the typical doublespeak you’d expect from Democrats. She’s basically saying “I encourage the hate! It’s justified!” and pairing it with “My lawyer recommends I denounce violence to avoid Federal attention.”

If you’re excusing assassination attempts to push your own political agenda, you’ve lost all credibility and shouldn’t lead Wisconsin.

@SandraIgnacio16 @TomTiffanyWI I mean, your definition of “awful” is quite likely idiotic, so… Democrat, right?

@TomTiffanyWI If you excuse all the awful things Donald has done to our country YOU have lost all credibility 🙄

@6ersfan2 @RealSKeshel Ah, nothing says "I'm confident in my arguments" like a block ghosting.

@6ersfan2 @RealSKeshel Heh! That's perfectly clear, good sir. Your facts appear quite subjective.

Amazing how many idiots can’t understand the concept of why we have an Electoral College. It’s already bad enough that campaigns only focus on battlegrounds. Now imagine if campaigns only focused on CA TX FL NY and IL. The Electoral College, though strained by modern politics, forces candidates to build coalitions. The people that feed the country may as well not even bother voting if we ditch it.

This is one of those things that brings an interesting question to the front... "Why is the customer REQUIRED to subsidize the staff of a restaurant?" Now, the incentives are favorable for everyone if you tip because a standard paycheck that doesn't alter based on performance leads to middle-ground or low-end, not exceptional behavior. Basically, workers do the bare minimum required to avoid being fired. It's also more difficult for the business owner to assess individual table performance, because they'd have to be on the floor watching everything simultaneously... that performance is judged by the customer and represented by the tip. Will all that said, a mandatory tip just brings you back to that first scenario where it's a flat rate and performance doesn't matter. In THAT case, just up the price of the food. The best result is one where NO tip is expected and the workers are paid enough to be fine either way. However, if they do really well and charm a table, tipping would be allowed to provide a bonus in the moment, thus helping performance.

Annie Perkins went out for a meal expecting a normal evening, but it turned into something she never imagined. She enjoyed her food, talked with her group, and didn't think much about the bill— until it arrived. The total was $1,500. That was already a big amount, but what caught her attention was the suggested tip. The receipt recommended a 22% tip, which came to nearly $330. Annie felt shocked. In her mind, she had already paid high prices for the food, so she didn't feel comfortable leaving such a large tip. After thinking about it, she decided to leave $25 instead. She believed it was still a fair amount. But when the server saw the tip, the mood quickly changed. The friendly attitude disappeared, and things became tense. Soon, the manager came over to her table. He told Annie that a 22% tip was "industry standard" and expected. Annie listened but chose not to argue. She simply signed the bill, stood up, and walked out. Later, she shared her experience online. She didn't expect much, but her post spread very fast. Within a day, millions of people had seen it. Some people supported her, saying tipping should not feel forced. Others disagreed, saying workers depend on tips to earn a living. What is your take?

@6ersfan2 @RealSKeshel And there we go... I see one thing, you see the other, and then you insult because we don't agree... I don't think you'll be winning hearts and minds anytime soon.

@GargerathSunman @RealSKeshel Can show numerous elections of rural voters selecting the platform that was clearly going to be against their economic interest because it played to some perceived fear or social narrative. Not my fault you cant figure that out.

@SublimeOneTen @FloppingAces They already do. Passports come to mind? They've traditionally been relatively effective at things at the counter.

@GargerathSunman @FloppingAces You're expecting the USPS, an organization of unionized govt employees, to do all that?!

@ambiguity3333 @FloppingAces Yes, but that's something that requires every single state to change the rules... which they won't do. It's much more feasible to provide a standing order to the USPS.

@GargerathSunman @FloppingAces Better yet, based on you idea, since you have to walk into a building to be witnessed by someone that you’re casting a vote, just show up at the fuking poles on Election Day! NO MORE MAIL-IN BALLOTS!!!

@6ersfan2 @RealSKeshel You can state things all day. Doesn't make them true. From everything I've researched, the primary issue isn't the voters in rural zones, but the candidate selection process that eliminates the best options even before a primary begins.

@GargerathSunman @RealSKeshel False narrative.

@6ersfan2 @RealSKeshel Historically? Not really. Rural zones almost entirely line up on candidates that at least promise to make things better. The issue of politicians lying in campaign speeches is a separate issue entirely, of course.

@GargerathSunman @RealSKeshel Exceot, the people the farmers are voting for are the ones creating the worst farming issues 🤣🤣🤣