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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
I think he got his from The New York Times.
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It was from CNN Money. I don't know how DJ got the 5% figure, unless he was looking at some chart that had a very unusual way of saying what discretionary spending was. Anyways, here's a link to a simple
Google image search on the subject.
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Originally Posted by Astronomer
EDIT: Obviously Australia is doing something right in terms of livability (which includes health and public services) if 4 of our major cities are included in the top 10 list of most livable cities according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Same goes for Canada, Finland and New Zealand who have similar healthcare programs. I don't understand why so many people are against this kind of system in the US. (I'm not criticising their stance, I'm saying I actually don't understand). |
Oh come on, Astronomer. We both know that correlation does not mean causation; besides, if you wanted to be lazy and go that route I could offer up cities straddle state borders and have dramatically worst outcomes in the state with more welfare (such as East St. Louis).
As far as this, "oh I don't understand the oppositin
" bull**** - knock it off. Drop that line as often as you want, your actions show you don't ****ing believe it. I fail to see why someone who claims complete ignorance to the opposing viewpoint would continually drop nonfactual statements and inane arguments in the thread.