katran

@katran (585)

United States • Age 37

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Woman denied coverage for breast cancer treatment because she had acne - Really?

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 10 Sep 09

Among the half-truths and sad tales in Obama's speech last night was nestled this little story of a woman who says the insurance company done her wrong. "...More and more Americans pay their premiums, only to discover that...

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katran So, your argument is that because she did not tell the insurance company she had a heart condition, they have the right to deny her coverage? Better question, if she had originally told about the heart condition, would the insurance company have had the...

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Obama doublespeak... Car insurance is required for all Americans.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 10 Sep 09

Supporters of mandatory medical insurance laws like to cite car insurance laws to back their points. However, the analogy doesn't really work. Why? Because there are no laws requiring everyone to have car insurance. Yes, there...

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katran It's actually the exact same thing in my mind. You are forced to buy car insurance if you ever drive, even though the vast majority of people probably NEVER make a claim on their insurance. If you are alive, there is a possibility you will need medical...

10 Sep 09

Three Kids Walk Into a Bar...

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 20 Aug 09

That is the big question of the day in Wisconsin politics. Apparently a lot of states allow parents to buy alcohol for their kids. The idea is for parents to have the chance to teach kids "responsible drinking". I don't know...

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katran Well, I will say that I am not 21 yet, but my mom has been letting me drink with her and at family events or neighborhood parties for a couple years now. I don't think there is anything wrong with letting parents buy alcohol for their children's consumption...

24 Aug 09

UK Defends Health System, "Untruths" Being Dealt Through The American Media

N4life @N4life (851) • United States 14 Aug 09

While the UK NHS certainly has problems, as does any system or governemt, the UK has pointed out that many of the rumors about its' system are simply untrue. This article...

uk health syste lies

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katran You know what REALLY makes me mad? The fact that the arrogant Americans who are posting in this discussion seem to think that they know more about Britain than Britain does. Geez Louise. Is there no end to the stupidity of people? Is there no length they won't...

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How can a religion be viewed as accurate if they are open to interpretation?

ulalume @ulalume (713) • United States 11 Aug 09

This question primarily must coincide with the fact that religious texts have the tendency to be interpreted by different people in different ways. If one is expected to properly follow some all powerful being, call him God, and...

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katran Well, the problem with your question is that I don't think that God INTENDED religion to be open to interpretation. Since I am a Christian, I will use the Christian example. The Bible, since it was written a long, long time ago and much of it is written kind...

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Obama says immigration reform has to wait.

oneidmnster @oneidmnster (1384) • United States 10 Aug 09

At the North American Summit,Obama said that health care overhaul and financial regulation will be tackled first. Is he really this stupid or is it an act?We don't need immigration reform.We need to enforce our immigration laws...

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katran I think immigration reform absolutely HAS to come before health care reform. How can we set up a new health care system that will be less taxing on our economy when we have millions of people here that won't be paying for the system and yet will b benefiting...

10 Aug 09

Minimal Wage Law Not Required

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 29 Jul 09

Did you receive your minimal wage increase that the Federal government gave you? Chances are you did not because you make more than the minimal wage. Why, because you labor is worth more than $7.25. Why do we have minimal wage...

free market economy

minimal wage

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katran Gewcew, if that logic was right than there would be no one working in restaurants or fast food restaurants at all, because other jobs pay more so why would they not just all leave and go work somewhere that pays more? I mean, think about it. According to your...

29 Jul 09

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Do You Pay More than the "Minimum Price"?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Jul 09

People say that minimum wage doesn't cause any real problems for employers. In their minds, somehow increasing the price of unskilled labor, without increasing productivity, somehow doesn't make a difference in the bottom...

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katran Geez Louise. This discussion is full of more hogwash than a pigpen. Let me ask you this, since you seem to be so anti-minimum wage. If there was no minimum wage and business owners paid employees based on what they thought those employees deserved, do you...

28 Jul 09

Presidents and People

laydee @laydee (12798) • Philippines 27 Jul 09

I'm not going to talk about politics, but there's just a funny scenario I was thinking about a few moments ago. It was funny because I can't believe how people get so low most of the times. I didn't really hear what our...

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katran I for one cannot understand why people get so uptight and upset when people criticize the president/government. I think it is a sign of a good government that people are able to criticize their leader and go over everything he/she says with a fine-toothed...

28 Jul 09

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Leave Obama alone!

phildozer @phildozer (284) • United States 27 Jul 09

If I turned on Fox news right now, Im confident that I would hear reports about how the president is leading this country straight into a pit of despair On the other hand, if I turned on NBC news, I would see reports about how...

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katran Do you really think we should support the president JUST BECAUSE he is the president? Did you support everything that President Bush did, because the same things could be said about him. He was handed a situation where right after he got into office we were...

27 Jul 09

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Raise in Minimum Wage Does Not Mean Rise in Unemployment

N4life @N4life (851) • United States 25 Jul 09

When countries display a good equity balance and raise minimum wage unemployment often goes down and overall GDP goes up. Two studies; Galbraith and Garza-Cantu, published in The Journal of Economic Issues 199, and secondly...

equity

minimum wage and unemployment

raise in minimum wage good

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katran Thank you for actually doing the research and backing up your claims. A lot of the conspiracy theorists and alarmists around here do not do that, and it drives me up a wall. Too many political discussions are all about partisan opinions with no facts to back...

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Is Choice Only Legitimate if it's the Choice You Would Make?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 24 Jul 09

We talk about freedom of religion, and freedom of choice, but we often treat the two as almost separate things that never meet. We act as if learning anything of the spirit somehow inhibits our ability to make choices for...

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katran The thing that bothers me about non-religious people is that they usually say a person needs to educate themselves before they decide to believe God exists, but when a person DOES educate themselves and comes to the conclusion that God DOES exists, a...

24 Jul 09

Should Atheist or Agnostic Parents Prevent their Kids from Going to Church?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 24 Jul 09

I've heard the question posed the other way a lot. Discussions about whether parents should or shouldn't teach their kids their spiritual beliefs, or make kids go to church with them. But I thought it would be interesting to...

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katran Thank you for starting this discussion. I have long ago gotten tired of hearing people say that parents who bring their children to church or "force" them to go to church from a young age are "indoctrinating" them. I think that these people don't know what the...

24 Jul 09

Obama lied through his slimy teeth about his health care system.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 17 Jul 09

One of the biggest points Obama has made about his health care system is that we will be free to keep our current insurance, doctors and clinics. Congressman Paul Ryan has exposed language in the bill that does the exact...

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katran Since I make political decisions based on facts and not believing everything I hear so long as it comes out of the right person's mouth, I think it would be nice if you could provide me and others who think like me a link to the actual bill. Mostly because...

17 Jul 09

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I Might Back a National Health Insurance Program if....

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 17 Jul 09

~Every city, county, state or federal government employee (including all appointed or elected officials, but excluding uniformed military members) were required to be on it. ~People employed by unions (including union leaders)...

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katran I'm sorry, but this sounds a little hypocritical to me. You want groups of people that you dislike and distrust to be FORCED to do something but you want everyone else to have the choice? Come on. Can we at least PRETEND to act like mature human beings...

17 Jul 09

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Abortion a World Right,....?

Swashbuckle @Swashbuckle (305) • United States 10 Jul 09

Okay, I promised to not say anything on Abortion but...WTF!!!! Should other countries decide this on their own? why the buck is Obama promoting this tripe!!!!! ugh, where is that bucket...???

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katran Obama is promoting abortion in other countries? What? I think I missed something. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me because it seems like the man is one of the most pro-abortion politicians ever, but I did not know that he had taken his pro-abortion stance to...

10 Jul 09

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