lol noir you're soooooooooooo gay

when does war start

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dont mind winME, he's a texas redneck EEEHAAA!!!!

I didn't say helathcare should be free, what I said was it should be available to all. As in affordable. Right now, there are millions of people who simply can't afford it, in your country and everywhere else. That's a bad thing.

Of course I can't ask you to pay my healthcare plan, but I can ask the government to create the conditions under which the health system becomes accessible to all. The taxes you pay or don't pay are a totally different matter; the IRS is responsible for that area and if someone does not pay then the access to government provided services should be off limits to those who fail with their obligations.
However, you can't simply cut off the government from the average citizen day to day basis, as that leaves no accountability. If free healthcare doesn't work, individual lives in a global system don't work either. Obvisouly it can't be "give all", but it cant be "take all" either.

You're entitled to pursue happiness, but in a capitalist state where money is the law, if you remove people the means to pursue that happiness (aka having no money) the system contradicts itself.

> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:

> @Noir

Wars are temporary.  Health care would be a permanent thing, especially since once a major government institution is created, its own policies make it extremely difficult to later end that program if we later realize the program is stupid.

So you'd rather have a good ol' war for no good reason instead of tyring to create a national health care system which can provide for your population because "a war is temporary"? I'm guessing you find it amusing when people say they're on the K-Y jelly plan getting it up the you-know-where then. Because that's what happens to everyone who can't afford insurances or propper care of any kind. No wonder blacks and latinos are regular Democrats constituencies.

Come to think of it: DD, Zarf, Yell, Little Paul, Justinian: are you all white with decent incomes? Because you sure as hell sound like it. Biggots? Hmmm.

Even though I tend to agree that self-accomplishment is the best way to run a life and a society, you have to do it on balanced terms unless you want riots on your hands. And trust me, the World and the USA aren't exactly balanced atm.

Oh btw, if you guys are so keen on wars and democracy, take a trip to Zimbabwe and dethrone Mugabe. I don't know much about economics, but I think a 1000% inflation rate isn't good.

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Sir family.  Last round they had problems.  This round they had an alright start but encountered problems early on.  Now they are breaching top 10 with relatively strong infra.  With positioning directly to the east of 803, these two families are bound to conflict sometime soon.  Last round 663 dismantled them, this round my prediction is genesis will mount some sort of coordinated offensive. Contenders for top 15

Which Genesis? I'm not there

a REAGAN conservative using the ['N'] word? weren't you supposed to be smart or something

"Quest for the Holy Grail wasn't farfetched?
Temple of Doom with its magical stones you found believable?"

Yes! Arks of Alliance with superpowers which turn people into dust? What's there not to believe? Magical stones? Hah! I have 20 of those!

But [you know what]? Come on

"Been allied to genesis a few rounds, beat his ass 6x+"

Talic is not the only one having dreams go back to solar w/e, it's fuzzier there

Let me just take the chance to say thank you to all those who bothered to share their predictions. Always a fun read! Round almost starting, good luck everyone