It's not basic coverage, it's comprehensive coverage.
It changed what defines basic coverage.
Yes, standards that are impossible to meet
Nonsense.
which is why so many people are being dropped from previous insurance plans.
People are being dropped from previous insurance plans for many reasons. The only people who are truly affected are those who had what amounted to catastrophic insurance coverage. Most other people who are being dropped are being dropped for various reasons.
Even doctors are abandoning Obamacare. Barrack Obama has made no secret of the fact that he wants a single payer system and this is the start.
And yet, he went with a plan mostly promoted by Republicans and implemented by Governor Romney, and yet Republicans still claim there's never been a compromise. I find that fascinating.
Sorry, I realize it was a little off-topic, it just amazes me. We'll get back on topic. And there are many doctors who support Obamacare as well, just like there are those who don't support it.
A market-based web site that will fine you, with the support of the politically biased IRS, if you don't use it?
I've never used it and I will not be fined. In fact, most people won't use it and won't be fined because they'll continue getting coverage under their employer's plan.
It's owed to yourselves and that means what?
It means the debt is not nearly as crushing as people want to pretend it is. For example, $2.7+ trillion is owed to the Social Security Trust Fund, because under law, the government was required to spend that money so it would not fall victim to inflation. The government spends the money and then basically writes itself an IOU.
This means several things. First of all, the Social Security Trust Fund has nothing to do with Social Security payments. The Trust Fund, as you may know, is the OVER-payments the citizenry has paid to the government in Social Security taxes. While this would never happen, for many reasons, on a very simple level, the government could say "we're not paying back the money to the Trust Fund". This would have virtually no impact on Social Security payments and would immediately lop off nearly $3 trillion of the debt.
And this sort of thing happens in many different areas. What it also means is that we'll never be able to "pay off" that debt, because the money we put back into the Social Security Trust Fund (for example) would come right back out because of law.
So, like I said, it's not nearly as big of a deal as people like to pretend it is.
It still has to be paid, and where do you think that money is going to come from?
Using my previous example, the Social Security Trust Fund debt will not have to be paid until current taxes from those working is not enough to cover the benefits of those retired. When that day comes, the money will come from either a reduction in benefits, higher taxes or (and most likely) savings from other areas of government expense.
Our national debt will never come due all at once.
Foreign lenders are now backing off
Given the number of times political extremism has led to a near default on debt payments, I don't blame them.
and the government will continue to print money in order to meet expenses, leading to inflation.
Inflation is going to happen and I think everyone recognizes you don't want deflation. But since we are the world leader and our currency is essentially the standard throughout the world, we have a lot of leverage other countries do not.
If you want to debate honestly you would...
It was not up for debate. Someone claimed something which was factually incorrect. I corrected it. There is no debate on simple facts.
There's plenty that you've said that was untrue
Then why have you not presented a single example? Present one example of what I've said to you in my last four posts of not being true.
