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I still don't entirely understand the difference between Medicaid and Care cuz I'm not a brokie.
Here is best attempt to summarize the key differences, @IsaACKRepentance:

Medicare is generally for senior citizens who have enough of a work history to qualify, and possibly disabled people in certain circumstances.

Medicaid provides a certain minimum level of health coverage for low income people (based on the Federal Poverty Line) with no other options for affordable coverage. Medicaid is generally administered at the state level, so eligibility requirements and the name can vary by state.
 
As it's now Independence Day, here are some quotes to commemorate telling Britain to fuck off


“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”

- George Washington speaking to the Continental Army before the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776

“I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than the means.”

- John Adams to his wife Abigail on July 3rd, 1776
 
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As it's now Impendence Day, here are some quotes to commemorate telling Britain to fuck off


“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore to resolve to conquer or die.”

- George Washington speaking to the Continental Army before the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776

“I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than the means.”

- John Adams to his wife Abigail on July 3rd 1776
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This seems like something that always should've been the case, they exist to reinforce our borders and prevent people from illegally entering. Before the modern era countries used their militaries to do that job (for the most part). Personally I don't believe that constructing concentration camps is the move because for one, that's expensive, and two that's just begging for leftist larpers to sperg out about the nazis.
I've always held the belief that the people who crossed illegally in the past simply just have to pay to get themselves documented, if they don't have the money for that then you either deport them or they owe the government that money (no interest). From that point forwards all new illegal immigrants would simply be deported.
I don't think they're "concentration camps," they're just more of the "kids in cages" holding facilities that were all the rage in Trump 1. They go there, get processed, and then deported.
When you deport them they just go to a concentration camp in El Salvador; this is why the US gave them millions to build up those facilities.
No, those are prisons, where they are being held for the crime of illegal entry into the country. It's just the answer to shitlibs attempting to make it as expensive as possible to punish these criminals.
Most gamers already have a job. Video games are a very expensive toy, with each new game being $60-80 a pop. You can't afford that unless you've been earning some decent cash on the side. Especially if you game with PCs or modern consoles.
I would beg to differ on that statement. Most of them likely have jobs, but most gamers are extremely loyal to a few games. Gaming is an absurdly cheap hobby for most players once you get past the moderately steep initial investment into a system. Steam users played on average only 4 different games last year. Even if we assume that half the userbase is just bots and alts, that's still maybe 7 or 8 unique games played a year. And on top of that, of these few games, two thirds of the time played in games was spent on games that were over 8 years old. Most people are sitting in their creature comfort games (many of which are free to play!), maybe picking up a new title here and there. They're likely spending more on electricity than they are on flavor of the month games and the whole lineup of blockbuster games each year. Video gaming is absurdly cheap $/hour if you aren't chasing the tippy top of everything.
 
No, those are prisons, where they are being held for the crime of illegal entry into the country. It's just the answer to shitlibs attempting to make it as expensive as possible to punish these criminals.
I don't think they're "concentration camps," they're just more of the "kids in cages" holding facilities that were all the rage in Trump 1. They go there, get processed, and then deported.
i use the term concentration camp very loosely, regardless my point still stands. Additionally, a large enough portion of the public views them as that so the consequences of building and allocating funding towards those facilities is still the same despite them not legally being classified as such.
The mega prison in El Salvador is fit to hold 40,000 people but only had ~14,000 in it 2 years after it was built (December 2024 iirc), even factoring in the new influx of prisoners they're still well under maximum capacity.
 
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I would beg to differ on that statement. Most of them likely have jobs, but most gamers are extremely loyal to a few games. Gaming is an absurdly cheap hobby for most players once you get past the moderately steep initial investment into a system. Steam users played on average only 4 different games last year. Even if we assume that half the userbase is just bots and alts, that's still maybe 7 or 8 unique games played a year. And on top of that, of these few games, two thirds of the time played in games was spent on games that were over 8 years old. Most people are sitting in their creature comfort games (many of which are free to play!), maybe picking up a new title here and there. They're likely spending more on electricity than they are on flavor of the month games and the whole lineup of blockbuster games each year. Video gaming is absurdly cheap $/hour if you aren't chasing the tippy top of everything.
My point is, most gamers have jobs that likely have medicare options of their own; they do not use medicaid.
 
You're a zoomer if you've never heard a dial up modem.
I'm a really early zoomer (1997). While my family got broadband about the time I started using computers (2002) due to my dad playing online games, I knew friends in childhood who still had dialup until 2007-2009 or so. Cousins family finally switched in 2013, but they live rurally.
 
many of which are free to play!
And how much are the average player spending on those games? F2P just means the first hit is free and if you really want to play the game you either need to spend actual money or dedicate absurd time grinding. Just because the only game someone played is genshin impact doesn't mean he hasn't sunk hundreds of dollars into the game over his playtime.
 
As it's now Impendence Day, here are some quotes to commemorate telling Britain to fuck off


“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”

- George Washington speaking to the Continental Army before the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776

“I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than the means.”

- John Adams to his wife Abigail on July 3rd 1776
Yet through all the doomers I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory of burger suits as far as the eye can see.
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i use the term concentration camp very loosely, regardless my point still stands. Additionally, a large enough portion of the public views them as that so the consequences of building and allocating funding towards those facilities is still the same despite them not legally being classified as such.
The mega prison in El Salvador is fit to hold 40,000 people but only had ~14,000 in it 2 years after it was built (December 2024 iirc), even factoring in the new influx of prisoners they're still well under maximum capacity.
A large enough portion of the public also thinks Trump is essentially Hitler and the rest of MAGA the KKK ready to murder every liberal at the drop of a hat, doesn't mean I'm going to cede them the stage so that they can set the narrative. Last I heard El Salvador is making another 2 or 3 prisons for us to put Mexico's and South America's worst of the worst into as well. Sometimes I wish we could go back to the old school corporal punishments, 50 lashes to the back and a brand on you somewhere to mark you as an enemy of America if you commit any crime as an illegal, then sent off to wherever. Would save everyone a lot of time and money, but that'd be considered "cruel and unusual" nowadays and be an optics nightmare, so we get to live with this weak shit.
My point is, most gamers have jobs that likely have medicare options of their own; they do not use medicaid.
Yeah, the /v/ NEET is probably not anywhere near a significant portion of the gamer population. Most people are going to have jobs in general.
And how much are the average player spending on those games? F2P just means the first hit is free and if you really want to play the game you either need to spend actual money or dedicate absurd time grinding. Just because the only game someone played is genshin impact doesn't mean he hasn't sunk hundreds of dollars into the game over his playtime.
It's going to vary quite a bit from player to player, with the minnow dolphin whale designations. Games like Genshin and World of Tanks where there's mechanical advantages to paying are going to have a lot more of the bigger spenders than other games that are almost completely cosmetic like OW2, CSGO, DOTA2, and to a moderate degree, LoL. Maybe my circles are just a bunch of cheap bastards, idk.
 
Happy 4th of July. Always remember that freedom was not given to America, it had to be taken through blood, sweat and sacrifice.

I love that picture. Look at the britiod on the ground in front of Washington. It is reaching towards the Americans, begging for mercy, begging for help. The Americans ignore it and will soon trample over it.
 
Many of the old Hoffa or Chavez type leaders are gone, either retired or removed, and newer leadership is stepping in and looking scary. However, the swing of average union workers moving red will create a lot of friction within the unions
Given how anti-illegal Chavez was, the Right-leaning workers would bring things back to that kind of mindset if they start forming unions.
 
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