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[2017-12-22. : 9:40 pm] Suicidal Insanity -- FaRTy1billionFaRTy1billion shouted: I dunno if my insurance covers ambulance rides or anything. I never actually looked at the policies, I just singed up for the absolute cheapest plan XD Is it the "If you are sick, we will loan you the use of a gunand provide you with a bullet" one?[2017-12-22. : 8:36 pm]  Moose -- FaRTy1billionFaRTy1billion shouted: no, you need to deregulate so that the free market will weed out the bad or unfair ones XD LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO[2017-12-22. : 8:16 pm]  lil-Inferno -- I think that's like 6 AM for you, I might push it forward a bit tho to like 2 PM EST[2017-12-22. : 8:07 pm]  Jack -- Having said that, we have a few government departments that should be taken out back and shot.[2017-12-22. : 8:05 pm] Jack -- ya it's a myth that the USA is some capitalist paradise where the market is free. It's a more tightly regulated market than many countries, including NZ. Crazy thing is, we don't even have higher taxes but get way better services from the gubment. I mean, I'm generally pro-small-government but we don't do too badly all things considered.[2017-12-22. : 8:02 pm] Lanthanide -- 3 hour drive, the cats would not enjoy it, and the resident cat would not enjoy it, and they would likely run away[2017-12-22. : 7:53 pm] Lanthanide -- it's almost like my cats know that we're about to bundle them off to cat prison (a cattery)[2017-12-22. : 7:34 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- I dunno if my insurance covers ambulance rides or anything. I never actually looked at the policies, I just singed up for the absolute cheapest plan XD[2017-12-22. : 7:32 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- would probably still be thousands of dollars if I called an ambulance[2017-12-22. : 7:32 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- I'd sooner drive myself than take an ambulance if I was dying XD[2017-12-22. : 7:29 pm] Vrael -- though it is also true the non-volunteer ones are expensive, I once had a $600 ride[2017-12-22. : 7:29 pm] Vrael -- I could be mistaken but a lot of the US is like that, smaller towns have volunteer-based services[2017-12-22. : 7:26 pm] Lanthanide -- $50 for an ambulence ride; if you're a high-needs user then you can arrange a discount with them[2017-12-22. : 7:26 pm] Lanthanide -- in NZ the ambulence system isn't even government funded, it's a charity that receives 0 government money[2017-12-22. : 7:24 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- no, you need to deregulate so that the free market will weed out the bad or unfair ones XD[2017-12-22. : 7:24 pm] Lanthanide -- I mean it's great that your capitalist nirvana gives sick americans the "choice" of paying $7 for an uber to the hospital, or $3,000 for an ambulence[2017-12-22. : 7:22 pm] Vrael -- whats a few bajallion deaths in exchange for a good song or two amirite?[2017-12-22. : 7:22 pm] Vrael -- with like, a minor dip around the vietnam/korean wars but we got a lot of good music out of that so I call that a fair trade[2017-12-22. : 7:20 pm] Vrael -- LanthanideLanthanide shouted: Vrael most times idk we were doing pretty good up until 9/11 or so[2017-12-22. : 7:20 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- Voyager7456Voyager7456 shouted: Vrael I for one welcome our new bug overlords https://youtu.be/8lcUHQYhPTE?t=36s[2017-12-22. : 7:19 pm] Lanthanide -- a "1st world" country that doesn't have health care for it's citizens, and now has had life expectancy decline for the 2nd year in the row?[2017-12-22. : 7:19 pm] Lanthanide -- VraelVrael shouted: but really, our government sucks sometimes most times[2017-12-22. : 7:18 pm] Voyager7456 -- VraelVrael shouted: just wait, when the bug invasion from alpha centauri arrives all you other countries are gonna be back at our doorstep begging for more freedom I for one welcome our new bug overlords[2017-12-22. : 7:18 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- or just ship production to some shitty country where they're happy to just get your $.20 to do whatever[2017-12-22. : 7:18 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- and if big bad gummament tries to stop you, just buy off some congressmen to write in a lil bit that conveniently helps you avoid taxes or regulation or w/e[2017-12-22. : 7:16 pm] Vrael -- just wait, when the bug invasion from alpha centauri arrives all you other countries are gonna be back at our doorstep begging for more freedom[2017-12-22. : 7:15 pm] Vrael -- thats the other great thing about being american, our answer to that is 'screw the world'[2017-12-22. : 7:14 pm] Lanthanide -- I suspect you'll face similar legal charges in each jurisdiction[2017-12-22. : 7:14 pm] Lanthanide -- you can do that just as much in NZ as you can in the US (although it will be significantly harder here, since we're not a warmongering country that has been at war for 98% of its existence, weapons are much harder to come by)[2017-12-22. : 7:13 pm] Vrael -- yeah if you can't launch a mortar full of surplus army explosives at 2am in your neighbors backyard, is that even really freedom?[2017-12-22. : 7:12 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- LanthanideLanthanide shouted: an American friend who came to live here, said that overall in her day to day life, she was less interferred with by the government here than she was in the US sounds like you commie government got you under lock an key imo, bet you don't even know what freedom is ![2017-12-22. : 7:12 pm] Vrael -- also not surprised, americans are idiots and can't do anything without government[2017-12-22. : 7:11 pm] Lanthanide -- an American friend who came to live here, said that overall in her day to day life, she was less interferred with by the government here than she was in the US |
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