The transition of money from poor to rich has ruined America

[Big Bend Texas]

Biden has done A LOT for the poor and middle class. He won't get the credit he deserves. The corporate media has you all convinced he has to go and Trump needs to come back.

FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration’s Historic Investments To Create Opportunity and Build Wealth in Rural America | The White House

President Biden is committed to ensuring that rural Americans have the opportunity to succeed – and that they can find that opportunity in rural America. This commitment is not just vital for rural Americans, but vital for the country as a whole. For centuries, rural Americans have driven the...

www.whitehouse.gov

Yes, inflation has hurt us all.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/06/biden-stimulus-poverty-checks/

President Joe Biden took office one year ago amid one of the worst economies in generations, but the U.S. economy has since made tremendous progress toward recovery, and workers are benefiting.

The Biden Boom: Economic Recovery in 2021

President Joe Biden took office one year ago amid one of the worst economies in generations, but the U.S. economy has since made tremendous progress toward recovery, and workers are benefiting.

www.americanprogress.org

Calling the white house's website a fact sheet is laughable as hell.

Everyone in America is poorer today than the day Biden took office due to inflation and the exploding CPI and rising interest rates.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

And Obamacare has stopped health care premiums from going up as much as they would if there were no Obamacare.

When Obama passed Obamacare, the lobbyists and health care giants said they needed a couple/few years before the new rules get put in. So for the first couple years, they continued to jack up prices. Today, they can't. Why? Obamacare has regulated them.

Obmacare passed a decade ago and prices continue to rise.

The biggest increases of course came after the passage of Obamacare, not before it's passage.

The Rising Cost of Health Care by Year and Its Causes

Healthcare costs have been rising due to more emergency room care, preventable chronic diseases, and aging Baby Boomers. The ACA slows the rise.

www.thebalance.com

Year	National Health Spending (Billions)	Percent Growth	Cost Per Person	Event
1960	$27.2	NA	$146	Recession
1961	$29.1	7.1%	$154	Recession ended
1962	$31.8	9.3%	$166	n/a
1963	$34.6	8.6%	$178	n/a
1964	$38.4	11.0%	$194	LBJ started Medicare and Medicaid
1965	$41.9	9.0%	$209	LBJ started Medicare and Medicaid
1966	$46.1	10.1%	$228	Vietnam War
1967	$51.6	11.9%	$253	n/a
1968	$58.4	13.3%	$284	n/a
1969	$65.9	12.9%	$318	n/a
1970	$74.6	13.1%	$355	Recession
1971	$82.7	11.0%	$389	Wage-price controls
1972	$92.7	12.0%	$431	Stagflation
1973	$102.8	11.0%	$474	Gold standard ended. HMO Act
1974	$116.5	13.4%	$534	ERISA / Wage-price controls ended
1975	$133.3	14.4%	$605	Inflation at 6.9%
1976	$152.7	14.6%	$688	Inflation at 4.9%
1977	$173.9	13.8%	$777	Inflation at 6.7%
1978	$195.3	12.4%	$865	Inflation at 9%
1979	$221.5	13.4%	$971	Inflation at 13.3%
1980	$255.3	15.3%	$1,108	Inflation at 12.5%
1981	$296.2	16.0%	$1,273	Fed raised rates
1982	$334.0	12.8%	$1,422	Recession ended
1983	$367.8	10.1%	$1,550	Tax hike and higher defense spending
1984	$405.0	10.1%	$1,692	Tax hike and higher defense spending
1985	$442.9	9.4%	$1,833	n/a
1986	$474.7	7.2%	$1,947	Tax cut
1987	$516.5	8.8%	$2,099	Black Monday
1988	$579.3	12.2%	$2,332	Fed raised rate
1989	$644.8	11.3%	$2,571	S&L crisis
1990	$721.4	11.9%	$2,843	Recession. Inflation at 6.1%
1991	$788.1	9.2%	$3,070	Recession
1992	$854.1	8.4%	$3,287	n/a
1993	$916.6	7.3%	$3,487	HMOs
1994	$967.2	5.5%	$3,641	n/a
1995	$1,021.6	5.6%	$3,806	Fed raised rate
1996	$1,074.4	5.2%	$3,964	Welfare reform
1997	$1,135.5	5.7%	$4,147	Balanced Budget Act
1998	$1,202.0	5.8%	$4,345	LTCM crisis
1999	$1,278.3	6.4%	$4,576	BBRA
2000	$1,369.7	7.1%	$4,857	BIPA
2001	$1,486.8	8.5%	$5,220	9/11 attacks
2002	$1,629.2	9.6%	$5,668	War on Terror
2003	$1,768.2	8.5%	$6,098	Medicare Modernization Act
2004	$1,896.3	7.2%	$6,481	n/a
2005	$2,024.2	6.7%	$6,855	Bankruptcy Act
2006	$2,156.5	6.5%	$7,233	n/a
2007	$2,295.7	6.5%	$7,628	Inflation at 4.1%
2008	$2,399.1	4.5%	$7,897	Recession slowed spending.
2009	$ 2,495.4	4.0%	$8,143	n/a
2010	$2,598.8	4.1%	$8,412	ACA signed
2011	$2,689.3	3.5%	$8,644	Debt crisis
2012	$2,797.3	4.0%	$8,924	Fiscal cliff
2013	$2,879.0	2.9%	$9,121	ACA taxes
2014	$3,026.2	5.1%	$9,515	Exchanges opened
2015	$3,200.8	5.8%	$9,994	n/a
2016	$3,337.2	4.3%	$10,348	n/a
2017	$3,492.1	3.9%	$10,739	Drug costs rose just 0.4%.
2018	3,649.4	4.8%	$11,172	n/a

Sources: "Inflation Rate by Year." National Health Spending. Percent Growth. Cost Per Person.32 California Health Care Foundation.33

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[struth]

History of course shows that to be entirely incorrect. Whether you like the changes or not there were dramatic changes under both Trump and now with Biden.

yep, and historically with Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, and Reagan

 

[Papageorgio]

History of course shows that to be entirely incorrect. Whether you like the changes or not there were dramatic changes under both Trump and now with Biden.

lol! Believe what you want and I will continue to push for third party candidates. I would never vote for the Democratic or Republican candidates that we have been given over the last several election cycles.

BTW, when I vote third party, Democrats claim my vote is voting for a Republican and now you claim my vote is voting for a Democrat, pretty funny stuff.

In reality my vote is against a corrupt two party system.

 

[struth]

lol! Believe what you want and I will continue to push for third party candidates. I would never vote for the Democratic or Republican candidates that we have been given over the last several election cycles.

BTW, when I vote third party, Democrats claim my vote is voting for a Republican and now you claim my vote is voting for a Democrat, pretty funny stuff.

In reality my vote is against a corrupt two party system.

who are some you have voted for?

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Next time you need a Doctor, make sure you pick one that's enrolled as a provider in your plan. If you don't you'll be slammed with a deductible. Insurance companies have been steering patients to enrolled providers for decades.

So spare me the whine about keeping your own Doctor.

O'care outlawed a lot of existing plans which then broke up patient doctor relationships when people had to buy new policies with gov't approved plans.

Regardless he promised we could keep both our doctors and our plans both of which were lies.

 

[Papageorgio]

And Obamacare has stopped health care premiums from going up as much as they would if there were no Obamacare.

When Obama passed Obamacare, the lobbyists and health care giants said they needed a couple/few years before the new rules get put in. So for the first couple years, they continued to jack up prices. Today, they can't. Why? Obamacare has regulated them.

Insurance rose at 5.2% just this year. Please give me an accurate cost if there was no Obamacare?

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Republicans have always denigrated those seeking to come to the USA, because no one wants a right wing country. The only people who vote Republican are those who don't know any better, and people coming in from outside the USA, all know better than to vote for Republican.

This is especially true now that Republicans are so opposed to democracy and free and fair elections.

Another baseless lie you can't possibly support with any actual fact.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Next time you need a Doctor, make sure you pick one that's enrolled as a provider in your plan. If you don't you'll be slammed with a deductible. Insurance companies have been steering patients to enrolled providers for decades.

So spare me the whine about keeping your own Doctor.

So you get one that's covered by your insurance company. Commie Care is a host of companies, not one offering coverage for my provider. Bottom line is what he told us it would be was a complete lie.

 

[struth]

O'care outlawed a lot of existing plans which then broke up patient doctor relationships when people had to buy new policies with gov't approved plans.

Regardless he promised we could keep both our doctors and our plans both of which were lies.

obama lied, the people lost their doctors

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Because of Obamacare, only 4% of children in Blue states are uninsured. In Red states it's more than double that.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act offered the option for states to expand Medicaid eligibility to those living below 138% of poverty. As of Jan. 1, 2020, 35 states and the District of Columbia had expanded Medicaid, while 15 did not.

In 2020, the uninsured rate was lower for children living in expansion states (4.0%) than for children living in nonexpansion states (8.5%)

There's a fact for you.

O'care only temporarily covered the cost of expanding medicaid then then dumped it onto the states.

Gowing the welfare class doesn't spread prosperity or improve people's lives it just makes them dependent on gov't for the most basic things in life.

Here's an idea, don't produce kids you can't support.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

"Malnutrition" in the US isn't a lack of food either in virtually all cases, it's just eating crap because your mom is too lazy to cook and/or too lazy to say, "no" when the kids want to eat candy instead of a balanced meal.

We have more than our share of SANP's card users. You should see what's in their carts.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Because of Obamacare, only 4% of children in Blue states are uninsured. In Red states it's more than double that.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act offered the option for states to expand Medicaid eligibility to those living below 138% of poverty. As of Jan. 1, 2020, 35 states and the District of Columbia had expanded Medicaid, while 15 did not.

In 2020, the uninsured rate was lower for children living in expansion states (4.0%) than for children living in nonexpansion states (8.5%)

There's a fact for you.

The difference in insured/uninsured between red and blue states is only about 1.2%.

Don't make babies you can't support and that isn't a problem.

The Growing Divide: Red States vs. Blue States - Georgetown Public Policy Review

In a recent post, I introduced an interactive dashboard that explores the relationship between party control of state government and a variety of well-being metrics at the state level. Of the seven metrics included in the dashboard, states with more years of Democratic control were associated...

gppreview.com

If the red states could somehow get rid of their blue cities we could solve a lot of these problems.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

We have more than our share of SANP's card users. You should see what's in their carts.

Hell you can qualify for such things as WICK and SNAP at up to something like 180% of the poverty level.

Malnutrition in this country is almost always a choice.

 

[Papageorgio]

who are some you have voted for?

last election is Don Blakenship and the election before that was McMullin.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Obama tripled the stock market.

DOW the day Barry took office: 7949
DOW the day Barry left office: 19,732

7949 X 3 = 23,847

Once again you are proven to by a lying sack of KKKanadian shit.

It was at about 13,000 the day he took office and 24,.000 the day he left so no, he didn't even double it much less triple it.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Yet, the economy historically does better when democrats are in power.

Opinion | Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy? (Published 2021)

G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen faster under Democrats for nearly the past century.

www.nytimes.com

That's because economic policies usually take time to start showing increased growth.

You can't give a 2% tax break today and expect explosive growth tomorrow.

There's also that nasty problem of Republican Presidents usually being stuck with democratic majorities in one or both houses of congress who work against them.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

last election is Don Blakenship and the election before that was McMullin.

A guy who lost his job running coal mines because his piss poor safety record led to a terrible mine explosion? Interesting.

 

[Big Bend Texas]

So you get one that's covered by your insurance company. Commie Care is a host of companies, not one offering coverage for my provider. Bottom line is what he told us it would be was a complete lie.

And people getting insurance through their employers get no choice in the company and are very limited when it comes to plans so if you are forced to change there's a good chance you lose your doctor and your plan especially if you change employers.

 

[Nostra]

It was at about 13,000 the day he took office and 24,.000 the day he left so no, he didn't even double it much less triple it.

No, my numbers are correct.