Ah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for explaining. I’ve been fortunate enough to avoid major medical expenses or debt, so I hadn’t thought of the situation you’ve described.

Could you expand on why this makes such a big difference? I’m not very knowledgeable in this area. Is medical debt treated differently than other debts by lenders?

My first thought was that medical debt, like any other debt, has financial obligations that lenders would have to know about to determine the amount of credit a person is eligible for. Wouldn’t medical debt payments impact the amount of additional debt you can afford?

I get that the law is the law, and the jury has to rule as such (barring nullification), but this is such a stupid law.

None of our other constitutional rights are contingent on not using controlled substances.

I think your last paragraph is pretty much the goal. It makes sense to me. Just don’t post partisan articles from partisan sources.

My comment and this thread has nothing to do with rightly or wrongly voting for anyone. Nor does it have anything to do with how anyone should justify their vote.

I only reinforced the claim that anyone with a “D” next to their name is “fine enough” for progressives to vote for. A claim that you initially disagreed with, but are now proving to be true.

Actions speak louder than words. Who do these progressives keep voting for?

Due to cost or reliability improvements? Or both? Because cars are definitely operational a lot longer than they were 25-50 years ago.

You know, Jesus did grow up. You don’t always have to call him baby. It’s a bit odd and off putting to pray to a baby.

So you spend $400/month on restaurants?

$150 x 4 = $600/month.

AR-10s have been gaining popularity for deer hunting in my area recently.

Probably because the vast majority people are capable of using a subwoofer responsibly.

Subwoofer ownership isn’t an explicitly stated constitutional right, so it can’t be for that reason.

Assuming you’re in the US, that’s either a really cheap mortgage or a huge family. Where are you seeing grocery expenses exceed mortgage payments?

It’s always immigrant kids. Nobody should be surprised that the companies that are willing to illegally employ immigrants are also willing to violate other labor laws.

Allow these people (the adults, not kids) to become legally employed and this problem will be drastically reduced.

All the practical to automate physical/blue collar jobs have already been automated. Anyone who’s job doesn’t require interacting with the physical world is who’s at risk for automation/AI nowadays.

But don’t they always say sharp knives are more safe than dull knives?

I would image it’s because the original trial was declared invalid (mis-trial). Not because he was found not guilty. Essentially no verdict has been reached, therefore double jeopardy isn’t applicable.

First off, waiting in line at TSA while some people get to skip should be pretty far down the list of problems to fix for any reasonable person. It’s unfair, but it doesn’t hurt anyone. There are finite resources available to fix problems, so why not fix the problems that actually hurt people every day.

Second off, even if you decide TSA wait times are a high priority problem, this proposal does nothing to fix it. Again, why not spend these resources on reducing wait time for everyone?

All this does is draw attention to people spending their way around an inconvenience, without actually fixing the inconvenience to for ordinary people. It’s generating outrage without fixing the problem.

No, they’re manufacturing outrage by saying “look at those people that are skipping the line, don’t you hate that.” They’re just trying to get popularity points. It’s a completely manufactured problem, and they’re wasting time and resources that should be spent on real problems.

If TSA lines are a genuine problem that these politicians feel need to be fixed, then they can do plenty of things without Federal TSA policy changes.

Improve TSA? Nah. Let’s ban the better system instead.

This is 100% political pandering. It has nothing to do with fixing a real problem.

Don’t get me wrong, I think that’s where the money should come from too. I just meant where else is the money going to come from in the current US healthcare system.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in a country where that’s the case right now. I think it is still a very good thing to donate blood, despite having for-profit/privatized healthcare.