" ... subsidies, that we were told weren't needed when the bill passed"

ABSOLUTELY FALSE. Subsidies were there from day one. I know , because in my earliest training bore their tagline: You must file, to reconcile, meaning folks would either pay back a little bit of the subsidy, if they made more than they had predicted on healthcare.gov, or get a little more subsidy if they made less than they had predicted.

Are you lying because you're ignorant, or are you simply speaking out of turn on something you don't know about?

" ... and that have a sunset provision written into law by Democrats?"

You know what else was written to sunset? Trump's tax giveaways, which cost multiple times what the subsidies cost.

But Republicans had no problem extending those, did they? They chose exactly what they chose.

Stop pretending like this isn't what Republicans wanted. This is TrumpCare! Be proud of what you've enabled.

Another huge help:

Ambulances now bring the ER to you. The tech in emergency vehicles has improved by leaps and bounds over the last decade.

" What point does your point make?"

Well, the original point was that for the first time in our lives, we haven't had any attending physician follow-up after a presidential assassination attempt.

But now, though, the point is you're an idiot for making me explain the obvious.

"I don't know what you think that proves"

My point.

It proves my point.

" Yes, and so what? "

What a riot.

Read my damned post. I said people don't know it without looking it up.

You're Exhibit A, admitting you didn't know it without looking it up.

Thanks for inadvertently proving my point correct.

Double thanks for looking so stupid while doing it.

Interesting fact: more people have died in New Mexico of ivermectin poisoning, than in all of Alec Baldwins films put together.

"which allows Ivermectin to be sold over the counter"

This might be a good time to mention, the guy who pimped ivermectin online, saying there's no way you can overdose on ivermectin ...

... died of an overdose of ivermectin.

His parents response? To take over the website, and continue the revenue stream!

I love it when other posters inadvertently prove my point.

Umm ... how about going after the worst of the worst?

You promised the first groups you'd get rid of were the violent criminals and the gangs.

Instead, you picked up pastors, day laborers, janitors, and abuelas.

And have you ever gone after gangs or violent criminals? Ever? Anywhere?!?

"We also have to look very closely at how they were enabled to commit this degree of fraud/theft."

How they were enabled? Covid. People needed a lot more help, and the fraudsters found co-conspirators, like restaurants, that would help them file the false claims.

Then they filled out all the paperwork correctly. In a giant work setting, that goes a long way. As far as follow up, if there are thousands of applications, and three people to investigate fraud, that's going to take a while.

Call me crazy, but I blame the fraudsters.

"Energy's way down."

It's up 6.6% YTD.

The prevaricating sack of schitttt can't say two sentences without one of them being a lie.

" Yea...it's hard on blacks...I'm well aware."

So, not as hard as for folks like you. There's your white privilege.

" Well...if you come across as gay or a little effeminate, that isn't great either in some companies."

Except you were already trained to hide it. You certainly did when you joined the Navy.

Also, it's easy to tell, from a sizable distance, skin color. Not so much sexual preference.

"Fraud" has never been my primary motivation for questioning the usage of mail-in ballots for a presidential election."

Folks stealing ballots from house mates has been your primary motivation. Trouble with that, is tens of thousands of people would've had to have their ballots taken. After a close election, especially one so emotional, anyone who had their ballot taken, especially if they believed someone else in their household had taken it and voted in a way they didn't want, would've come forward.. We would've had dozens, if not hundreds of folks coming out of the woodwork, claiming your theory.

The fact it's been five years, and not a single person has come forward with that tale, proves it didn't happen, and definitely not at scale.

" Miss Squeaky Fromme"

Interesting: we still remember her name, even though the assassination attempt was over forty years ago.

Meanwhile, 14 months ago, someone shot at Trump, and I doubt anyone reading this can name the guy without looking it up.

"Iran's great sin is being a country that stands up for Palestinians in Israel"

Since the Palestinians have been lead by Hamas, could you explain/justify the Hamas Preamble?

The wording is basically "Israel will exist only until we obliterate it".

It also goes on to say ANY mediators suggesting anything other than total annihilation of Israel are the devil.

I only ask because, as a longtime negotiator, I would be nothing but frustrated if every time we made an offer, the response was "our counter offer is to kill you, kill your family, and assume all your assets."

That's been the counter-offer since 1948.

Please explain the preamble, and let me know what your next offer would be after getting the same counter-offer above for decades.

And, for the record, I've already stated there are no heroes here. I believe both sides are guilty of war crimes.

" Lavrov said all drones were destroyed by Russian air defenses, with no injuries or damage."

And THAT'S why it almost looks like it never happened. How convenient!

Let's see the fragments from the 91 drones.

" You gave me nothing to respond to."

You need to read more carefully.

His point was you're (rightfully) upset at this one-quarter of a billion dollar crime.

Meanwhile, you're silent while Trump blows $40 billion of our tax money so Scott Bessent and his buddies can get their Argentine investments made whole.

160 times the grift.

Enough to respond to?