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Everyman Jackal

Everyman Jackal's Journal
Everyman Jackal's Journal
August 3, 2019

VA is better than TriCare.

I don't pay anything and the VA gives you all the tests you need because their costs for even an MRI is almost nothing.

August 3, 2019

Can you imagine what the facists would be saying

if this was done while President Obama was still President?

August 3, 2019

Joseph de Maistre

"Every nation gets the government it deserves." I don't know if that applies to every nation but it does apply to the US. If people don't want to take the time to understand what the people who are running for office are saying and don't fact check what they say and don't bother to vote yes they will get the government they deserve.

August 3, 2019

I don't want a public option.

I want everyone to have the same healthcare I get for the same price I pay, nothing. If people want to pay for some type of health insurance say for getting a colonoscopy every 2 years let them. I am 100% service-connected disabled but it has nothing to do with me being in the military. If I never joined the army I would still have a schizotypal personality disorder, which is as close as any of my psychiatrists have been able to figure.

August 2, 2019

America was built on immigration.

Of course it was or else there would only be indigenous people here. But now we have to make very hard decisions on who can come here. What criteria need to be followed.

August 2, 2019

My usual post.

I am 100% service-connected disabled and ALL of my medical is free. I could get a paid-for insurance policy if I felt the VA wasn't enough, but I am perfectly satisfied with the VA. I am for single-payer healthcare with private insurance on top of that for whoever wants it.

August 2, 2019

61 is not old.

I am 76 and taking boxing lessons.

August 2, 2019

All of the Russian teachers I talked to back at the Defense Language Institute

wanted a return of the Tsar, not democracy. I guess they would have all moved back to Russia if it had a Tsar.

August 2, 2019

We bought a 09 Kia Optima new.

The warranty was good but we went the whole hog and bought an extended warranty from them for $2,000. The warranty coverers everything except for things that normally wear out. I have 143,000 miles on it and I figure I will eventually have to use the warranty. My wife now drives a 2015 Kia Optima bought new. Total price $23,500 which also includes a forever warranty but she has only 55,000 miles on hers.

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Name: Adam White
Gender: Male
Hometown: Framingham MA
Home country: USA
Current location: Jacksonville NC
Member since: Sat Jun 22, 2019, 07:08 PM
Number of posts: 271

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