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I believe it, but i hate quotes like this. Give me at least a full sentence in quotes.

“I reject with disgust the comparison of the prosecutor in the Hague between democratic Israel and the mass murderers of Hamas,”

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Sorry, i dont make enough money to qualify for health care subsidies. Its an oversight he campaigned on fixing, but no mention since being elected.

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which removed a cap on eligibility for subsidies above 400 percent of the poverty level

This is the opposite of what i said. I dont make too much to qualify, i dont make enough to qualify.

States were supposed to take increased funding and expand Medicaid access for people outside the income range for ACA at the same time as the increased subsidies.

Im aware. This happened 14 years ago. He campaigned on closing this gap, he has not mentioned it since elected.

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States were to expand Medicaid in conjunction with his expanding ACA explicitly to handle situations like you brought up.

This was not 14 years ago.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid_coverage_gap#

“Expansion of Medicaid was a key aspect of the ACA when it was signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010”

He would have to be quite a fool to make the same mistake again of leaving it up to the states to expand Medicaid

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Why not all stocks? Worried they might become empoverished on those salaries?

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Oh Justice Alito has quite the retirement ahead of him, guaranteed salary for life www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/371

Real estate as an investment should be outlawed, and operating a business as a government official is already dissuaded, and should also be outlawed. They make enough money.

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This just isnt reality. In America, government officials can and do invest tons of money while in office, compared to officials in other countries. And also in America, government officials take tons of money from bribes, compared to officials in other countries. The way it actually works is government officials take all the money they can get away with. They take their big salary, they take their investment income, and even then they are not dissuaded in the slightest from taking bribes, its still more money for them. The limiting factor is what they can get away with. So you crack down on what they can legally acquire, you scrutinize their income and spending, you prosecute violations. Their salaries are plenty to live comfortably already.

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its kind of hard to look up, because looking up lobbying expenses by country tends to pull up how much other countries are bribing US officials www.opensecrets.org/fara

I think it’s a pretty uniquely American thing.

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bikes? mopeds, motorcycles? you dont need 300 miles of electric car range. none of this shit is any excuse to buy a big ass SUV

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the forest is personal vehicles make up the single largest source of emissions in the US, and SUV’s are by far the most sold new vehicles currently making up the majority of that.

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I can see it trending upwards until 2020 thanks to covid, and it’s back to trending upwards, because sales of trucks and SUV’s have continued trending upwards. Even if it was flat it wouldnt change my point that personal vehicles are the single largest source of emissions in the US.

the fossil fuel industry driving decisions for what the hell we as consumers can even access

fuck off if you’re trying to cry to me that you’re forced to buy a big ass SUV.

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www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/cars/versa-sedan.html

there’s you another goddamn option

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track your miles tomorrow

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Americans when you try to get them to stop fucking up people’s lives.

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that gross overkill, the tons of steel and dozens of gallons of gasoline you’re spewing co2 to lug around every single day to travel 20 miles is where our emissions come from. Because once every several months you might want to travel somewhere further and you dont want to have to wait around a half hour to charge

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Im just not oblivious to whats going on. The US is the second largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, and with more than double the contribution per capita of the number one spot. Transportation is the highest emitting sector in the US, and personal vehicles make up the largest chunk of those emissions. The US has also had a staggering upward trend of SUV and pickup sales making up the bulk of those emissions.

You’ve got a flagrant disregard for the consequences of your horrible choices.

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I dont have a benefit of the doubt big enough to give to people for driving these big ass SUV’s. they aint aliens living on another planet from the other countries of the world with citizens that do fine without SUV’s, they can manage.

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Yeah living in rural mississippi i know folks like that. They dont wanna bring 5 kids to the store, thats a nightmare. Generally a spouse or oldest kid is watching the kids, or youre goin while theyre at school. Going to work is the bigger issue.

How about, dont have 5 kids, dont live 20 miles from the nearest store, all of these were also personal choices. How about the large majority of people dont have 5 kids and live 20 miles from a store?

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What part prioritizes big SUVs instead of cars?

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SUVs and trucks are more expensive than smaller cars.

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And yet personal vehicles make up a much larger portion of the countries emissions than all of aviation.

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Thats not priority, cars dont have a more difficult time driving in wider lanes or parking in bigger spots. None of this is any excuse for your choice to buy a big ass SUV.

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Today is going to be the past of 20 years from now. Starting today to solve this problem, in 20 years no one needs an SUV.

Instead, in 20 years things just get worse.

blazera,
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yes, our infrastructure does prioritize dangerous high speed motor vehicles. Im fully behind any efforts to build less car-centric infrastructure. But right now, that is something out of the average person’s hands, they do need a motor vehicle to function in society today so I cant criticize them for that. But the trend of bigger SUVs and trucks is absolutely in the average person’s hands.

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Why are you comparing used to new? Spend that 2000 on a used Prius

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