He quit job to qualify for Medicare for cancer treatment

[Deleted]

So he is the only income of a family of 4 making barely minimum wage? Seems like he has made quite a few bad choices in life.

Still a sad situation tho.

[PosPosPos]

Maybe the next election, they should make it so if you vote Republican, you immediately disqualify for all governmental assistance. Afterall, you got to walk the talk and reap the consequences of voting for a party that is trying to remove welfare in general.

[Vash The Stampede]

So he is the only income of a family of 4 making barely minimum wage? Seems like he has made quite a few bad choices in life.

Still a sad situation tho.

Over 50% of Americans earn about $16k a year. He is not the minority in bad choices in life. This is as bad as Trumps Opioid Crisis. If anything, the Opioid Crisis is probably the symptom of the lack of money most Americans are earning.

[Seirith]

Over 50% of Americans earn about $16k a year. He is not the minority in bad choices in life. This is as bad as Trumps Opioid Crisis. If anything, the Opioid Crisis is probably the symptom of the lack of money most Americans are earning.

Where did you get those statistics?

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Over 50% of Americans earn about $16k a year. He is not the minority in bad choices in life. This is as bad as Trumps Opioid Crisis. If anything, the Opioid Crisis is probably the symptom of the lack of money most Americans are earning.

That number seems way too high, but its not really what im talking about. This is a household of 4 with a single person earning minimum wage. If you get into this situation, you have fucked up pretty bad.

[Deleted]

http://www.kens5.com/life/working-th...ance/486381772

Disgusting!
He is obviously pretty dumb for not buying insurance, but that was his own choice.

But why should normal people pay for his own stupidity?

He could not afford it, that's stupidity right?

[Deleted]

He could not afford it, that's stupidity right?

No? What is this...

[Darth Vowrawn]

Scandinavia provides a ton of services at a level unintelligent types like yourself would call socialism or communism even. The fact that they don't consider themselves that just goes to show how stupid people like yourself are. By the American political definition they're a socialist big governments hellscape.

You mean the countries that are close to economic and social collapse because of their socialist-inspired welfare state policies and their unchecked Islamic immigration?

You're right: it isn't a "hellscape". They also are not a glorious Socialist utopia.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...oIN/story.html

[Vash The Stampede]

Where did you get those statistics?

I remember hearing it somewhere but a quick Google will show you many sources.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...n_4221012.html

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That number seems way too high, but its not really what im talking about. This is a household of 4 with a single person earning minimum wage. If you get into this situation, you have fucked up pretty bad.

My point is that many Americans are probably in his situation. How they got there is unimportant. If minimum wage is bad then we should raise that standard, as again many people are in similar situations. Being unable to get a better paying job is the fault of society.

[Mumba]

You mean the countries that are close to economic and social collapse because of their socialist-inspired welfare state policies and their unchecked Islamic immigration?

You're right: it isn't a "hellscape". They also are not a glorious Socialist utopia.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...oIN/story.html

Stop making stuff up. Sure, the large amount of immigrants in such a short time have had an impact, but Sweden is doing quite alright. Anyone talking about a collapse is just spreading right winged ghost stories.

Also, an opinion piece with cherry picked stories is not a strong argument.

[Bajat]

He could not afford it, that's stupidity right?

He is lazy.

Universities are free for low-income students who work hard. He decided not to.

[Delana]

If you had a single payer system, on the whole it would be cheaper than what the US has now. You pay the most for medical bills, but get the least. Socialised medicine works, and there are plenty of examples of it being done well and cheap.

It works because we pay the R&D costs for the entire planet. It's not as simple as you'd like to believe.

[Cruor]

Looks like he had no issue paying for his wife to eat so much she doubled his body weight, or to make the choice to have kids to pay for. Now he gets to quit and have us pay for his cancer and for his wife to inhale food? Makes me sick, broken system needs fixing. Take care of yourself or die.

[Deleted]

He is lazy.

Universities are free for low-income students who work hard. He decided not to.

So by your definition people without a university degree are lazy

[Vash The Stampede]

Looks like he had no issue paying for his wife to eat so much she doubled his body weight, or to make the choice to have kids to pay for. Now he gets to quit and have us pay for his cancer and for his wife to inhale food? Makes me sick, broken system needs fixing. Take care of yourself or die.

So you yourself don't do unhealthy things to your body? Like smoke or drink bottled candy (AKA soda)? Or maybe you're one of those idiots who think that not only is weed better than smoking, but it's actually good for you? Or maybe you're one of the many Americans addicted to opioid's? Which is it, cause at some point one of your unhealthy habits is going to effect your health and at some point you too will be on a welfare medical system to assist you. Of course you can't work cause your disabled while this guy at the moment can work because his cancer is not severe enough to stop him from working, even though we know that death is literally knocking at his door.

[Zan15]

So you call the guy dumb for not buying insurance that he can't afford, and then you berate him for not having a high paid job? Like what is this, are people worthless to you if they don't have a high paid job? If the guy lived in the UK he would get free healthcare no matter if he's earning nothing or millions, healthcare and education should be a basic right in any first world country.

He's quitting his job to qualify for medical care, he's making the logical choice to save his own life as per the system.. If he lived in the UK or other countries with similar healthcare he wouldn't need to quit his job while getting his health issues sorted, still paying taxes and contributing to society while supporting his family and not dying. But he's not living in the UK, so he has to follow the system.

They call him dumb for not buying insurance that cost 8-58 dollars a month, depending on exactly where he lives and his exact income it could be 0 with very low deductibles. You might want to read more of the thread before attacking people as he is not making a logical choice and something about this story does not pass the sniff test.

[FlatBootyJudy]

http://www.kens5.com/life/working-th...ance/486381772

Disgusting!
He is obviously pretty dumb for not buying insurance, but that was his own choice.

But why should normal people pay for his own stupidity?

It's required to have insurance, what a dumbass!

[Aydinx2]

http://www.kens5.com/life/working-th...ance/486381772

Disgusting!
He is obviously pretty dumb for not buying insurance, but that was his own choice.

But why should normal people pay for his own stupidity?

How is getting cancer "his own stupidity"?
And the fact that he quit his job to get medical care shows he simply couldn't afford it.

America needs to wake up.

[Bajat]

So by your definition people without a university degree are lazy

Those that have low wage are lazy. Ironically, they also complain about it and demand other people to take care of them.

University is a good buff to salary.

By any and all means, this person is lazy and demanding other people to take care of him.


Hm, is it OK for me to demand other people pay for my expenses then? Not feeling like paying for my dinner tonight, will you please help me? Perhaps if I quit my job?

[Deleted]

Those that have low wage are lazy. Ironically, they also complain about it and demand other people to take care of them.

University is a good buff to salary.

By any and all means, this person is lazy and demanding other people to take care of him.


Hm, is it OK for me to demand other people pay for my expenses then? Not feeling like paying for my dinner tonight, will you please help me? Perhaps if I quit my job?

Yeah I'm lazy like so many others, still bet you want my salary.
Your vieuw on 'educated' people is a bit of.
While I can understand your vieuw on a given situation, in general this is not the case.