tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post5183194822456342595..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Hey, Pollsters!Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-34547020457815181192013-12-03T08:30:45.377-06:002013-12-03T08:30:45.377-06:00Related to question 3, I'd be interested in wh...Related to question 3, I'd be interested in what people think income inequality looks like. I regularly see people reference the wealth inequality perception data by Dan Ariely that was on Mother Jones and then a YouTube video. But the disparity between actual wealth inequality and what people think it is seems as much a consequence of a poor ability to distinguish between income and wealth, akin to problems in thinking about the deficit versus the debt.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-24106636119751825682013-12-02T17:17:22.275-06:002013-12-02T17:17:22.275-06:00Since some people were shouting "Keep governm...Since some people were shouting "Keep government out of my Medicare", there's likely to be a subset that can't make any connections, at least without imploding. But it seems likely that the .gov part of the address will have its perhaps subliminal effect.Captain Futurehttp://dreamingup.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-85798958406666991742013-12-02T16:57:39.411-06:002013-12-02T16:57:39.411-06:00Maybe "Healthcare-Dot-Gov" is what we wi...Maybe "Healthcare-Dot-Gov" is what we will come to call the whole mandate/exchange framework?prefix-freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71864695725239878232013-12-02T16:23:23.624-06:002013-12-02T16:23:23.624-06:00When you get in a car crash, and your airbag saves...<i>When you get in a car crash, and your airbag saves your life, you don't scream "Thank God for government regulation.", you scream "Thank you Toyota for making such a nice airbag."</i><br /><br />Not me. I scream "Damn you. Department of Transportation, for taking away my precious freedoms! This car could have been $900 cheaper!"Davis X. Machinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-37560775039445138382013-12-02T16:06:09.917-06:002013-12-02T16:06:09.917-06:00Question 1 is something that's been on my mind...Question 1 is something that's been on my mind. The ACA fixes an amazing number of horrific glitches in the US health care system that were screwing people over horrifically. Anyone who lost a job, anyone who tried to start a small company, anyone who tried to work as a freelancer was at the complete mercy of the rapacious ends of both the insurance industry (insurance policies that didn't insure) and the health care providers (who hit up the weakest for the highest charges).<br /><br />And we liberals have this naïve idea that once ACA gets implemented and widely used, people are going to realize how it completely changes life for people without a big organization behind them in a supremely wonderful way, which it does.<br /><br />But there's a problem. When you get in a car crash, and your airbag saves your life, you don't scream "Thank God for government regulation.", you scream "Thank you Toyota for making such a nice airbag."<br /><br />Oops.<br /><br />David J. Littleboyhttp://www.pbase.com/davidjlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-35663918510985385422013-12-02T14:24:11.812-06:002013-12-02T14:24:11.812-06:00I saw another reference today somewhere to "t...<em>I saw another reference today somewhere to "two wars"...</em><br /><br />Try 'four wars'. I think you could find a lot of people who think we're in Libya and Syria. Look on DailyKos. Or DemocraticUnderground.comDavis X. Machinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-53744857545147881972013-12-02T14:13:47.418-06:002013-12-02T14:13:47.418-06:00Maybe for people who do know, No. 1 could include ...Maybe for people who do know, No. 1 could include a question like: When did you first realize that the exchanges were part of Obamacare/ACA?Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.com