No More Insurance for TRT

[2Sox]

Facts are important, I wouldn't argue against that, but there are still a lot of missing facts on both sides of the argument. For example, 45million covered, that's not a fact until it happens. As of now, the individual mandate is not in effect. This we can all agree on as fact. As for opinion, I will be surprised if 45million who weren't covered are, because that would mean they'd have to force those 45million to signup and pay. Force of that nature works in many places around the world, but the American mindset is different. But again, that is an opinion and time will tell.

As far as my opinions on the topic, I don't listen to Rush or any of the talking heads. My opinion is based simply on what I see and how I perceive it. Again, in my opinion, this is one of the biggest problems in America, people get their opinions from the talking heads they like. It's become a team type thing far more so than let's all look at what is and judge for ourselves. And once again, in my opinion, I find it apathetic. I'm not accusing you (2sox) of apathy....that comment was more of a general comment.

Thanks for the clarification. You are completely right; we all ought to judge for ourselves and use our critical minds to arrive at our conclusions. Often, it's not easy finding what's true. I've studied propaganda and it's insidious. It always works best on lazy, uninquisitive minds that find it easier to believe the slogans and talking points than to dig for the facts to expose what's true. (I'd imagine most of us have made this mistake sometime in our lives.) Joseph Goebbels was a master of it. I paraphrase his motto, "Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth." I've also seen that these lies can appeal to an evil, dark side of us that is waiting for the encouragement to come out. History bears this out. It happened in Germany in the 1930's, it happened in Rwanda, in Darfur and it can happen anywhere. We've got to be on our toes because it's all to easy to fall for it.

As a side note; Bullshark is right. I do have a great deal of time on my hands; I'm recently retired. Most often it has been a blessing. It's given me more time to spend at the gym and in the outdoors. It's also given me the time to catch up on my reading. I also now have the luxury of learning a great deal more online and on this forum and writing these forum posts - probably too lengthy, at times - and doing the research for them. And I can now devote more time to my seasonal sideline business which keeps me very busy all summer.