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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Who Will Lead Us?
Date: 12/01/25 3:07 PM
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"The Affordable Care Act (ACA) needs subsidies to make health insurance affordable for people who cannot otherwise afford it

So in other words, it failed. You left out that part.

I think most folks didn't respond because it's a stupid question.

More like they can't face the truth about Obama's signature legislation. A truth that was pointed out to them back on the Fool but those same goobers said, "We need to pass this bill to find out what's in it". That's some good, solid liberal governance for you.

"Health insurance companies are not the biggest beneficiaries of the ACA;

Oh, really?
Here, I'll do something you libs never do: I'm going to cite data from a source. And a left one at that.

truthout.org - Top US health insurers annual profits jumped percent since acas passage

Top 5 US Health Insurers’ Annual Profits Jumped 230 Percent Since ACA’s Passage
The lion’s share goes to UnitedHealth Group, which reportedly denies nearly 1 in 3 medical claims from policy holders.


Heckuva job, Obamie. Heckuva job.

Me: so you are skipping tariffs on Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world to divert to Biden on China. Sorry, explain them all. Weren't you the one sheepishly saying you would have done it differently, and now you're all gung ho about it? Sorry, YOU OWN ALL OF IT.

LOL. Don't like that fact either, do we? Let's cite that one, too:

abcnews.go.com - Biden slammed trumps china tariffs now building analysis

Biden once slammed Trump's China tariffs. Now he's building on them: ANALYSIS
Biden’s tariffs on $18B worth of Chinese goods focus on strategic industries.


HAhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

"Trump doesn't get the basics. He thinks his tariffs are being paid by China," Biden said at the time. "Any freshman econ student could tell you that the American people are paying his tariffs."

Then in 2020, while campaigning for the White House, Biden vowed to remove Trump's tariffs if elected.
...
But now, not only is Biden keeping those Trump-era tariffs in place, he actually is building on them.

It's true that Biden's new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports are narrowly focused on a few strategic industries. At a Rose Garden event unveiling the new actions, Biden touted it as a "smart approach" to target goods such as electric vehicles, solar cells, steel, aluminum and certain medical equipment.

But he is maintaining many of the broad-based tariffs from the Trump-era that he was once highly critical of.


Because even the people that changed Biden's diaper 4x a day understood that certain goods need to be sourced domestically. Shame none of you have figured that out.

Me: I see you are having a lapse and not following

Your statement was nonsensical. Did AI write it for you?

We will be responsible for whatever happens in Ukraine

We will? Then how can we absolve ourselves of that responsibility? Gonna invent a time machine and convince Putin to not invade? Or go Full Monty and commit US firepower?

Statements like your above are meant to virtue-signal. They're not serious policy positions. Try again.

You consistently fail to respond, just divert.

You're the one who put all these topics in here. Not me.

Your grade? Fail.

Stand in and argue a point. Otherwise you're a poseur just chucking peanuts from the sidelines like 99% of your ideological brethren here.

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