The crime bill gets unfairly slammed by progressive democrats looking to make excuses for crime and criminals. That fact is that many blacks pushed for tougher crime laws too. Urban areas were war zones at the time I know because I lived in one. I'm from the low end of Chicago and I came of age during precisely the time in which crime was peaking in this city and other Cities like L.A. and New York. There was a movement to get "tough on crime" and it just wasn't the Clintons that were promoting it. Black leaders were as well.

Drugs and violence were running rampant in Chicago and the Hosing Projects in particular were as wild as anything you'd see in Beirut. The vast majority of my friends were knee deep in the drug trade and violence and it was absolutely destroying neighborhoods and communities. Turf wars over drugs was the single biggest problem in impoverished areas during the late 80's and early 90's. Most of my friends dropped out of high school to participate in it. I had a number tell me directly that Govt couldn't do anything to stop it and they didn't care about getting caught because they'd be out in an hr. Communities were decimated and you had teenagers assuming the role as head of household because they were essentially the breadwinner in welfare dependant homes.

The Crime Bill was an outgrowth of the violence and destruction which haunted impoverished neighborhoods during this priod. The murder rate in Chicago New York and L.A dropped as a result of this bill too. That is the dirty secret no one ever quite discusses either.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Reagan ushered in the Crack epidemic, why has not a single politician ever publicly said this?

The crime bill "worked" but it was just wrong, if CPD didn't need warrants and could enter any residence at anytime to conduct a weapon search..it would cut crime by 90% but it doesn't mean its a good plan.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Nobody likes or wants to go to the doctor, that's absurd to think people would overuse medical services.

People already overuse medical services. Drug seekers are just one example.

Another abuse is people using the ER for what should be routine matters. I am not talking about uninsured people without options. There are people that are too lazy to have a PCP and go to the ER for anything.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

I think in the partisan country we live it is sort of expected that Republicans will do this sort of thing.

I think in terms of crime we need to a better job of economically rehabilitating criminals once they are released from prison. If we are going to stigmatize felons and put systems in place which prohibit them from working no amount of social programming will have much effect.

The barriers to finding employment need to be removed and that may prevent revolving door that we currently have from working.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Reagan was a huge piece of shit, no Dems ever call his phony legacy out.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Reagan was a huge piece of shit, no Dems ever call his phony legacy out.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Between you and Reader I am not sure who has the biggest hard on for Reagan even after 28 years.

I think in the partisan country we live it is sort of expected that Republicans will do this sort of thing.

I think in terms of crime we need to a better job of economically rehabilitating criminals once they are released from prison. If we are going to stigmatize felons and put systems in place which prohibit them from working no amount of social programming will have much effect.

The barriers to finding employment need to be removed and that may prevent revolving door that we currently have from working.

Its hard to even judge Presidents prior to like 20 years after their out. Its the perfect time to discuss Reagan

312 there are plenty of people who go to the doctor and ER way more than they should. It is crazy. My wife has a friend who is an ER nurse. She has some amazing stories of people coming for the stupidest things and these same people come back all the time. It is just reality. There are some people who never go to the doctor even when they should and some people who go all the time

Absolutely. That is a great time frame to use. I am just poking at them because really few people bother with Reagan and those two are all Reagan sucks all the time. Its funny.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

312 there are plenty of people who go to the doctor and ER way more than they should. It is crazy. My wife has a friend who is an ER nurse. She has some amazing stories of people coming for the stupidest things and these same people come back all the time. It is just reality.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I know there is plenty of Reagan hate from the left. But his administration broke stagflation at a significant short term cost (i.e. teen level short term interest rates), oversaw the end of communism, simplified the income tax code, and laid the ground work for the prosperity that took hold from his term until the dot com bust. Go ahead and tell me how a bunch of mental health facilities closed, and I'll politely invite you to go back to 70's styles price controls, the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet union, double digit inflation, and high unemployment.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I know there is plenty of Reagan hate from the left. But his administration broke stagflation at a significant short term cost (i.e. teen level short term interest rates), oversaw the end of communism, simplified the income tax code, and laid the ground work for the prosperity that took hold from his term until the dot com bust. Go ahead and tell me how a bunch of mental health facilities closed, and I'll politely invite you to go back to 70's styles price controls, the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet union, double digit inflation, and high unemployment.

This. I have a buddy who is an ER doctor that says he treats 4 or 5 people each day (when he works day shift) who basically have a runny nose.

I know there is plenty of Reagan hate from the left. But his administration broke stagflation at a significant short term cost (i.e. teen level short term interest rates), oversaw the end of communism, simplified the income tax code, and laid the ground work for the prosperity that took hold from his term until the dot com bust. Go ahead and tell me how a bunch of mental health facilities closed, and I'll politely invite you to go back to 70's styles price controls, the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet union, double digit inflation, and high unemployment.

For instance they were never taught that Columbus was a slave owner.

Most ER staff can give you plenty of stories of parents who took their child to the ER hoping they were admitted so they could go out for the night with free babysitting.

What we need is strong catastrophic care for every American. That is the major problem. No one should go bankrupt from medical bills. However, it is vital that every doctor visit/procedure costs some amount of money no matter how big or small.

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The co-pays are so small, you can basically go an infinite amount of times with no repercussions, which is a bad system. We've discussed before that health insurance isn't really "insurance" because it's not. It's a horrible system that allows unlimited use of health care by paying a monthly premium. There is no way to control cost with that type of system.

The co-pays are so small, you can basically go an infinite amount of times with no repercussions, which is a bad system. We've discussed before that health insurance isn't really "insurance" because it's not. It's a horrible system that allows unlimited use of health care by paying a monthly premium. There is no way to control cost with that type of system.

Inflation was curbed by Paul Volcker who took a tough stand against low interest rates. Paul Volcker was chosen by Jimmy Carter. Also Reagan's wild spending was one of the leading causes of the recession that GHW endured. The S&L scandal was directly tied to Reagan also.

Most historians believe that the Cold War was ending regardless of Reagan as Soviet Union was a dying nation anyway. Afghan war did more to demonstrate that than anything Reagan did.

He talked tough and fought proxy wars against third rate countries; all the while not having a clue as to how to deal with Middle Eastern hostage situations.

That is true, but some cost is better than no cost.

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The co-pays are so small, you can basically go an infinite amount of times with no repercussions, which is a bad system. We've discussed before that health insurance isn't really "insurance" because it's not. It's a horrible system that allows unlimited use of health care by paying a monthly premium. There is no way to control cost with that type of system.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

It is a dollar trading scheme designed to waste money. You're dead on.

Your employer offers you a meal plan where you pay $250 per paycheck. With that payment, you and your family pay $25 each time you go to a restaurant. After which, you can consume as much as you want as often as you want. We're going to Morton's tonight.

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Yep... and proportionately, it'd probably be more like paying a dollar for every meal and having everything free after that. There is literally no incentive not to overuse it or to try to use preventative health care to save costs (and just be healthier).