Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Jason said: One of the things that got through to me on universal healthcare/single payer is the freedom afforded by being able to take a risk on a new job or a small business when you don't have to worry about a healthcare gap by doing so. The pros and cons of a single-payer system are debatable; the utter stupidity and inefficiency of a system whereby health insurance is tied almost entirely to employment is not debatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Being fresh out of college with a job that I love and being able to save some money (not a lot, but enough) and I feel super lucky. Now if I ever have kids I have no idea how I’ll be able to save money lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Chris- said: So much for that STEM degree, huh motherfucker. STEM degrees aren't directly useful if you're not getting a PhD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I'm a STEM dropout. EDIT: I suppose my time in the Navy helped me find a job after I got out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 27 minutes ago, Jason said: STEM degrees aren't directly useful if you're not getting a PhD. Something I’ve noticed amongst my friends is those who didn’t get STEM degrees have had the best career success finding a side door into STEM heavy industries. One of my close friends works in cyber security while her her educational background is in linguistics. She started in that area by getting a job at Chevron doing linguistic work for their cyber security team and now does work almost completely unrelated to linguistics. Similar stories from several other friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Quote Penn is notorious in Washington as the metaphorical devil on the shoulder, whispering toxic advice into the ears of Democratic candidates. Penn and Jacobson were both early players in the Democratic Leadership Council, a faction that emerged within the party in the 1980s to push it to align with corporate money and to move in a more conservative direction. He’s perhaps most well known for urging his client, Hillary Clinton, to attack Barack Obama as un-American during the 2008 presidential primary. In a now-famous 2007 memo to Clinton, Penn noted that there had been much coverage in the media of Obama’s “boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii … geared towards showing his background is diverse, multicultural and putting that in a new light. Save it for 2050.” In other words, Penn argued, an appeal to diversity wouldn’t work politically for another half-century. “I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and in his values,” he wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 33 minutes ago, Jason said: Mark Penn and the dumbass problem solvers deserve each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 The left is sexist and racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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