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#101 Re: Guns N' Roses » GUNS N' ROSES Rumor: IZZY STRADLIN To Take Limited Role In Reunion Rea » 489 weeks ago
monkeychow wrote:1. a handful of genuine fans that actually care - hard core izzy fans - the type of people who have all his solos albums and actually listen to them - you know who you are - there's some on this board from memory - but it's pretty underground in real life. Izzy isn't exactly well known anymore really.
I'm one of them
My dream scenario is for Izzy to do a solo show in the UK but I'd settle for him performing with Axl/Slash/Duff
I'm not even joking, I've already seen Izzy/Axl together a few times and it was fucking awesome everytime but I've yet to see a solo gig.
Izzy doesn't do may shows at all does he - when was the last time he's done a tour, or a solo show?
#102 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 489 weeks ago
RaZor wrote:James Lofton wrote:Bush said tort reform was needed before any of this stuff was dealt with. Everyone laughed at him.
Anyone still laughing?
Dubbya had a lot of great ideas, he could have saved social security in his first term if the Democrats hadn't sabotaged him.
He wanted to privatized social security, and we would have lost that money in the market crash. The people who live on their ss would have lost everything. He was a fucking idiot who nearly ruined the country. Social security is okay, and it can be saved in the future with a few tweaks.
Bush neither wanted to privatize social security nor invest it in the stock market. And benefits would have stayed exactly the same for those already retired or close to being retired.
#103 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 489 weeks ago
RaZor wrote:buzzsaw wrote:The private sector at least in terms of insurance companies aren't driving up anything. I don't know how many times I have to say it...until they get the costs under control, nothing will work. Not single payer. Not anything. It can't cost $800 for an IV and hundreds of dollars for bandages. Prescriptions are over priced. Everything is over priced. Nothing else matters.
Not true, the insurance itself is a big part of the problem. There is a disconnect between the cost, the consumer, and the information needed to make economic decisions: http://www.zanebenefits.com/blog/seven- … care-costs
No. Not even close. Even if there was 100% transparency that most people won't understand anyway, the cost issue is not coming from insurance companies. The part they play is negotiating discounts with providers. Then providers just raise prices to get their money anyway. Lots to learn about insurance companies and how they work.
I know how insurance companies work buzz, I used to work for one. I also know how economics work, I have a degree in economics.
The market system works to drive down prices because consumers act in their own best interest, when they have the information they need to make informed decisions. Insurance separates the payer from the consumer, and reduces transparency. It actually works against the market.
The article I posted explains it pretty well, have you read it?
Update: Buzz, you're wrong when you say that insurance companies don't contribute to the increasing cost; but they are not the only force contributing to the increasing costs, and you make a lot of good points otherwise. Even without the insurance companies, prices would still be going up for a lot of the reasons you've been pointing out, that's why I said that healthcare is a failed market. It's a case in which market forces actually increase the price of a good instead of driving it down. Generally, the only way to correct a failed market is through government intervention.
#104 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 489 weeks ago
Bush said tort reform was needed before any of this stuff was dealt with. Everyone laughed at him.
Anyone still laughing?
Dubbya had a lot of great ideas, he could have saved social security in his first term if the Democrats hadn't sabotaged him.
#105 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 489 weeks ago
The private sector at least in terms of insurance companies aren't driving up anything. I don't know how many times I have to say it...until they get the costs under control, nothing will work. Not single payer. Not anything. It can't cost $800 for an IV and hundreds of dollars for bandages. Prescriptions are over priced. Everything is over priced. Nothing else matters.
Not true, the insurance itself is a big part of the problem. There is a disconnect between the cost, the consumer, and the information needed to make economic decisions: http://www.zanebenefits.com/blog/seven- … care-costs
#106 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 489 weeks ago
Buzzsaw is right. Not because it would be impossible to administer, but because the political will to make it work isn't there. Unfortunately, it's a politicized issue, so republicans can't allow democrats to solve the problem, and vice versa. One side can't allow the other the big win, and they'll sabotage each other's efforts every step of the way.
But single payer is inevitable. Healthcare is a failed market, the private sector continues to drive up costs, single payer is the only solution. The only question is how long can the American people continue to suffer, before enough of them demand it.
#107 Re: The Sunset Strip » Disturbed + Breaking Benjamin + Alter Bridge + Saint Astoria 2016 Tour » 489 weeks ago
Absolutely love Alter Bridge, but what little I've heard of Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin sounds terrible. Myles is leaps and bounds better in AB than he is with Slash, and it's a damn shame that they aren't popular enough to headline their own tour
What have you heard?
I'm not a big BB fan, but they have a couple of songs I like:
What's really got me excited about this is Disturbed and Alter Bridge, I'm a big fan of both. I particularly like Disturbed's last albums so I'm excited to hear them tour it.
If you haven't already, check these tracks out - "the light" and "the vengeful one" are from their latest album. I'd be interested to hear what you think:
#108 Re: Guns N' Roses » GUNS N' ROSES Rumor: IZZY STRADLIN To Take Limited Role In Reunion Rea » 489 weeks ago
Blabbermouth, altnation, mygnr... Those are the perfect ingredients for a bullshit stew.
LMAO! +1
I wouldn't be surprised if Izzy is indeed involved, I'll even be as bold as saying it's likely to happen... but this article is nothing but a circle jerk.
