▪️Many people like to cite the stat that the US lags in life expectancy while failing to acknowledge that the US jumps to 1st place for those who reach the age of 70. That’s when the US system, with its increased choice and quick access to care, really starts to shine compared to the rest of the world.
▪️The reason the US lags in overall life expectancy has little to do with healthcare. The US far outpaces most of the developed world in homicides, overdoses and accidents. These, along with higher levels of obesity and diabetes, translate into lower life expectancy, but that’s hardly the fault of the healthcare system or its price levels. But if you make it to old age, there’s no better care than in the US.
▪️There is much wrong with the US healthcare system, mostly due to govt involvement, but the reason for the high prices is quite simple. The US has essentially socialized the access to and payment of care while also keeping much of the free market aspect of choice and quick access to specialists. In other countries, they keep costs lower by limiting choice and rationing care through long wait times for certain procedures. In the US we want it all (everyone covered and also lots of choices and quick access) so costs are higher.
As with the leftist freak out over “banned books” this is not banning books, it’s still easy to get Harry Potter and bookstores should be able to limit whatever books they want for whatever reason. But not only does it show a double standard, the rationale is far less justifiable than removing certain content from school libraries. At least there the justification was the content of certain books are inappropriate for children, clearly not every book should be available in a school library. Here, there’s no argument about the content they just don’t like the author’s politics!
Because news came out about his letter to the FBI, revealing he was a nutcase. The letter was rambling and incoherent, claiming he was trained by the US military off the books, and that Walz had instructed him to kill Amy Klobuchar so he could run for Senate. None of it made any sense (Walz is not running for Senate) and none of the assassinations made any sense, even in a diabolical way.
Nearly all of his hit list was Democrats (including Walz) and abortion clinics, but he was supposedly working for Walz?! Plus, one of the guys he killed wasn’t even on his list, and others were no longer in office or deceased. None of it makes sense from any coherent angle.
Basically, it appears the guy was mentally ill and neither the left or right can use the incident to push their agendas anymore, so the story was dropped.
This is so dumb. First, this means LA began as Spanish land founded to support Spanish missions (i.e. colonialism). Which contradicts their entire premise. But the reality is that Los Angeles is a quintessential American city.
▪️When the US acquired California in the 1840s, LA was a small town of less than 2,000 people. It was basically nothing. It became large only after the gold rush and the railroads completed in the 1870-80s, which brought thousands of new settlers and a booming commercial center.
▪️But LA had a major issue limiting its growth, no water. It wasn’t until Mulholland found a water source and built an aqueduct down from Northern California that LA had the infrastructure to grow into a major city.
▪️Then, a combination of oil, real estate and the film industry caused it to boom in the early 1900s. Post WWII, industries like aerospace continued its spectacular growth. Calling this “Mexican land” is a brain dead take. Neither the Mexicans, Spanish nor ...
