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Fri 06/22/07 09:42 PM
One of the biggest issues for the 2008 presidential election. What kind
of healthcare system do you think should be implemented in America? Here
are the options:

Universal-Everybody is covered, at the cost of increased taxes
Mixed-Government intervention where necessary. helps the poor, but can
cause an overall rop in the quality of healthcare
Dual-all the benefits and problems of universal except some of the
burden is taken off of the system by allowing people to have a higher
standard of care by paying extra
Privatized-The free market solution, allow the market to determine
costs. may leave poor without care, but decreases tax burden

Personally I lean well towards universal or dual, because the evidence I
have seen suggests those to be better than the other options, that and
under the current system my pre-existing condition (the aspergers)
causes my family to have to pay more for coverage, which is extrememly
annoying. Also when my father had to get his gallbladder removed it cost
$10,000 before insurance if I recall correctly.

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Fri 06/22/07 08:08 PM
Well, better let it all out and hope for the best. I'm 19 and looking
for a long term relationship, with the possibility of marriage (marriage
is not really a requirement). I also am very odd, shall we say. What I
mean by that is I have a mental "illness" called asperger('s) syndrome
(why different sources spell it differently I'll never know). With me th
effects have been far different from what those at The Autism Society of
America and Cure Autism now would have you believe: I've had a booster
to the IQ, but at the cost of fine motor skills to a large degree (my
handwriting is a scrawl and my typing goes slower than normal and is
often interspersed with typos) and enough loss of social skills to make
me a timid creature in the real world, but such is the way of my life
(some people with the same "condition" are better off in the social
dept., but otherwise qite similar or to me in that respect, in fact most
are quite similar to me in that respect and are quite successful in
their lives). I participated in what is known as the autism rights
movement for a short time, and left because the discussion was on
subjects that didn't interest me. Speaking of my interests, they incude
politics an political systems, video games (to a far lsser extent), the
internet, socialogical studies, and a bunch of other things. I'm really
after someone who understands me and can love me for who I am, while
being able to deal with the issues that will inevitably arise. Due to
the fact that I am an aspie (the asperger's) I have no dating experience
whatsoever, so that will be an issue, but, on the bright side i'm the
last one you'd see begging for sex. (is location necessary or
recommended?? If so i'm in the North Rialto, CA area)