2012 Political Predictions

[Red Arrow]

$37.50 a month for 40 years is $18,000. My SO's non-generic BCP (when she was on it) was $45 a month, but the insurance company paid $40 of it.

(I don't disagree that it's a silly way to put it, but I don't agree that it's factually incorrect)

Tell me again how much it costs to raise a kid and how birth control is more expensive than raising a kid.

[nathanm]

Tell me again how much it costs to raise a kid and how birth control is more expensive than raising a kid.

If you can raise a child on $450 a year, I commend you.

[Red Arrow]

If you can raise a child on $450 a year, I commend you.

My point exactly.  If you cannot afford to raise a child, you should pay for contraception.

[nathanm]

My point exactly.  If you cannot afford to raise a child, you should pay for contraception.

And if you can't afford it, don't have sex, right?

[Red Arrow]

And if you can't afford it, don't have sex, right?

You expect me to pay for your having sex?  Gimme a break.

Edit:
It's bad enough that I will have to help pay for the education of the potential results of your having sex.

[nathanm]

You expect me to pay for your having sex?  Gimme a break.

That attitude is precisely why we have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation.

[erfalf]

That attitude is precisely why we have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation.

How is that? Talk about false equivalence. You've been off your game this last week.

[nathanm]

How is that? Talk about false equivalence. You've been off your game this last week.

What, you think that you can wish away the reality of biology? Giving people contraceptives is a hell of a lot cheaper than imprisoning unwanted children that become criminals. Call me a pragmatist.

[erfalf]

What, you think that you can wish away the reality of biology? Giving people contraceptives is a hell of a lot cheaper than imprisoning unwanted children that become criminals. Call me a pragmatist.

Well maybe we should put rubber boundaries on the edge of every lane so that people can drive faster then. Or give everyone A's in school.

[Hoss]

Well maybe we should put rubber boundaries on the edge of every lane so that people can drive faster then. Or give everyone A's in school.

Holy crap....

[heironymouspasparagus]

Well maybe we should put rubber boundaries on the edge of every lane so that people can drive faster then. Or give everyone A's in school.

We are putting concrete barriers up in the median and along the shoulder in many places.

We live in a bumper car world.

[nathanm]

Well maybe we should put rubber boundaries on the edge of every lane so that people can drive faster then. Or give everyone A's in school.

You're not alone in wanting to cut off your nose to spite your face. Somewhere around 40% of the country agrees with you.

[erfalf]

You're not alone in wanting to cut off your nose to spite your face. Somewhere around 40% of the country agrees with you.

Explain the difference. Where does it stop. If we as a society make it easier for people to continue reckless behavior, how is that good for society?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Explain the difference. Where does it stop. If we as a society make it easier for people to continue reckless behavior, how is that good for society?

You were allowed to go to business school - in spite of all the well know adverse effects of that for many decades in this country...how is THAT good for society??

[erfalf]

You were allowed to go to business school - in spite of all the well know adverse effects of that for many decades in this country...how is THAT good for society??

There is a benefit to society... arguably.  

Edit: And a benefit to myself.