This is the one in which Jason Chaffetz said to afford health care maybe people shouldn't be blowing money on iPhones. The distance between such people and any real humans is so vast as to make it pointless to try to bridge it.
This is one of his best since there's so much smoke flying about as an explanation but John Oliver cuts through all of it.
This AHCA failed a few weeks ago but it's still germane since, as Ryan has done repeatedly, he's rolling it back out again as AHCA 1.00001. In fact, he's rolled it out so many times over the last eight years the corners of the pages should be dog-eared by now.
There's nothing more to it than just another giveaway to the rich at the expense of the poor.
The savagery of Paul Ryan's bill is the clear opposite to the problem stated in Science earlier today. Obamacare won't kill America but the lack of income mobility will. (Ithaka: Improving Rates of Absolute Income Mobility - Science)
Social dysfunction increases as a function of the disparity in wealth between classes in a society so there can't be any other consequence of exacerbating the disparity than increased social dysfunction. There's abundant science on that matter.
It's also a fact the perception of the attractiveness of large backsides increases with lower income levels. That Kim Kardashian is so huge in that regard and is apparently popular gives some indication of how much the size of the lower income class has increased.
Ed: so the health of the economy is spoken best by whether the Beautiful People have fat backsides?
Yes and short skirts are another indication. As the economy falls, typically the length of women's dresses gets longer. The mini skirt came during a time of relative prosperity but there's nary a mini skirt to be seen now. The rise and fall of skirt length has been observed to correlate well with the current status of Wall Street and the economy.
Note: there is science to corroborate both of the above contentions but I'm not going to go diving Google for it. The interested student is invited ...
This is one of his best since there's so much smoke flying about as an explanation but John Oliver cuts through all of it.
This AHCA failed a few weeks ago but it's still germane since, as Ryan has done repeatedly, he's rolling it back out again as AHCA 1.00001. In fact, he's rolled it out so many times over the last eight years the corners of the pages should be dog-eared by now.
There's nothing more to it than just another giveaway to the rich at the expense of the poor.
The savagery of Paul Ryan's bill is the clear opposite to the problem stated in Science earlier today. Obamacare won't kill America but the lack of income mobility will. (Ithaka: Improving Rates of Absolute Income Mobility - Science)
Social dysfunction increases as a function of the disparity in wealth between classes in a society so there can't be any other consequence of exacerbating the disparity than increased social dysfunction. There's abundant science on that matter.
It's also a fact the perception of the attractiveness of large backsides increases with lower income levels. That Kim Kardashian is so huge in that regard and is apparently popular gives some indication of how much the size of the lower income class has increased.
Ed: so the health of the economy is spoken best by whether the Beautiful People have fat backsides?
Yes and short skirts are another indication. As the economy falls, typically the length of women's dresses gets longer. The mini skirt came during a time of relative prosperity but there's nary a mini skirt to be seen now. The rise and fall of skirt length has been observed to correlate well with the current status of Wall Street and the economy.
Note: there is science to corroborate both of the above contentions but I'm not going to go diving Google for it. The interested student is invited ...
