That also all applies to America.
When I got out of the navy I went to work for a defense contractor. At least 40% of the people there were ex-military, either retired or bailed early like I did so the place pretty well ran on coffee, which was a free perq. Then some bean counter discovered it was costing some $50,000 a year and that was the end of that.
No coffee clubs either; they took out the Bunn drip coffee makers. So folks brought in compact makers to put in their cubes – which drove the safety manager nuts – or walked down to the coffeehouse a quarter mile away once or twice a day.
After six months the coffee was back.
BTW, there is tons of waste in Medicare. It’s the Medicare Advantage programs, but Mush isn’t going to go after that because it lines the pockets of private companies.
Now, we know that there’s huge waste in Medicare, in the form of overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans. Through Medicare Advantage insurance companies have been gaming the system; the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission estimates the annual loss to taxpayers at more than $80 billion, that is, roughly twice USAID’s budget. Oddly, however, this clear example of gigantic fraud isn’t on Musk’s radar.
From here. (Note, that article starts with a picture of a condom in a package, so if you’re worried about that showing up on your computer, don’t click)
Thanks for your response.
I probably ought not have brought it up, as I am not interested in engaging in a debate concerning VA disability benefits at this point.
to which he replies
“They say that every day is the first day of the rest of your life. So, no, you just didn’t understand the essential poetry of my soul, man.”
What other important things don’t you know?
“Known knowns and unknown unknowns!”
Yup, in my old building where the plumbing wasn’t great, we even had a water club, where we had bought an interest in a water cooler, and a monthly collection to get water bottles delivered.
To be fair, neither does the tiger.
That is not reassuring.
There’s a reason “May you live in interesting times” is considered a curse.
Should be fine - he’ll just wander around until he gets hungry.
You’ll be fine as long as you don’t have a face.
This one appears to be a small snack, since it’s a small number of people.
But it appears that one of Trump’s EOs cancelled electric bill assistance to a number of poor folks in Alabama. I wonder how most of them voted?
For Trump, there’s unknown to him knowns. How many times has he said something like: “Nobody ever knew about this.” about some common fact?
My favorite was ‘Nobody knew health care could be so complicated’.
My favorite Trump quote on insurance was…
Insurance is, you’re 20 years old, you just graduated from college, and you start paying $15 a month for the rest of your life and by the time you’re 70, and you really need it, you’re still paying the same amount and that’s really insurance.
Are y’all OK if I stretch the point of this thread a little bit? Because this isn’t face-eating, but it’s somehow an example of someone really choosing the wrong hill on which to die.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5144038-trump-denali-name-change/
Murkowski’s big stand against Trump is over the name of Denali.
She hasn’t been able to stop anything else he’s done. Good luck to her.