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Title: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Tess Anderson on December 13, 2010, 02:29:42 PM
Say what you will, but I have a kid graduating college next spring, and getting a job is a priority over having health insurance for a 21 year old:

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hedgehog  (1000+ posts)      Mon Dec-13-10 12:21 PM
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Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month -
 and thanks to President Obama, he has health insurance under my husband's policy for the next two years while he's looking for work. Sure, I would have preferred single payer, but until more people see the light, single payer isn't on the table.

Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 13, 2010, 02:38:01 PM
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...he has health insurance under my husband's policy for the next two years while he's looking for work...

It took the DUmmy's kid until he/she was 24 to finish college?  Is it this guy?

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2608330704_f6eb3a69b4.jpg)

Disclaimer - I know & understand that some people attend college on a different life-schedule than others, this is meant only at those who start full-time college right after high school.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: jukin on December 13, 2010, 02:43:34 PM
The DUmpmonkey may just find a job in 2013 after Obumbler is spanked by a 48 state route.  However, it is a DUchebags kid and the acorn rarely falls far from the DUmbass Oak tree.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: AllosaursRus on December 13, 2010, 02:47:06 PM
UH, I'm not sure, but isn't that particular clause not effective until 2014?

I'll have to try and wade thru the POS that is ObwanaCare and find it!

ETA:

CRAP! Looks like this leach is right!

2010: Establishes a requirement to provide coverage for non-dependent children up to age 26 to all existing health insurance plans starting six months after enactment.

ObwanaCare Time Lines, Via AskHeritage.com! (http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/26/obamacare-implementation-timeline/)

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Obamacare has not even been the law of the land for one week and already major Fortune 500 companies are announcing hundreds of millions, and even billion, dollar hits to their bottom line. Heritage’s health care team has gone through the legislation and produced the following timeline (pdf) of major policy implementation. Highlights from each year include:
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on December 13, 2010, 02:51:53 PM
Al, the mandatory insurance/penalty stuff is 2014, the 'kids covered until they're 26' goes into effect January 1st.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: AllosaursRus on December 13, 2010, 02:54:20 PM
Al, the mandatory insurance/penalty stuff is 2014, the 'kids covered until they're 26' goes into effect January 1st.

weeps!

Yeah I found it! Y'all ought to check out Heritage.org and become a member. It certainly wades thru all the BS!
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: true_blood on December 13, 2010, 03:01:01 PM
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hedgehog  (1000+ posts)      Mon Dec-13-10 12:21 PM
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Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month - and thanks to President Obama, he has health insurance under my husband's policy for the next two years while he's looking for work. Sure, I would have preferred single payer, but until more people see the light, single payer isn't on the table.
Good thing, huh DUmmie? He probably won't find a job neither. Have you seen the REAL unemployment number? You can thank the imposter for that one too. :wink:
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Mike220 on December 13, 2010, 03:13:09 PM
It took the DUmmy's kid until he/she was 24 to finish college?  Is it this guy?

I would say it depends on where you go and what you're studying, but being the child of a DUmmie, I would guess he studied psychology, sociology or political science. I've known a few people that did those in three years, going to summer school. Guess they wanted to start their job at Starbucks quicker...

Of course, I have little room to talk. I'm on the six year program since I changed my major a few times. Including Poli Sci for a couple semesters. :banghead: Started 2008 to be an architect (a six year program anyway) and finally settled on Medical Tech/CLS. I should graduate 2014.  :thatsright:

But at least it's useful. And that's if I don't continue on to PA school.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 13, 2010, 03:20:08 PM
I would say it depends on where you go and what you're studying, but being the child of a DUmmie, I would guess he studied psychology, sociology or political science. I've known a few people that did those in three years, going to summer school. Guess they wanted to start their job at Starbucks quicker...

Of course, I have little room to talk. I'm on the six year program since I changed my major a few times. Including Poli Sci for a couple semesters. :banghead: Started 2008 to be an architect (a six year program anyway) and finally settled on Medical Tech/CLS. I should graduate 2014.  :thatsright:

But at least it's useful. And that's if I don't continue on to PA school.


That's why I threw in the disclaimer at the end.  I know that not everyone is able to follow the traditional model of attending college, and don't begrudge anyone for taking a different path.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Zathras on December 13, 2010, 03:21:33 PM
It took the DUmmy's kid until he/she was 24 to finish college?  Is it this guy?

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2608330704_f6eb3a69b4.jpg)

God I hope not....remember that the student in the picture became a US Senator. No way in hell do I want the spawn of any DUmbass anywhere near DC and government service.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: AllosaursRus on December 13, 2010, 03:26:31 PM
God I hope not....remember that the student in the picture became a US Senator. No way in hell do I want the spawn of any DUmbass anywhere near DC and government service.

Belushi became a Senator? When was that? Is my memory failing me that much in my old age? I thought he just ended up in a motel room after an OD of speedballs!
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Evil_Conservative on December 13, 2010, 03:27:34 PM
My best friend is finishing law school this week at the age of 24... she will be 25 on Christmas Eve.  So yes, your son was a little "slow" at college if he started right after he finished high school.

She also paid for all of her college by herself.  It was about $900 a class/credit for some of her stuff.  I can't remember which it was.  Either way, it was very expensive and she worked at Gander Mountain to pay for her college.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 13, 2010, 03:28:07 PM
Belushi became a Senator? When was that? Is my memory failing me that much in my old age? I thought he just ended up in a motel room after an OD of speedballs!

In the movie Animal House...
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Ballygrl on December 13, 2010, 03:31:04 PM
She posted that in the BOG forum, I don't think people are allowed to post opposing views in that forum, maybe she should've posted in the GD forum to see what the reaction would be.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: Mike220 on December 13, 2010, 03:32:25 PM
That's why I threw in the disclaimer at the end.  I know that not everyone is able to follow the traditional model of attending college, and don't begrudge anyone for taking a different path.

I know, but this being a DUmmy's kid, I doubt he took a hard degree. No science/math/engineering for the little buttercup. Gotta save the world! So I guess he's a liberal arts grad.

And my own disclaimer: Liberal arts in and of themselves aren't a bad thing. I enjoy philosophy, history and photography. Doesn't mean you can't get a good job and succeed. But you have to apply yourself a lot hard to stand out of the crowd of LibArt graduates that leave the universities each year.

And what I've seen of many liberal arts students these days is they expect to graduate and go into $75,000+/year jobs because they're entitled, damnit! Look at Little Miss Sunshine who spent $100 grand on a Women's Studies degree in New York and now can't cover her loans. Unfortunately our universities have become little better than a continuation of high school. You can actually go to college without being able to read, write, or do math these days. There are remedial classes for that. Seriously? If you can't do those things, our universities shouldn't be open to you. Harsh yes, but the fact is that it's supposed to be hard to get a degree. I guess this is what equality of outcome for all has done to us.
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: AllosaursRus on December 13, 2010, 03:42:24 PM
In the movie Animal House...

Ah, gotcha! Forgot about that! Thought maybe he was thinkin' of the limp dick from MI, Stewart Smalley, wasn't it! Franken couldn't squeeze the pimples on Belushi's ass! We'd have been a lot better off with Belushi! At least he admitted his faults! Still a libber, though!
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: NHSparky on December 13, 2010, 03:48:07 PM
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he has health insurance under my husband's policy for the next two years while he's looking for work

And there's the money quote, boys and girls.  DUmmies are more interested in womyn's studies, underwater basket weaving, etc., instead of getting a USEFUL education which will make them more valuable to potential employers. 

Had he been more inclined to major in something which would make him employable rather than some bullshit major where he could float a keg every night, he'd have a job waiting for him or find one very soon after graduation, should he have been so motivated.  IOW, you graduated college, DUmmies, but not all educations are equal.  Paying $40K a year to get a $30K a year job is what is commonly referred to as a "poor return on investment."

But no, we're not going to see that--just your usual slacker stoner at age 25, sitting on the couch like in the anti-drug commercial, hitting the bong and saying, "Yeah, ma--I'll look for a job today!"

And the DUmmie cycle continues....
Title: Re: "Say what you will, but I got a kid graduating college this month" (hedgehog)
Post by: AllosaursRus on December 13, 2010, 03:56:40 PM
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7436/att00010n.jpg)