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nobodyspecial

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8. It's not a requirement

Reply to gateley (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 09:20 AM

Mar 2012

Just an option to allow the parents to buy.

On edit: The child also give the parent the money for the added cost if no other option is available, so the family can decide how to handle it. Many young workers don't have access to health care. They are also the most profitable, which helps cover the payouts for older workers.

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Truly baffling Times/CBS poll result [View all] Proud Public Servant Mar 2012 OP

Hmm ananda Mar 2012 #1

It could be the wording. Ian David Mar 2012 #2

+1 Most polls are designed to influence opinion, not measure it. Scuba Mar 2012 #5

Could be, I suppose [n/t] Proud Public Servant Mar 2012 #7

It could just be the 28% that doesn't want the government to enforce ANY requirements, gateley Mar 2012 #3

It's not a requirement nobodyspecial Mar 2012 #8

The argument against that Proud Public Servant Mar 2012 #9

You are seeing that there is ~30% of the population that care only for themselves. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #4

All they heard was "Do you approve of Obamacare?" democrat_patriot Mar 2012 #6

They are the same 28% who hate all things social BlueToTheBone Mar 2012 #10

Ayn Rand groupies and Teabaggers. No surprise there. lib_wit_it Mar 2012 #11

There are people that don't want to pay. People that don't like their kids. Renew Deal Mar 2012 #12

It's the 27% Crazification Factor muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #13

Great explanation...and great read! [nt] Proud Public Servant Mar 2012 #14

I've met some Republican types who have made it big and today call themselves conservatives. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #15

As a parent Proud Public Servant Mar 2012 #16

I can't fathom it either. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #17