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[quote=flu]
I look at it another way… Health care needs to be (or is going to need to be rationed)…Folks like this I think are taking away resources from other folks who really need it.[/quote]

I’m confused by your logic here. How does insuring someone take resources away from other folks who really need it? Indeed, the claim begs the question. You’re assuming that this person, by having insurance (paid in full, presumably by her parents) will consume health care services that are less necessary than health care services someone else could consume, who is, for some reason, more deserving of those services. The assumption makes no sense.

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[quote=flu]
I look at it another way… Health care needs to be (or is going to need to be rationed)…Folks like this I think are taking away resources from other folks who really need it.[/quote]

I’m confused by your logic here. How does insuring someone take resources away from other folks who really need it? Indeed, the claim begs the question. You’re assuming that this person, by having insurance (paid in full, presumably by her parents) will consume health care services that are less necessary than health care services someone else could consume, who is, for some reason, more deserving of those services. The assumption makes no sense.

[SK in CV]

[quote=flu]
I look at it another way… Health care needs to be (or is going to need to be rationed)…Folks like this I think are taking away resources from other folks who really need it.[/quote]

I’m confused by your logic here. How does insuring someone take resources away from other folks who really need it? Indeed, the claim begs the question. You’re assuming that this person, by having insurance (paid in full, presumably by her parents) will consume health care services that are less necessary than health care services someone else could consume, who is, for some reason, more deserving of those services. The assumption makes no sense.

[SK in CV]

[quote=flu]
I look at it another way… Health care needs to be (or is going to need to be rationed)…Folks like this I think are taking away resources from other folks who really need it.[/quote]

I’m confused by your logic here. How does insuring someone take resources away from other folks who really need it? Indeed, the claim begs the question. You’re assuming that this person, by having insurance (paid in full, presumably by her parents) will consume health care services that are less necessary than health care services someone else could consume, who is, for some reason, more deserving of those services. The assumption makes no sense.

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[quote=investor]Good question. If there was a melt down (a severe lack of confidence) in the fiat currency of the US/ world, only commodities with inherant value would matter.(Food, oil for your car, gold/silver for trading purposes.) [/quote]

I question…err…probably more accurately, dispute, that gold has significant inherent value. Food does. Shelter does. Oil does. But gold? It’s value as a replacement for money is purely a social construct.

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[quote=investor]Good question. If there was a melt down (a severe lack of confidence) in the fiat currency of the US/ world, only commodities with inherant value would matter.(Food, oil for your car, gold/silver for trading purposes.) [/quote]

I question…err…probably more accurately, dispute, that gold has significant inherent value. Food does. Shelter does. Oil does. But gold? It’s value as a replacement for money is purely a social construct.

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[quote=investor]Good question. If there was a melt down (a severe lack of confidence) in the fiat currency of the US/ world, only commodities with inherant value would matter.(Food, oil for your car, gold/silver for trading purposes.) [/quote]

I question…err…probably more accurately, dispute, that gold has significant inherent value. Food does. Shelter does. Oil does. But gold? It’s value as a replacement for money is purely a social construct.

[SK in CV]

[quote=investor]Good question. If there was a melt down (a severe lack of confidence) in the fiat currency of the US/ world, only commodities with inherant value would matter.(Food, oil for your car, gold/silver for trading purposes.) [/quote]

I question…err…probably more accurately, dispute, that gold has significant inherent value. Food does. Shelter does. Oil does. But gold? It’s value as a replacement for money is purely a social construct.

[SK in CV]

[quote=investor]Good question. If there was a melt down (a severe lack of confidence) in the fiat currency of the US/ world, only commodities with inherant value would matter.(Food, oil for your car, gold/silver for trading purposes.) [/quote]

I question…err…probably more accurately, dispute, that gold has significant inherent value. Food does. Shelter does. Oil does. But gold? It’s value as a replacement for money is purely a social construct.

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[quote=UCGal]Don’t most 4 year colleges (U.S.) still require some foreign language coursework in high school? Or was that eliminated along the way.

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Most all of the more competitive schools require 2 or more years of a foreign language. The UC’s require two years, recommend more, for entering freshmen. (Curiously, at least some campuses drop that requirement for community college transfers.) Unless they’ve recently changed, Stanford requires 3 years, Harvard 4.

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[quote=UCGal]Don’t most 4 year colleges (U.S.) still require some foreign language coursework in high school? Or was that eliminated along the way.

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Most all of the more competitive schools require 2 or more years of a foreign language. The UC’s require two years, recommend more, for entering freshmen. (Curiously, at least some campuses drop that requirement for community college transfers.) Unless they’ve recently changed, Stanford requires 3 years, Harvard 4.

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[quote=UCGal]Don’t most 4 year colleges (U.S.) still require some foreign language coursework in high school? Or was that eliminated along the way.

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Most all of the more competitive schools require 2 or more years of a foreign language. The UC’s require two years, recommend more, for entering freshmen. (Curiously, at least some campuses drop that requirement for community college transfers.) Unless they’ve recently changed, Stanford requires 3 years, Harvard 4.

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[quote=UCGal]Don’t most 4 year colleges (U.S.) still require some foreign language coursework in high school? Or was that eliminated along the way.

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Most all of the more competitive schools require 2 or more years of a foreign language. The UC’s require two years, recommend more, for entering freshmen. (Curiously, at least some campuses drop that requirement for community college transfers.) Unless they’ve recently changed, Stanford requires 3 years, Harvard 4.

[SK in CV]

[quote=UCGal]Don’t most 4 year colleges (U.S.) still require some foreign language coursework in high school? Or was that eliminated along the way.

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Most all of the more competitive schools require 2 or more years of a foreign language. The UC’s require two years, recommend more, for entering freshmen. (Curiously, at least some campuses drop that requirement for community college transfers.) Unless they’ve recently changed, Stanford requires 3 years, Harvard 4.

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Was not through craigslist. Took me awhile to find it, but it was almost exactly two years ago, through vacationrentals.com. Directly with the owner, a woman named Gina.

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