Just like a liberal to not do their own research and accept the talking points their masters spout.
As opposed to just taking a block of text on the internet for truth. I understand you're trolling. That's cool, but you're the one who made a claim. I have no responsibility to dig up facts for things you claim to be true. Also, reading the article, you're really rolling the facts. By your logic, he could've saved himself $480,000 by dropping coverage before the bill passed. Nothing's changed other than him saving less money if he decides to be a douche.
Your question was a perceived answer to another question. I don't know if you're going for some form of annoying Socratic Method, or are being sincere (trolloololol). Let me try answering it for you, however.
Yes. That is his first initial, and his middle name. However, you're using it in a sense that is not generally practiced by the vast majority of the population in our country. People, for example, have never called me P. Daniel. I have known people who are referred to by their middle name rather than their first, however, again, it's not standard to include a first initial, nor is it a practiced tradition to refer to someone by their middle name unless specifically requested by that person. As far as I know, Mr. Obama has, in fact, not initiated such a request.
Now, I could go on to assume that you are doing it to be an insulting sleezebag, making the obvious, yet erroneous, connection to Saddam Hussein or perhaps his Muslim-Father heritage (albeit, religion is not a physical genetic trait that can be passed down from person to person), but to do so may put you under an inappropriate label of "idiot rightwing jackass", thus filling the same wasted bag of flesh-space of, say, Rush Limbaugh.
I'd much rather give you the benefit of the doubt and let you tell me that somewhere in Ass-Backwards Middle America where the real Americans are that this is common practice.
As for this:
Why should people put frivolous shit above their health? Talk about irresponsible.
Because saving everything you make to create a buffer of outflow monies required to pay for the insane amount required by a health insurance company for a family of four would only allow for a short term burst of coverage that would not provide care for any pre-existing condition, assuming the family could even GET coverage to begin with. Blue Cross just quoted me and my hypothetical family (Husband, Wife, both 30, 2 Dependants, 5 year old boy, 1 year old girl) $2,256 a MONTH for $0 deductible per calendar year. If I don't have a cell phone, or a car payment, or even a mortgage, that's still more than the average american makes in one month.
But WAIT! Here's a cheaper plan for $196 a month for my family of 4! Aweso.. oh, a $10,000 deductible before insurance will even begin to cover anything, and even then I'm stuck with 30% of the cost... well, that seems reasonable for my $40,000 a year job before taxes when I am the only Money Earner because we can't afford Day Care if my wife works! Woot, with insurance, we're just one broken bone away from financial ruin! Talk about irresponsible to hope to god a 5 year old won't break his arm.
So, explain to me again how spending money on a cell phone or not spending money on a cell phone is supposed to fix this?
