[ExI] Tap tap..Hello? Is this thing on? (Or Zombie Apocalypse!)

[spike]

From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Anderson
Subject: Re: [ExI] Tap tap..Hello? Is this thing on? (Or Zombie Apocalypse!)

 

On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:48 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

Indeed sir.  ObamaCare has created more distrust in society than I have seen
in my lifetime.  I predict catastrophic failure of the whole venture.

 

I'll second that. However, it will take a long time for the Democrats to
acknowledge it as a failure. They still haven't acknowledged their past
failures in similar redistribution of wealth schemes. In fact, they point at
these failures as their greatest successes. It boggles the mind.

 

-Kelly

 

One of the things that went wrong I can see already.  The Healthcare.gov
site is a place to gather information, an insurance shopping mall.  It has
been down since it opened on 1 October, but I kept trying.  This morning I
get thru for the first time.  The very first thing they do is ask a bunch of
questions confirming my identity, such as three security questions which
made me squirm, then immediately went about trying to verify my identity,
asking my full legal name, first, middle, and last, my address, my social
security number, everything they need to do identity theft.  They want my
social security number which is actually a tax ID number, linked to the
outfit which has been visiting Tea Party members with an audit team as soon
as they can be identified.  They do this while claiming to not be
politically motivated.  They want this sent over an open link which can be
read by the NSA and shared with anyone they want.  

 

The former head of the IRS recently lied to congress, which is illegal as
all hell, by saying she did nothing illegal when email shows she did, then
invoked the fifth amendment and left the courtroom.  So we are to dump all
this personal information into a site run by the government?  Indeed?  What
happened to setting up a site where we can shop our healthcare options?  Is
this that?  Last time I went to the shopping mall, they didn't ask for my
tax ID or ask any personal questions.  If the system is supposed to require
the exchanges to sell you insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions,
why do they even need to know all this stuff?

 

This system is so doomed to fail, even while they threaten to shut down the
government if it does not get implemented this year.

 

spike

 

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