Posted on 10/08/2013 11:49:19 AM PDT by edwinland
The gang of bikers who were filmed beating up a SUV driver had allegedly intimidated and terrorized people on a previous rides.
A new video has emerged of a dozens of motorcyclists attacking car drivers, riding through red lights and even speeding along the sidewalk.
The latest footage was reportedly uploaded by the same motorcyclist who posted the shocking clip of driver Alexian Lien being beaten by an angry group of riders.
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I got the link from another Freeper who posted them on one of the first set of threads. That is probably where you saw it.
Could you point me to any commentary you've read that suggests poor people are unhappy? My impression from various forums is that people with pre-existing conditions who are not covered by group plans are thrilled because their net costs are being cut in half (or more).
The only not-too-positive views I've read are from people who aren't happy that they're not eligible for subsidies because they don't make the 138% of poverty income threshold because their state hasn't signed up for the Medicaid expansion (which would enroll any household making up to 133% of the poverty threshold in Medicaid aka zero-cost-to-the-user health insurance without any asset test). Households under the 138% of poverty income thresholds whose states don't sign up for the Medicaid expansion get hit by a double whammy. Premiums are skyrocketing because of Obamacare, but they're not eligible for subsidies. They don't have to pay the fine, but they're no better off than they used to be, in the sense that insurance is even further out of reach due to premium hikes.
Besides, the 138% poverty threshold is peanuts. Minimum wage workers like the ones who work at fast food restaurants and retail stores will benefit because they will no longer have to choose between medical coverage through Medicaid and working (which disqualifies many from Medicaid without earning them enough to buy individual medical insurance, since few retail jobs offer medical coverage). For instance, a two-income couple that works for minimum wage at fast food restaurants will earn $21,866 if both average 29 hours a week 52 weeks a year. They earn too much to be eligible for Medicaid, but too little to buy medical insurance, which comes out to between $5K to $7K a year. Under Obamacare, they pay $759 a year, and the Federal government (aka budget aka taxpayers, eventually) makes up the $4311 difference The problem, of course, is the hit to the federal budget. If 50m people are subsidized for this amount annually, the cost is $100b a year or more, depending on how high premiums get.
“Including NYPD cops.”
All 35,000 0f them? That must have been quite a sight.
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