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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 03:34 PM

Jul 2012

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In other nations "freeloaders" are called citizens [View all] whatchamacallit Jul 2012 OP

Why are you asking DUers this? You should be asking the teabaggers and freepers. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #1

Because it is being used here, by a few people. We expect it from teabaggers sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #2

Here whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #3

Have any more links? SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #7

Possibly whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #9

Oh I see SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #11

Poll_Blind refers to some posts with similar messages below whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #14

Thanks I didn't see those SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #16

This "freeloaders" meme has been going on since Hiilary Clinton, under whose candidacy the... Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #18

And here too, lots of threads with this sort of talk in them: Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #4

And Nancy Pelosi calls them "freeriders" instead of "freeloaders". Listen to her here: Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #8

She is not talking about people who can't afford it SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #21

None of my friends defrauded the healtcare system, which is what she implies. Have yours? Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #23

No, none of my friends have either SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #25

"So, when they get sick, then they think they can just dip into it and that makes it more... Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #27

Thanks for showing me that. SunsetDreams Jul 2012 #32

The reason why the quote from the President begins with "First, ..." it's because the words which... Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #35

If you have resources, the hospital will come after you.. girl gone mad Jul 2012 #34

Free riders is better - just like the unions use SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #5

And Unions are some of the ones best suited to responding constructively to this perceived patrice Jul 2012 #29

I agree SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #30

Yep. AND some of those are the MOST financially powerful of us all. Others, the least! patrice Jul 2012 #33

I don't like that framing either. Solly Mack Jul 2012 #6

If they don't villify the 44 million Americans who don't have insurance as "freeloaders" then... Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #10

*The ACA provides freedom and opportunity to all Americans* CJCRANE Jul 2012 #12

Freedom. Doesn't that imply choice? nt Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #15

Freedom from the worry of crippling debt... CJCRANE Jul 2012 #19

The threat of crippling debt is not going to go away SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #22

Try again without the (surprsingly weak) word games. Does "freedom" imply choice? nt Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #24

Of course it implies choice... CJCRANE Jul 2012 #28

I have no ProSense Jul 2012 #13

Freeloaders is a very poor term for people to use. MineralMan Jul 2012 #17

Agree 100% with everything you said n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #20

This is ProSense Jul 2012 #31

It's interesting that another entity can decide what we can afford whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #36

Problem ProSense Jul 2012 #39

Again whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #41

I did no such thing. n/t ProSense Jul 2012 #42

Exactly n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #44

Bill Maher is now using 'freeloader'... PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #26

In this context, freeloaders are people who don't pay for their own healthcare JDPriestly Jul 2012 #37

I suppose seeking health care only when you need it could be viewed as irresponsible whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #38

In Those Nations, All Citizens Pay Into Their Healthcare System Yavin4 Jul 2012 #40

Yeah it's all the same whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #43

The Corp. That Provides Your Electricity Is Private Yavin4 Jul 2012 #46

Verbal Ju Jitsu-use THEIR insults against THEM! Drives them crazy. ErikJ Jul 2012 #45

Ya know, if it's directed toward people who HAVE wealth and refuse to pay into the system.... NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #47

Thanks Captain Condescension whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #48

It's a process, it's steps in the right direction. Here... NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #49