Not morally equivalent. I would not force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term if she did not want to be pregnant. So my support would consist of doing what I can to ensure that she's the only person who gets to decide whether she remains pregnant. --Bob
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So you wouldn't help someone who decided to have the baby. Got it.
Well, then
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Not what I said. I was specifically addressing the situation of a woman who does not want to be pregnant. A woman who has decided to carry the pregnancy to term has decided that she does want to be, or at least is willing to be, pregnant. And since that woman, presumably unknown to me, is able to actualize her own decisions, I feel no moral obligation to intervene in her life. --BobBeebs52 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:24 pmSo you wouldn't help someone who decided to have the baby. Got it.
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And since that woman, presumably unknown to me, is able to actualize her own decisions, I feel no moral obligation to intervene in her life.
Moral obligation. Hmm. But you would intervene in the others...
Moral obligation. Hmm. But you would intervene in the others...
Well, then
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No, I would intervene in the political system to prevent other people from intervening in her life.
The principle is pretty easy. The woman gets to decide whether or not she wants to remain pregnant. I'll support her right to make that choice, whatever choice she elects. I'll oppose efforts to interfere with her ability to make her own choices. --Bob
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Not to mention supporting the resulting child.
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Bob#s>>" So my support would consist of doing what I can to ensure that she's the only person who gets to decide whether she remains pregnant. --Bob"<<<
So you are heading to Texas to work on the modern version of the Underground Railroad?
So you are heading to Texas to work on the modern version of the Underground Railroad?
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Half of these rankings are good things, but you're too dumb to realize that. You just copy & paste without any actual understanding.
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I'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
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Texas is ranked 21st (where 1st is best) in infant mortality. Which is the combined result of the need and use of baby wellness checks and clinical care for infants. So knock those two off as irrelevant.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 amI'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
As far as school funding, most of the school funding is wasted money. A dollar doesn't educate any better than 10 when the kids and their parents don't give a crap. The US is well behind Japan and Korea in education yet we spend 25% and 39% more per student respectively.
That's 3 of the 6, or half.
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Infant mortality isn't on the list.BackInTex wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:34 amTexas is ranked 21st (where 1st is best) in infant mortality. Which is the combined result of the need and use of baby wellness checks and clinical care for infants. So knock those two off as irrelevant.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 amI'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
As far as school funding, most of the school funding is wasted money. A dollar doesn't educate any better than 10 when the kids and their parents don't give a crap. The US is well behind Japan and Korea in education yet we spend 25% and 39% more per student respectively.
That's 3 of the 6, or half.
SSS asked estonut which of those items on the list he regarded as a good statistic, after he posted this: Half of these rankings are good things, but you're too dumb to realize that. You just copy & paste without any actual understanding.
He hasn't answered that, and you haven't either.
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I thought this was pretty clear.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 amI'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
As written, the list states the following:
Ranks 50th in uninsured women. That means that all other states have more uninsured women.
Ranks 43rd in maternal mortality. That means that 42 other states have more women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy,
Ranks 46th in child hunger. That means that 45 other states have more hungry children.
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And you didn't say "as written." You just said those were "good things." And they're not.Estonut wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:23 pmI thought this was pretty clear.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 amI'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
As written, the list states the following:
Ranks 50th in uninsured women. That means that all other states have more uninsured women.
Ranks 43rd in maternal mortality. That means that 42 other states have more women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy,
Ranks 46th in child hunger. That means that 45 other states have more hungry children.
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With all due respect, you are misreading these figures.Estonut wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:23 pmI thought this was pretty clear.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 amI'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
As written, the list states the following:
Ranks 50th in uninsured women. That means that all other states have more uninsured women.
Ranks 43rd in maternal mortality. That means that 42 other states have more women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy,
Ranks 46th in child hunger. That means that 45 other states have more hungry children.
Uninsured women - In Texas 23% of women are uninsured, the next lowest is Oklahoma at 21%. The lowest is the District of Columbia and Massachusetts with 3%.
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-polic ... -coverage/
Maternal Mortality - Texas - (34.5/1000) just behind Missouri (34.6/1000) and just ahead of South Carolina (27.9/1000). Lowest is Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont (0/1000) indicating that the number was so low as to be statistically meaningless
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state ... e-by-state
Child Hunger - Texas - 22.5% of children are in food insecure households, just behind Alabama with 22.3 and just ahead of Mississippi with 22.9%. North Dakota has the lowest rate with 9.8.
https://www.childrensdefense.org/policy ... er-tables/
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kroxquo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:56 pmWith all due respect, you are misreading these figures.Estonut wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:23 pmI thought this was pretty clear.silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:46 amI'm curious which of those you think is a good statistic. By the way, Georgia ranks 50th (ahead of only Louisiana, the stats take DC into account) in maternal mortality rates, so I guess Texas has a bit to brag about in that regard.
As written, the list states the following:
Ranks 50th in uninsured women. That means that all other states have more uninsured women.
Ranks 43rd in maternal mortality. That means that 42 other states have more women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy,
Ranks 46th in child hunger. That means that 45 other states have more hungry children.
Uninsured women - In Texas 23% of women are uninsured, the next lowest is Oklahoma at 21%. The lowest is the District of Columbia and Massachusetts with 3%.
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-polic ... -coverage/
Maternal Mortality - Texas - (34.5/1000) just behind Missouri (34.6/1000) and just ahead of South Carolina (27.9/1000). Lowest is Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont (0/1000) indicating that the number was so low as to be statistically meaningless
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state ... e-by-state
Child Hunger - Texas - 22.5% of children are in food insecure households, just behind Alabama with 22.3 and just ahead of Mississippi with 22.9%. North Dakota has the lowest rate with 9.8.
https://www.childrensdefense.org/policy ... er-tables/
Esto is being deliberately obtuse. He's playing the grammar Nazi card, saying that if Texas ranks 50th in uninsured women, that means they're the best at insuring women. He's saying that what it should say is that Texas ranks last in insured women, etc.
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So what exactly does this Child Hunger metric mean? Texas has one of the lowest costs of living while also having one of the lowest unemployment rates and lots of open high paying jobs.kroxquo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:56 pm
Child Hunger - Texas - 22.5% of children are in food insecure households, just behind Alabama with 22.3 and just ahead of Mississippi with 22.9%. North Dakota has the lowest rate with 9.8.
https://www.childrensdefense.org/policy ... er-tables/
There is no sane way that these numbers can be regarded as "good."
Over 1 in 5 Texas children live in a home where the responsible adults can't (or won't) properly provide for them? Then to me it means we have a higher rate of adults having made poor life choices that put them in a position where they can't properly, or won't as the case is much of the time, handle their own responsibilities and need the government to fulfill their adult responsibilities for them, i.e., more Democrat voters. This is not the kids' fault of course, but we are not doing what is necessary to the stop the cycle, so we continue the "Great Dependent Society".
Also, it looks like the metric is a percentage that participate in SNAP, not kids actually going hungry (just that might go hungry if they didn't get assistance). If that is he case, Texas IS taking care of them.
Oh, by the way, when you look at the 'under 5' metric, Texas is at 15.6% while California (that great "caring" bastion of compassion) is at 21.6%, 2nd to another bastion of Liberalism, Vermont which is at an astounding 23.1%
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This seems appropriate.BackInTex wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:49 pmSo what exactly does this Child Hunger metric mean? Texas has one of the lowest costs of living while also having one of the lowest unemployment rates and lots of open high paying jobs.kroxquo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:56 pm
Child Hunger - Texas - 22.5% of children are in food insecure households, just behind Alabama with 22.3 and just ahead of Mississippi with 22.9%. North Dakota has the lowest rate with 9.8.
https://www.childrensdefense.org/policy ... er-tables/
There is no sane way that these numbers can be regarded as "good."
Over 1 in 5 Texas children live in a home where the responsible adults can't (or won't) properly provide for them? Then to me it means we have a higher rate of adults having made poor life choices that put them in a position where they can't properly, or won't as the case is much of the time, handle their own responsibilities and need the government to fulfill their adult responsibilities for them, i.e., more Democrat voters. This is not the kids' fault of course, but we are not doing what is necessary to the stop the cycle, so we continue the "Great Dependent Society".
Also, it looks like the metric is a percentage that participate in SNAP, not kids actually going hungry (just that might go hungry if they didn't get assistance). If that is he case, Texas IS taking care of them.
Oh, by the way, when you look at the 'under 5' metric, Texas is at 15.6% while California (that great "caring" bastion of compassion) is at 21.6%, 2nd to another bastion of Liberalism, Vermont which is at an astounding 23.1%
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