FlowVoid @ FlowVoid @lemmy.world

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CEOs die all the time, it never affects the profit-seeking of large corporations.

If the IDF had not responded to 10/6 by invading Gaza, would that would likewise signal their "compliance"?

Clever. But no. No more than you want to see Gazans die.

That's pretty much what the IDF says whenever they kill a member of Hamas.

Personally I don't want to be in their company.

UHC won't stop doing anything just to protect an employee. And there is no shortage of people willing to take the job.

Killing someone doesn't change an organization.

The only change here will be an unexpected promotion for the person who will continue the former CEO's work. Maybe they are celebrating with you.

No, they didn't. UHC will reject claims tomorrow just as they did yesterday.

The person in question has not improved anything. Tomorrow UHC will reject claims just as it did yesterday.

Whatever you're doing gestures wildly is also not working.

That doesn't follow.

Evil often takes action against another evil, and the result is often a worse world. See: Bibi vs Hamas.

Not all action against evil leads to a better world.

But it may violate the TOS here.

Being happy and celebrating are not so different.

The only way to gut Social Security unilaterally would be to nuke the filibuster, and Thune said he won't do that.

Probably because he knows that if he did, then the next time Democrats hold a trifecta they will use it to enact a far more progressive version of Social Security. And unilaterally gutting Social Security would very likely give Democrats that trifecta in 2028.

You are referring to "reconciliation", which cannot be filibustered.

Reconciliation can be used for the regular budget, but changes to Social Security are explicitly prohibited.

Keep in mind that Social Security retirement benefits depend on your contributions. So by capping the amount you contribute, Social Security also caps the amount you will receive.

Only if Republicans convince 7 Democratic Senators to help them reach the 60 needed to gut Social Security.

Which won't happen.

Agree. DST is set by an act of Congress, and it can only be changed by an act of Congress.

Shit job? Schumer got McConnell to help him by offering two circuit court vacancies that no longer exist.

As a result, Biden is on track to confirm more judges than Trump did.

If you have a salary that's in the hundreds of thousands and you think that you're doing well?

If you have that salary, then you can have a comfortable life. And if you have a comfortable life, then you are doing well.