Recent content by paj

By public debt: http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/774/economics/list-of-national-debt-by-country/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_public_debt

My biggest annoyance with Fidelity is that the cost basis in ATP only updates once a day. Other than that, I think they're great. I tend to use Fidelity for my longer term swing trades and IB for day trading.

To be fair, if you're day trading with Fidelity, you'll be in the $8.00 commission category, or at least the 10.95 one. http://personal.fidelity.com/products/trading/Commissions_Margin_Rates/Commissions_Margin_Rates.shtml.cvsr

This is the "trading" forum, not the "day trading" forum. A multi-month position is still a trade.

So you're against welfare. Yet you have no problem with others paying increased insurance premiums to subsidize your treatment. I wonder if you'd look at things differently if it turned out to be more than "nothing but gas". Perhaps something that required months of treatment and long term...

Yes, but thunderdogs post, to which I was replying, was in response to angrycat. I thought his post was funny and I was simply continuing the banter. I wish I hadn't bothered now.

lol. I wonder if his insurance covers substance abuse.

How about those that move to the US from another country? How about those that lose their employer subsidized insurance through no fault of their own? How about a dozen other scenarios that leaves people looking for insurance with a pre-existing condition?

So just like the US then? ;) But thank you for the clarification on NHS coverage. I was unaware of that.

Insurance is also available in the UK, so yes, people do have a real choice. They can also be sure they will never have to choose between treatment and bankruptcy.

In the UK you have a choice. If you feel the National Health Service is not meeting your needs, you can pay for private medical care. But there is always the peace-of-mind that you will never have to declare bankruptcy due to medical bills.

If only it were that simple. How about this scenario... You worked hard for a living and you have health care and life insurance. You did not go to college. You did not ask for handouts and you are covered. You were unfortunate enough to contract a serious illness after which your insurance...

The 50% is only on earnings above £150,000. On £250,000 or $360,000 gross earnings. UK Income tax 0% on first £6,475 10% on next £2,230 22% on next £34,600 40% on next £108,925 50% on the rest Total income tax paid = £76,492.5 / $112,571 National insurance 11% on first...

Unless you determine "best" as being the most responsive to those with health insurance, then those links show that the US is NOT the best. Also of note, is the US is the only country in the developed world, with the exception of South Africa, that does not provide health care for all of its...

How about the World Health Organization? http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html ... or the University of Maine http://dll.umaine.edu/ble/U.S.%20HCweb.pdf By the way, it's ironic that you misspelt prevalent in the same sentence you called someone ignorant!