Presidential candidates were either forced or motivated to grab more votes before New Hampshire Primary. Last Minute debates from both parties on different channels disclosed this truth.
Unfortunately, it had become my routine of falling into sleep again after dinner due to exhaustion, so missed majority of the last Democratic Debate on MSNBC. However, I did catch the first topic entirely: Universal Health Care and Free College Tuition. I do care about these two issues, but honestly, my family is the beneficiary of current systems. It's fair to say that we may not benefit from any reformation.
In terms of Health Insurance, I am covered by my employer's plan, though it has been less lucrative than before because I have 10% co-pay now, still a pretty good one compared to others, so is my son as my dependent. Any reformation could have our plan worsened because of adverse tax implications either on corporate or person, maybe both. You can tell, my son and I are covered by a comprehensive plan for health, dental and prescription drug.
My parents are covered by Medicare A, B and D, Washington State also provides additional assistance through a customized Medicaid Program. The plans cost our family very insignificantly, so any additional social welfare reformation may not do any better to us. Actually, my parents could apply to get plenty of free foods under current program but I never applied for them because I am helping the government to save the cost. I heard some seniors even can qualify monetary assistance on monthly basis but never spent time to find it out.
My son goes to one of the best global universities according to US News, A World Report.
He is in 2nd Quarter of Sophomore year and has paid off the tuition for it. So far, he has paid tuition for five quarters, if he can graduate in four years, there will be 7 more quarters to pay. Let's use 5,000 bucks per quarter including escalation and books, it would be $35,000. Though it is significant in our family's budgets, I am able to handle it in the next two years. He never applied any scholarship or sponsorship at the college because we are helping the government in this regard too. His total tuition for the year of 2015 was:
However, as a citizen, I realize these are the critical issues for every American who belongs to average middle class or below. Not was my family covered by health insurance plans, we would file bankruptcy pretty easily. Did my son go to Ivy League, I would be broke pretty quickly. I would like to be a beneficiary of a well designed and implemented social welfare system, then I wouldn't worry about anything but enjoy the life.
Gopro's stock price was dragged under 10 bucks, which became a significant barrier. It tried to get back to double digits but never succeeded during the trading session. In addition to other negative comments and analysis from various firms, one analyst from another firm exaggerated that camera can't compete with smartphone, and might even imply it to be replaced by smartphone eventually. First of all, smartphone is not created for camera, it is only one of the functions for users' convenience, so smartphone can't own all sophisticated features technologically and economically; Secondly, Photo snapping and video taking on smartphone are not private. Without sharing in public domain, such as social media platforms, the contents have been snatched by smartphone manufacturers, cell phone network carriers and public domain owners. If you want to keep something private or protect your own intellectual properties, you have to use unhooked cameras. I don't think I ever shared this clip online, so no one probably watched this before because I took it on camera instead of my smartphone. This was in Skansen Open Air Museum on 7/20. The girl waved her hand to me while singing beautiful song with her partner for the kids. I noticed her partner seemed asking her who I was, she answered because she apparently knew. Actually, my next destination was Abba Museum where was only 1 kilometer away from Skansen. Should I go to watch Eurovision 2016, I would keep all photos and clips in my own camera.
I plan to go to gym at 5 am where I haven't gone for almost two weeks due to the cold. I still can sleep two more hours.
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