Ask my kids... they'll tell you. I agree that teens, who like to take risks

Mar 26, 2019
12:35:33am

runnincoug All-American

Should know why a family can't afford something really risky. That's just smart. It's good to teach teens to be less risky and the reasons why

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runnincoug

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I’m generally not in favor of people purposely taking govt benefits when they

Philosoraptor

3/25/19 12:06pm

TNT knows people who won't go to the hospital when they are sick

TNT

3/25/19 12:08pm

I wasn't allowed to do certain fun things as a teenager because of the risk

Dissenter

3/25/19 12:24pm

Yes they should. It's called personal responsibility.

jvquarterback

3/25/19 2:30pm

That's extremely callous

Dissenter

3/25/19 2:41pm

Hogwash. A 16 yo should have a good understanding of insurance principles.

jvquarterback

3/25/19 3:22pm

ask 16 year olds what an out of pocket maximum is, or co-pay, or annuities, etc

Dissenter

3/25/19 3:43pm

This is why our country is screwed. If you haven't taught your kid about money

jvquarterback

3/25/19 7:01pm

A roth IRA? C'mon, be reasonable, dude.

Dissenter

3/25/19 9:49pm

Do better for your kids then. Poor parents create poor kids if they don't teach

jvquarterback

3/26/19 10:30am

Ask my kids... they'll tell you. I agree that teens, who like to take risks

runnincoug

3/26/19 12:35am

Your second statement is a non-sequitur. Perhaps a 16yo doesn't need to fully

supertux

3/26/19 10:55am

I'm sorry, how is health insurance not really insurance?

CommodoreCoug

3/26/19 10:54am

he said, "do not take risks into account. They are simply reallocations of

supertux

3/26/19 10:57am

Yeah, that's not right either

CommodoreCoug

3/26/19 10:58am

I don't disagree, but your post was annoying.

supertux

3/26/19 10:59am

My post asking why health insurance isn’t real insurance? OK...

CommodoreCoug

3/26/19 5:49pm

Real insurance groups people with similar risks. Current laws prohibit this.

jvquarterback

3/26/19 11:07am

But don’t most people have group coverage

CommodoreCoug

3/26/19 5:54pm

Pre existing conditions

jvquarterback

3/26/19 7:04pm

It isn't just now. For a long, long time the more you make the less the

BYU71

3/25/19 12:14pm

Welfare cliffs are asinine.

molodyets

3/25/19 12:43pm

Ive seen this at work in real life too. We should incentivize hard work

Jericho

3/25/19 12:55pm

IOts

ArchbishopMitty

3/25/19 1:36pm

It's so broken.

ArchbishopMitty

3/25/19 1:36pm

It’s a terribly broken system. I wish both side cane together to fix it properly

CodeBlueCoug

3/25/19 2:42pm

Neither side wants to fix it.

HighHorse

3/25/19 2:47pm

Veteran benefits like VA Disability is one that I have changed my tune on. I used to judge people for taking them

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