By the way, one response was that we have declining fatalities due to increased safety hardware such as air bags and seatbelts (and I will add anti-lock brakes.)  I would accept that, except we also see a decline in the number of accidents, and reported in the second link above. The flattening of the decline corresponds with the *increasing criminalization of texting.* Correlation for sure, but I posit that there may actually be causation: People still text, but “hide” it from the cops, which means putting the phones lower in their laps–forcing their eyes off the road for a longer time. I found a very interesting correlation here.  Anyone care to speculate on how causality might be at play here?) (And no, I am not suggesting causality here… necessarily. Note:  The decline occurred concurrent with the increase in texting overall, and almost certainly an increase in texting while driving as well. With a noteable exception: In 2011 the decline slowed significantly and in 2012 the number went up. In a conversation over on my cousin’s Facebook wall, I was pointing out that the rate of accidents (And fatalities) per million miles traveled has been steadily declining over the past 20 years or so.
Heck, the government asked the court to interpret the law based on “what we wanted.” (Read the article, and the decision–it’s interesting to say the least.)ĭC Circuit decision:$file/14-5018-1503850.pdf Hopefully people will be able to see the difference between “what we want” and “what the law does and does not allow.” But I am less than hopeful. When it does not…” That ranks up there with “it depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” I actually could not believe this was in the decision from the 4th circuit, so I had to read it myself, but this quote shows the flaw in society at it’s best: “I am not persuaded and for a simple reason: ‘stablished by the State’ indeed means established by the state – except (interpretation being a broad term here since the court points out the wording in the law is “unabiguous” - “unambiguously restricts the Section 36B subsidy to insurance purchased on Exchanges established by the State.â€) But if one gets upset at the court, for interpreting the law then we have a more serious, fundamental, and perhaps fatal flaw in our society. One can be upset that the law was written the way it was, or that states chose to not participate. This to me is a litmus test to rationality.  If a state (up to 36 of them, depending on how you count) has decided to not create a health insurance exchange, and the Federal government has extended their exchange over that state’s citizens, then–by law–the feds cannot subsidize those policies.
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