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by Steve Watts, Oct 05, 2012 9:30am PDTWhether for the interest in politics or just wanting free Avatar armor, the Xbox Live airing of the presidential debates drew in plenty of users. Microsoft has revealed a few statistics from its live polls, and just as the reaction from pundits and politicos, Romney came out on top.
IGN reports that 11% of the voters identified themselves as undecided, and 17% said they were leaning toward President Obama or Republican candidate Mitt Romney. In 9 out of 10 questions, Romney exceeded his baseline of support, while Obama suffered the inverse with 8 out of 10 questions losing support. 88% of respondents said they are "likely voters" and 69% said they will "definitely talk" to people about the election. Microsoft said that the daily polls have attracted roughly 10,000 users, and that the debate polls "far exceeded this number."
Three more debates are set for this presidential election, all of which will be similarly streamed on Xbox Live. The vice presidential candidates take the stage on October 11. The presidential candidates will spar town hall-style over foreign and domestic policy on October 16, and then discuss foreign policy alone on October 22.
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Microsoft has released live poll stats from its first streamed presidential debate, and says Romney came out gaining support.
Microsoft has released live poll stats from its first streamed presidential debate, and says Romney came out gaining support. : Shacknews
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As for the Canadians having some utopia of health insurance, there are many cases, a lot of rationing and they even are forced to allow private care now.
As for people who will pay the fine/tax instead of getting health insurance "They also estimate that most of the 6 million who pay the penalty tax will be low- or middle-income earners. About 600,000 individuals and families in poverty will pay the tax, meaning individuals who earn less than $12,000 per year and families who earn less than $24,600 (see the table below). About half, or 3 million, will earn less than 300 percent of the poverty level, which is roughly the median income. " Who made these estimates? Why the CBO and JCT did. http://taxfoundation.org/blog/obamacare-penalty-tax-now-estimated-hit-6-million
As for the Medicare being so efficient... they are spending roughly $50 billion a year in improper payments, which of course doesn't include their drug benefit.
Are we obese because we have bad health care? This can't be serious. Until bad health care makes you eat a terrible diet, be lazy and no doing any sort of minimal working out then obviously the answer is no. This is a prime example however of a lack of responsibility for one's self. The last number I recall about overweight/obese people in America put it at 60%+ of adults. There is a wealth of information out there about how being overweight is terrible for your health, there is a wide variety of places to workout for free. Unless you have some sort of medical condition that causes it, there is zero excuse. My friend whom is a double above the knee amputee... is in shape. My friend whom had limb salvage performed on him... is in shape... my friend who can't lift his ankle.. in shape. This is exactly the problem with the United States today, zero responsibility to the individual.
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