Truth Detector Test

I've heard our leaders say, "Your Covid test is free.
  Your government pays." ~ Well, that means you and me!
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Krutsinger Avatar
February 15, 2022 at 2:21 PM
Why do we always forget we ARE the government?
Kiser Avatar
February 15, 2022 at 1:21 PM
No doubt!
Brewer Avatar
February 15, 2022 at 3:54 AM
So true, but only they can create money out of thin air.
Lawless Avatar
February 14, 2022 at 6:19 AM
They asked the ironworkers if they could pass a drug test.....they answered: "as long as it's not written".
George Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 10:09 PM
Much free for us, but more we pay by way of tax.... ! Ha... ha !
Roper Avatar
February 14, 2022 at 7:28 PM
yes, we pay by way of tax...
Leffanta Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 10:16 AM
$30-Trillion and counting! What a gift to our grandchildren - mountains of debt! Well said, Gershon! Aloha!
Wolf Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 7:57 PM
Yes, $30 trillion is quite a hefty 'gift' to generations unborn, and it's not even tax-deductible... Thanks, Rico.
Brown Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 7:18 AM
Gershon, You hit the mark today. It's "We the People" who pay for the testing. If "We the people" don't wake up, we are not going to have a free society for much longer. I hope people will wake up and use common sense on these issues. Well written. Happy Valentines Day ~ Debra
Wolf Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 7:57 PM
'We the People', like sheep being led to the slaughterhouse sometimes. ~ Baa-baa
DiMino Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 3:49 AM
Hear you! I think even some Democrats are starting to wake-up -- the security of government jobs to be swallowed up by inflation, a dollar soon to be worthless, and replaced by government controlled computer points. Boy, are we going to love that, told exactly where we can spend, on what and when.
Wolf Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 7:30 AM
A dollar? What's that? Haven't we switched over to Bitcoin or Dogecoin yet, with a picture of AOC on Bitcoin and Bernie Sanders on Dogecoin ('cos he's a 'real doge')?! lol. Loving it, exactly right. ~ Implanted Robot Brain gw3745.9
Baker Avatar
February 12, 2022 at 10:10 PM
Yep, there no such thing as a free lunch or anything else now that I think about it. Somebody's paying for it, and it's probably the masses. Good one, Gershon. Bill
Boles Avatar
February 12, 2022 at 10:05 PM
You ain't kiddin' sir! Did you get a tax refund last year? I sure didn't. They say life's too short to grumble. Peace...ab
Roper Avatar
February 12, 2022 at 9:46 PM
I am confused. I just took my 3-year grandson to the doctor this morning. I get his prescriptions there. With his meds, they gave 4 free Covid test and four more next month. Wasn't charged, didn't ask, but was happy to hear it and receive. I do see the charge that I am not charged for is on my insurance form on Medicare.
Roper Avatar
February 14, 2022 at 7:22 PM
I did mention, the charge of $56. on my Medcare summary for the testing at the hospital. I have been tested asymptomatic twice. And I fumed over it because I wasn't ill, I just went in for an acute pancreatitis caused from a gallbladder stone in Dec. 2021. I got very ill on Feb. 2020 and kept being misdiagnosed for a month. I feel I had Covid then, but it wasn't known that it was here at the time.
Wolf Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 12:52 AM
So, Eve: Who pays for your test if you don't?! It costs money, of course. The answer is that all of us taxpayers are paying for all of our tests, as they are 'government-funded.' So the 'free business' is yet another government scam. If we had to pay (even part of the cost), then you can be sure nobody who's asymptomatic would take a test, and all this nonsense-testing would go right out the window and into the trash can in which they belong... Now you have had a taste of welfare: FREE MONEY. WHY WORK -- Others will pay for me to stay home (and shoot dope). ~ Reality Check Time, gw
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