I am saying that the news discusses stories like Epstein instead of discussing the important things, like healthcare policy. Everyone knows Epstein's name and history. Who knows about Stephen Parente? Which is actually important to your life?

but why is this event in 2019 a distraction from a nomination that happened in 2017?

brenda destro is the assistant secretary for planning and evaluation btw, so its already been filled

https://aspe.hhs.gov/key-staff

and has been since i guess 2018

All the events the news discusses are distractions from important discussions. There is no "news event" here. There is no dateline. Just a non-event.

What happened to your backlog?

excuse me?

Is Blonde pregnant?

Why is she falling asleep on this stream?

You said there is a backlog. That is why Parente didn't get a vote, right?

i was operating on your assumption that hes nominated and the position hasnt been filled

but clearly your assumption is wrong

but now its my fault? lol bro

What assumption?

that theres a position to fill and that it will be parente

All I said was that he was nominated and didn't get a vote.

because theres no seat for him

He was nominated in 2017.

and?

He didn't get a vote.

ok and there could be many reasons why, declined the nomination, the nomination was rescinded, etc

And you are just going to speculate.

what do you expect me to do? scour the internet for it?

@Shire!
I hate you most of all.

You could watch that 2 hour YouTube video. At least the first 5 minutes of it. But you are too busy digging into the irrelevant life and death of Epstein.

why on earth would i watch that? and i sure as fuck aint digging into anythin epstein right now

No reason whatsoever. 1/5th of the U.S. economy, your healthcare system is not important.

"my" system. is not your system too?

Yes. It is. That is why I watch videos and read books. About the important things.

and the important things is a massive conspiracy to do what exactly?

To control 1/5th of the economy. To maintain the largest tax expenditure in the budget. To maintain 50% of the federal budget being spent on healthcare.

May be 40%. I forget the exact amount.

lol no bro

are you talking about medicare/medicaid?

I am including Medicare and Medicaid, yes.

medicare is 14%, medicaid is 9%

https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2018/06/01/the-federal-share-of-american-health-spending-is-now-approaching-50/#334ff0e354d1

thats also part of the mandatory spending. so thats the 12.4% that is collected from you and your employer in medicare tax

Hmmm. Government taking money from some people and putting it in the pockets of other people. Nope, can't see why the Swamp would care about that.

yes, government taxes (takes money) and pays for services. what a concept.