@AmberWavesofFlame "Costs?" You can't lower costs. You can lower a price though.
Price is not a cost. Price is a trade rate. Cost is an outlay.
Until people learn language, they can not think straight.
Price is not a cost. Price is a trade rate. Cost is an outlay.
Until people learn language, they can not think straight.
@JohnGritt “cost” more closely mirrors the language in the bill, which focuses on insurance deductibles and cost-sharing rather than retail price. Where no single word is comprehensively accurate, reflecting the source language is one way to avoid introducing an additional layer of imprecision. The meme prominently cites the original bill for a full analysis.
That being said, you’re right. Words matter, and accurate concepts matter, particularly in governance, where 1/2
@AmberWavesofFlame So what you are saying is that members of Congress are functionally illiterate.
Conflating cost for price is a picture-perfect example of imprecision.
Conflating cost for price is a picture-perfect example of imprecision.
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@JohnGritt I mean, yes, wouldn’t actually argue with that, but critiquing a meme for its necessarily very short summary of what’s much more fully spelled out in the bill is such a poor example of that point that it’s not making a good case for your literacy, either.
An idiot made the meme because he or she is too stupid to know the difference between price and cost.
Good luck!