Ok, without digging into this very long rant let me make just a few salient points:
1) Health care is not an entitlement or a right. You have to buy it, just like everything else. That means that there is no guarantee that there will be enough choices to suit your taste or budget available.
2) Because of the second half of point one, I do agree that we need to open up the market for more choices. Among the major options that many right-leaning politicians in America have been pushing is tearing down regulation that has prevented insurance companies from offering low-cost catastrophic-only insurance, and removing regulation that prevents cross-state offerings for insurance. Those two items alone would greatly expand the choices and lower prices across the board for insurance. (IE: more people could afford insurance for the big ticket items, and because of increased competition, prices across the board would drop for all plans.) Please note that the reason these plans and options aren't already out there is because of GOVERNMENT interference in the Market. These kinds of plans used to exist. They were regulated out of existence by the very government you claim can save Health Insurance.
3) Just because it is a choice you don't like doesn't mean you don't have a choice. You ALWAYS have a choice, even if it's a tough one. by saying "I don't have a choice" all you are really saying is "I don't like the choice I have, I'd rather get the government to force YOU to pay for the choice I want." And really, what is that other than a form of theft?
4) In America over 85% of people are fully insured. Of that, 95% are satisfied with their insurance and choices. 10% of the population is VOLUNTARILY uninsured (mostly young people that still think they are immortal) and about 4-5% genuinely are unable to get insurance, mostly because of the lack of low-cost plans.
And yet, ANY PERSON, regardless of insurance or socioeconomic status, is able to walk into an emergency room in America TODAY and receive full treatment without concern over the final cost.
Sounds like an imperfect, but otherwise pretty good system to me. Why trash it?
I'm merely pointing out that once every employer practices something, it doesn't matter who you work for.
I understand where this is coming from, but I think you are leaving out a critical choice.
You can always work for yourself.
Start your own company. Be an entrepreneur. Stop assuming that you have to work for someone else.
Also, people need to stop thinking that they are entitled to everything under the Sun, HEALTH CARE INCLUDED. You are entitled to your Life, Liberty, and the PURSUIT (no guarantee!) of happiness.
Anything else you have to pay for.
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I actually live in the WNY area, and work in downtown Buffalo (such as it is) and let me tell you, you are DEAD ON. Heck, even walking the 2 blocks from my parking spot to my building is awful during the winter! I can't imagine trying to walk or bike it!
And although I COULD take the light rail in to work, not only would it cost more on a monthly basis than driving, it is significantly slower, so I would have to get up even earlier, AND I would still have to drive a good 10 minutes to get to the closest station!
It's faster and cheaper for me to just drive my car and park it.
Oh, and to the GP, regarding car attitudes in the East, try visiting China sometime. Since they pretty much gave up Socialism (economically, if not politically) their car use is skyrocketing. Their highway system is based on America's system, right down to the color, size, and positioning of the signs. Within a few years China is going to be just as much about cars as America is, and they have 1/3rd the Planet's population.
(Interesting side factoid: The most popular car make in China? Buick.)
Bicycles are nice, and walking is healthy. but for a modern transportation system, they suck. Even the Bicycle obsessed Chinese have figured it out. It's about time leftists and bicycle fans in the West accepted it.
Market Failure: A term coined by the Utilitarians which were part of a larger body of thought that was related to and gave rise to modern socialism and communism. The term has been used most prominently by the progressive movement of the late 19th century and early 20th century and is used widely by socialists, neo-communists and communists to excuse massive government intervention in the Market.
In other words, it's bullshit.
The only time The Market fails is when the government gets in the way. ANY OTHER RESULT is a market success. Period.
People run their own health care and make thier own free choices.
The whole "Insurance bureaucrats control people's lives" is a strawman argument based on a lie.
Research how private insurance works from someplace other than a Michael Moore approved source and you will begin to understand. I don't intend to waste the time explaining it to an obvious Troll.
Which is why people are up in arms over health care "reform" here in the States. Pretty much all of the leftist ideas being pushed currently on health care reform are little more than thinly disguised socialized medicine.
People are pissed off about it because they know that once bureaucrats run health care, they run your life. What you can eat, when you can eat it, how much you can eat, when, where and what kind of exercise you will do, when you get up, when you sleep. and (if all that wasn't frightening enough) Who lives, who dies, and when they die.
Sounds like Slavery to me. All that's missing is the whip.
But hey, they're doing it "For The Children!"(tm) and "For The Poor!"(tm) so all of us Eeeevil "Rethuglican Neocon Racists" should just shut up and go away. Riiiiight?
(Remember, "-1 Troll" and "-1 Flamebait" do not equal "I disagree with you." If you disagree, post your disagreement. Don't hide behind mod points like a coward.)
While I may disagree with you on the whole "anarchy" thing, I think we can find common ground in our healthy dislike of Big Government.
About the only thing Big Government is good at is enslaving people and destroying wealth and value.
I prefer Limited (as in limited powers) Representative government that does NOT try and take care of (and thus control) everyone.
And yes Lefties, we can still have fire departments and police and roads and a military with a Limited Representative government. Those things are considered part of the duties of every government, Limited or otherwise.
But we need to stop putting so much faith in governments and bureaucrats to take care of all of us like children. That's the road to slavery, pure and simple.
Assuming that large scale warming is already well under way (And that's a big assumption given the major cooling trend we have been in for the last 10 years.) It is likely, in fact nearly guaranteed that not only can't we do anything about it now, we probably NEVER were able to do anything about it.
So what do we do to survive the inevitable alterations in our planet's ever-changing climate?
Race to the top.
That is, unleash our scientists and our businessmen to push our economy and technology forward as rapidly as possible so that even if Earth becomes uninhabitable, we might very well be able to just leave and go somewhere else more hospitable.
The problem with most of the "Church of AGW" types is that:
A) they assume our current climatic model is the norm for Earth. It isn't.
Earth has been either molten or frozen for far longer over it's lifespan than it has been temperate. Our current conditions are the anomaly, not the norm.
B) As most of them are essentially Socialists, they assume that transforming the globe into a "Workers Paradise" will solve Climate change problems. It won't.
Not only because AGW is a complete myth and we haven't ever really been able to affect anything more than highly localized weather patterns, but because Socialist countries BY THEIR NATURE develop MUCH more slowly, both economically, and technologically. (Assuming they don't collapse of their own weight or get involved in Genocide ALA National Socialism or Soviet Socialism.)
So what is the best thing that concerned politicians and governments can do?
GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY and let the capitalists GROW and ADVANCE us out of the problem. Capitalism allows us to adapt FASTER, Socialism cripples us and makes us adapt SLOWER.
The only way to survive Climate Change is to adapt to it. the sooner we accept that the better off all of Humanity will be.
As Dijkstra said, "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
Computer science is not IT.
The fact that you seem to believe that computer science is more than tangentially related to the IT field leads me to doubt your views have merit in this subject.
Well no shit CS isn't IT. And yet most IT jobs have, as a requirement, at LEAST a BS in CS.
No, it doesn't make sense. But that's non-technical HR people for you. The fact that you don't seem to have run into this yet suggests to me that you haven't ever applied for an IT position, much less worked in the field, and that YOUR views have a remarkably small amount of merit on this subject.
Actuall, UofP is VERY good for certain types of degrees. Computer Science being one of them. While I don't have a degree from UofP, I have worked with IT people who do, and they were smart, motivated, well educated people.
Let's face it, you DO NOT need to physically be in a classroom to learn computer science. Hell, most old line universities are so far behind the IT curve that it's become a bit of a joke in the IT field.
Yes, there are some courses where you really do still need a physical location. Most of the physical sciences and medicine fall into that category. But for most other courses, there are no "labs" to go to. Why not virtualize them? Assuming it is done well (and like physical schools, there would be good and bad ones) there isn't any good reason why we shouldn't be able to it.
Unless of course you are a stodgy, dusty, moldy old Prof who can't change his or her ways and just want to rail against market forces performing the creative destruction they always do. In that case, all I can say is that it sucks to be you.
Nothing gets your attention like Mr. T shouting: "Ring Ring Sucka!... Your phone's ringin' fool. Your PHONE!... I Pity da foo dat don't answer their phone!... I Got no time fo da jibba jabba, but you do. SO PICK IT UP!"
Hmm. Maybe Mr. T can make a "Car tone". "Beep beep Sucka! Outta da way Fool! I Pity da Fool dat gets in mah way!"
Well, considering that I'm NOT rich, and my job doesn't pay so high that I can afford overseas jaunts to Japan or Europe, then I think I'll be just fine with my Pre.
Which makes an interesting point about your argument. While you obviously intended to point out the greater utility of the iPhone vis-a-vis it's ability to roam on other networks, ironically all you REALLY did was make clear that the iPhone is really only for rich elitist types who can afford to blow tons of cash on an overpriced phone and plan in between Lear jet trips to Europe.
Interestingly, my co-worker who has an iPhone, recently went to Canada (That Oh-so exotic and far off land just over the Peace Bridge from our office in downtown Buffalo NY.) and whoops! His iPhone didn't work!
Oh, he could roam, at AT&T's EXORBITANT roaming fees, but since he isn't rich either (like most folks) he decided to just turn off the cell radio in his iPhone and limit it to wifi and off network capabilities.
Needless to say, he was pretty much incommunicado except for short blurb e-mails that weekend.
Likely I would have been in the same boat with my Pre (no idea if it works in Canada or not) but even if I was, I would still be paying LESS than an iPhone user on an identical plan, and I would still have a MORE functional and Open phone.
First of all, that's the OFFICIAL Palm Pre Dev Wiki, NOT the Homebrew scene. They have a few more restrictions on them as an official arm of Palm. It would help to actually RTFA you are linking to.
Secondly, While homebrew tethering programs are available for many platforms, most of those are NOT Open Source platforms and are easily locked out, much as Apple has locked out tethering on the iPhone.
Thirdly, Tethering isn't an "official" option for iPhone users either, as NONE of them are "officially" allowed by AT&T. So that point is stupid and moot.
Also, I should correct my original post. Another poster stated that the claim is over the life of the contract (2 years) not one year. This is correct, I apologize for any confusion. it's around $500 - $600 US a year difference, which is $1000 - $1200 US per contract term.
But that's still a significant savings, and given the choice, I'd pick a cheaper, more compact, True Open Source phone over the iShackle any day.
Sprint Everything plans vs. AT&T Nation plans for iPhone 3G:
* Lower cost: Sprintâ(TM)s $99 Simply Everything plan offers unlimited voice, data and messaging for $99.99; AT&Tâ(TM)s unlimited voice and data plan is $129.99.
* Text Included: Sprint includes unlimited text messaging; AT&T charges $20 for individuals ($30 for families).
* More N&W: Sprint includes unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 7 p.m.; AT&Tâ(TM)s unlimited night & weekend minutes start at 9 p.m.
* More Data: Sprint includes Blackberry Internet Service, Sprint Music Premier (50 commercial-free streaming music channels, 100 local stations), Sprint TV® Premier (25+ channels of live TV, on-demand clips and full-length episodes), NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile; AT&T does not include Blackberry Internet Service, streaming music channels, on-demand full-length TV episodes, NFL Mobile or NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.
Family Plan Comparison
Sprint Talk/Message/Data Share plans vs. AT&T FamilyTalk plans for iPhone 3G:
* More Minutes: Sprint includes 1500 minutes in its $129.99 Talk/Message/Data Share plan; AT&Tâ(TM)s $129.99 FamilyTalk plan includes just 700 minutes.
* Text Included: Sprint includes unlimited text messaging; AT&T charges $30 for families ($20 for individuals).
* Lower Cost Additional Lines: Sprint offers additional lines for $19.99; AT&T additional lines are $39.99.
* More N&W: Sprint includes unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 7 p.m.; AT&Tâ(TM)s unlimited night & weekend minutes start at 9 p.m.
* More Data: Sprint includes unlimited GPS Navigation, Blackberry Internet Service, Sprint Music Premier (50 commercial-free streaming music channels, 100 local stations), Sprint TV Premier (25+ channels of live TV, on-demand clips and full-length episodes), NFL Mobile and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile; AT&T does not include Blackberry Internet Service, streaming music channels, on-demand full-length TV episodes, NFL Mobile or NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.
No, I capitalized "Unlimited" because I have capsitis and tend to overuse the shift key. I was in a hurry to post and didn't spell/caps-check my post properly.
Palm Pre (and Pixi) has a Homebrew community with a FREE tether program.
WebOS phones are Open Source OS phones, so the Tether capability can't be disabled as it's based on Open functionality, not a closed API.
in the US, a Sprint Simply Everything plan (includes Unlimited data use) is around $1000.00 cheaper a year to have.
So, you can have an Open Source phone with a real Homebrew community, a cheaper unlimited plan and have your Tethering program UNBLOCKABLE. Sounds like the Pre is a better deal all around.
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Ok, without digging into this very long rant let me make just a few salient points:
1) Health care is not an entitlement or a right. You have to buy it, just like everything else. That means that there is no guarantee that there will be enough choices to suit your taste or budget available.
2) Because of the second half of point one, I do agree that we need to open up the market for more choices. Among the major options that many right-leaning politicians in America have been pushing is tearing down regulation that has prevented insurance companies from offering low-cost catastrophic-only insurance, and removing regulation that prevents cross-state offerings for insurance. Those two items alone would greatly expand the choices and lower prices across the board for insurance. (IE: more people could afford insurance for the big ticket items, and because of increased competition, prices across the board would drop for all plans.) Please note that the reason these plans and options aren't already out there is because of GOVERNMENT interference in the Market. These kinds of plans used to exist. They were regulated out of existence by the very government you claim can save Health Insurance.
3) Just because it is a choice you don't like doesn't mean you don't have a choice. You ALWAYS have a choice, even if it's a tough one. by saying "I don't have a choice" all you are really saying is "I don't like the choice I have, I'd rather get the government to force YOU to pay for the choice I want." And really, what is that other than a form of theft?
4) In America over 85% of people are fully insured. Of that, 95% are satisfied with their insurance and choices. 10% of the population is VOLUNTARILY uninsured (mostly young people that still think they are immortal) and about 4-5% genuinely are unable to get insurance, mostly because of the lack of low-cost plans.
And yet, ANY PERSON, regardless of insurance or socioeconomic status, is able to walk into an emergency room in America TODAY and receive full treatment without concern over the final cost.
Sounds like an imperfect, but otherwise pretty good system to me. Why trash it?
I understand where this is coming from, but I think you are leaving out a critical choice.
You can always work for yourself.
Start your own company. Be an entrepreneur. Stop assuming that you have to work for someone else.
Also, people need to stop thinking that they are entitled to everything under the Sun, HEALTH CARE INCLUDED. You are entitled to your Life, Liberty, and the PURSUIT (no guarantee!) of happiness.
Anything else you have to pay for.
I actually live in the WNY area, and work in downtown Buffalo (such as it is) and let me tell you, you are DEAD ON. Heck, even walking the 2 blocks from my parking spot to my building is awful during the winter! I can't imagine trying to walk or bike it!
And although I COULD take the light rail in to work, not only would it cost more on a monthly basis than driving, it is significantly slower, so I would have to get up even earlier, AND I would still have to drive a good 10 minutes to get to the closest station!
It's faster and cheaper for me to just drive my car and park it.
Oh, and to the GP, regarding car attitudes in the East, try visiting China sometime. Since they pretty much gave up Socialism (economically, if not politically) their car use is skyrocketing. Their highway system is based on America's system, right down to the color, size, and positioning of the signs. Within a few years China is going to be just as much about cars as America is, and they have 1/3rd the Planet's population.
(Interesting side factoid: The most popular car make in China? Buick.)
Bicycles are nice, and walking is healthy. but for a modern transportation system, they suck. Even the Bicycle obsessed Chinese have figured it out. It's about time leftists and bicycle fans in the West accepted it.
Market Failure: A term coined by the Utilitarians which were part of a larger body of thought that was related to and gave rise to modern socialism and communism. The term has been used most prominently by the progressive movement of the late 19th century and early 20th century and is used widely by socialists, neo-communists and communists to excuse massive government intervention in the Market.
In other words, it's bullshit.
The only time The Market fails is when the government gets in the way. ANY OTHER RESULT is a market success. Period.
You can change jobs and divorce your wife.
What do you do about a power hungry out of control government bent on controlling as many aspects of your life as possible?
People run their own health care and make thier own free choices.
The whole "Insurance bureaucrats control people's lives" is a strawman argument based on a lie.
Research how private insurance works from someplace other than a Michael Moore approved source and you will begin to understand. I don't intend to waste the time explaining it to an obvious Troll.
Um... Gattaca, Soylent Green, The Matrix series and about a dozen others I can't remember the titles to right now.
Yep.
Which is why people are up in arms over health care "reform" here in the States. Pretty much all of the leftist ideas being pushed currently on health care reform are little more than thinly disguised socialized medicine.
People are pissed off about it because they know that once bureaucrats run health care, they run your life. What you can eat, when you can eat it, how much you can eat, when, where and what kind of exercise you will do, when you get up, when you sleep. and (if all that wasn't frightening enough) Who lives, who dies, and when they die.
Sounds like Slavery to me. All that's missing is the whip.
But hey, they're doing it "For The Children!"(tm) and "For The Poor!"(tm) so all of us Eeeevil "Rethuglican Neocon Racists" should just shut up and go away. Riiiiight?
(Remember, "-1 Troll" and "-1 Flamebait" do not equal "I disagree with you." If you disagree, post your disagreement. Don't hide behind mod points like a coward.)
While I may disagree with you on the whole "anarchy" thing, I think we can find common ground in our healthy dislike of Big Government.
About the only thing Big Government is good at is enslaving people and destroying wealth and value.
I prefer Limited (as in limited powers) Representative government that does NOT try and take care of (and thus control) everyone.
And yes Lefties, we can still have fire departments and police and roads and a military with a Limited Representative government. Those things are considered part of the duties of every government, Limited or otherwise.
But we need to stop putting so much faith in governments and bureaucrats to take care of all of us like children. That's the road to slavery, pure and simple.
The thing you're missing is this:
Assuming that large scale warming is already well under way (And that's a big assumption given the major cooling trend we have been in for the last 10 years.) It is likely, in fact nearly guaranteed that not only can't we do anything about it now, we probably NEVER were able to do anything about it.
So what do we do to survive the inevitable alterations in our planet's ever-changing climate?
Race to the top.
That is, unleash our scientists and our businessmen to push our economy and technology forward as rapidly as possible so that even if Earth becomes uninhabitable, we might very well be able to just leave and go somewhere else more hospitable.
The problem with most of the "Church of AGW" types is that:
A) they assume our current climatic model is the norm for Earth. It isn't.
Earth has been either molten or frozen for far longer over it's lifespan than it has been temperate. Our current conditions are the anomaly, not the norm.
B) As most of them are essentially Socialists, they assume that transforming the globe into a "Workers Paradise" will solve Climate change problems. It won't.
Not only because AGW is a complete myth and we haven't ever really been able to affect anything more than highly localized weather patterns, but because Socialist countries BY THEIR NATURE develop MUCH more slowly, both economically, and technologically. (Assuming they don't collapse of their own weight or get involved in Genocide ALA National Socialism or Soviet Socialism.)
So what is the best thing that concerned politicians and governments can do?
GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY and let the capitalists GROW and ADVANCE us out of the problem. Capitalism allows us to adapt FASTER, Socialism cripples us and makes us adapt SLOWER.
The only way to survive Climate Change is to adapt to it. the sooner we accept that the better off all of Humanity will be.
Well no shit CS isn't IT. And yet most IT jobs have, as a requirement, at LEAST a BS in CS.
No, it doesn't make sense. But that's non-technical HR people for you. The fact that you don't seem to have run into this yet suggests to me that you haven't ever applied for an IT position, much less worked in the field, and that YOUR views have a remarkably small amount of merit on this subject.
What is this, teenager day on /.?
Actuall, UofP is VERY good for certain types of degrees. Computer Science being one of them. While I don't have a degree from UofP, I have worked with IT people who do, and they were smart, motivated, well educated people.
Let's face it, you DO NOT need to physically be in a classroom to learn computer science. Hell, most old line universities are so far behind the IT curve that it's become a bit of a joke in the IT field.
Yes, there are some courses where you really do still need a physical location. Most of the physical sciences and medicine fall into that category. But for most other courses, there are no "labs" to go to. Why not virtualize them? Assuming it is done well (and like physical schools, there would be good and bad ones) there isn't any good reason why we shouldn't be able to it.
Unless of course you are a stodgy, dusty, moldy old Prof who can't change his or her ways and just want to rail against market forces performing the creative destruction they always do. In that case, all I can say is that it sucks to be you.
I've got Mr. T as a ringtone.
Nothing gets your attention like Mr. T shouting: "Ring Ring Sucka!... Your phone's ringin' fool. Your PHONE!... I Pity da foo dat don't answer their phone!... I Got no time fo da jibba jabba, but you do. SO PICK IT UP!"
Hmm. Maybe Mr. T can make a "Car tone". "Beep beep Sucka! Outta da way Fool! I Pity da Fool dat gets in mah way!"
Well, considering that I'm NOT rich, and my job doesn't pay so high that I can afford overseas jaunts to Japan or Europe, then I think I'll be just fine with my Pre.
Which makes an interesting point about your argument. While you obviously intended to point out the greater utility of the iPhone vis-a-vis it's ability to roam on other networks, ironically all you REALLY did was make clear that the iPhone is really only for rich elitist types who can afford to blow tons of cash on an overpriced phone and plan in between Lear jet trips to Europe.
Interestingly, my co-worker who has an iPhone, recently went to Canada (That Oh-so exotic and far off land just over the Peace Bridge from our office in downtown Buffalo NY.) and whoops! His iPhone didn't work!
Oh, he could roam, at AT&T's EXORBITANT roaming fees, but since he isn't rich either (like most folks) he decided to just turn off the cell radio in his iPhone and limit it to wifi and off network capabilities.
Needless to say, he was pretty much incommunicado except for short blurb e-mails that weekend.
Likely I would have been in the same boat with my Pre (no idea if it works in Canada or not) but even if I was, I would still be paying LESS than an iPhone user on an identical plan, and I would still have a MORE functional and Open phone.
No, they run "Gas Passer", formerly "prebrewFarts". :)
No, my original statement is IN ERROR, which I pointed out in a later comment: http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1367713&cid=29413387
It was only a few posts down from my original comment, would it have been THAT much trouble to read down a bit?
An expensive one too if you can't be bothered to ever calculate the costs of anything. ;)
First of all, that's the OFFICIAL Palm Pre Dev Wiki, NOT the Homebrew scene. They have a few more restrictions on them as an official arm of Palm. It would help to actually RTFA you are linking to.
Secondly, While homebrew tethering programs are available for many platforms, most of those are NOT Open Source platforms and are easily locked out, much as Apple has locked out tethering on the iPhone.
Thirdly, Tethering isn't an "official" option for iPhone users either, as NONE of them are "officially" allowed by AT&T. So that point is stupid and moot.
Educate yourself a bit before you spout.
Yeah, Palm REALLY needs to fire their advertising company.
Although, the blond girl is hot, in that "Borg Queen" sort of way. If you're into that sort of thing, of course.
Good point. So it's even cheaper now.
Also, I should correct my original post. Another poster stated that the claim is over the life of the contract (2 years) not one year. This is correct, I apologize for any confusion. it's around $500 - $600 US a year difference, which is $1000 - $1200 US per contract term.
But that's still a significant savings, and given the choice, I'd pick a cheaper, more compact, True Open Source phone over the iShackle any day.
Windows Mobile isn't Open Source.
If Ms cared, they could shut out tethering any time they wanted. Thankfully for you, they apparently don't care.
From here: http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/07/19/comparison-sprints-everything-plan-and-the-att-nation-plan/
You do the math.
No, I capitalized "Unlimited" because I have capsitis and tend to overuse the shift key. I was in a hurry to post and didn't spell/caps-check my post properly.
Sorry about that.
Palm Pre (and Pixi) has a Homebrew community with a FREE tether program.
WebOS phones are Open Source OS phones, so the Tether capability can't be disabled as it's based on Open functionality, not a closed API.
in the US, a Sprint Simply Everything plan (includes Unlimited data use) is around $1000.00 cheaper a year to have.
So, you can have an Open Source phone with a real Homebrew community, a cheaper unlimited plan and have your Tethering program UNBLOCKABLE. Sounds like the Pre is a better deal all around.
Unless you are an isnob, of course.
Agreed.
However, regardless of which one is tailgating, in an accident between those two vehicles, the F150 always wins.
So a double moral: Don't tailgate, and drive an F150 if you expect to ever be in a front or rear end collision with a Yaris sized vehicle. ;)