The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by fomojola on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:33AM (#11970553)

Not sure if you're being facetious, but Medicare IS the government, you do realize this? Medicare isn't some magical, mythical creature that existed from the dawn of time and has always been there: it is explicitly a creation of the government (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States))

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by mikestew on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:43AM (#11970664)

Not sure if you're being facetious, but Medicare IS the government

And parent even used the sarcasm tag. :-) Parent doesn't need it explained, but some American citizens apparently do: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/prescription...

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by mikeash on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:36AM (#11970583)

They're mocking people who protested with signs like "Keep government out of my medicare!" during the debate over Obamacare.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by avs733 on Friday June 24, 2016 @11:39AM (#11970615)

note the /s

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