there's a bunch of different levels where people come down on this health care stuff. depending on what level you want to argue and which side you take, you can be like two ships passing in the night. it's really a shame.
i sort of understand both sides. the current system we have is unsustainable. much of the problem is that the sec has allowed insurance companies to combine for the last dozen years. there's no competition in the space; when there's no competition there's lots of bad stuff going on. no one can understand why a heart procedure cost $80,000 rather than $50,000.
we've put together a bill that atttempts to cover people that should be covered and takes a stab at getting insurance for people who have none. we've reached the point where insurance companies only cover people not likely to be sick. this insurance plan looks to me like calling up allstate for insurance the day after you have a wreck. they have to insure you. i dont know how you can get diagnosed with cancer, walk into an insurance office and be guaranteed coverage for possibly a half million dollar bill.
we have a big long bill that tries to solve everything virtually at once when the credibility of government is deservedly at an alltime low. $940 billion over 10 years, will be 10 times that, if we are lucky.
i talked to several people yesterday and none had read any part of the bill. the people have nobody representing them when these bills come about.
when george bush sent us into iraq, he would have stood up and said anything to get us there, truth, fiction, or whatever. cheney was worse. for homeland security, he would have said anything to pass the bill. if you criticized it, he would have stood up and said that it's bleeps like you that are bad for america-one of those pinko liberal guys, probably homosexual--and would have told you to go hug a tree. then we had the katrina bill.
this year we had the stimulus package. very little of it trickled down to where it was intended. if you gave to people the amount of money that government has spent this past year and a half, there wouldnt be a recession.
in the last 6 weeks obama on the road would have said ANYTHING, he would have told any lie to get this thing passed.
it's hard to change your spots.
people's view of the future has changed. when social security and medicare were passed, we were in major growth times and the government couldnt screw it up. right now, we cant grow out of our mistakes. the republicans originally hated medicare; now they love it.
people are more concerned now about who you can believe. that's the truth.
today car dealers are more believable than politicians. 40 years ago the reverse was true.
all politicians lie to you or mislead you or tell you what you want to hear.
i sort of understand both sides. the current system we have is unsustainable. much of the problem is that the sec has allowed insurance companies to combine for the last dozen years. there's no competition in the space; when there's no competition there's lots of bad stuff going on. no one can understand why a heart procedure cost $80,000 rather than $50,000.
we've put together a bill that atttempts to cover people that should be covered and takes a stab at getting insurance for people who have none. we've reached the point where insurance companies only cover people not likely to be sick. this insurance plan looks to me like calling up allstate for insurance the day after you have a wreck. they have to insure you. i dont know how you can get diagnosed with cancer, walk into an insurance office and be guaranteed coverage for possibly a half million dollar bill.
we have a big long bill that tries to solve everything virtually at once when the credibility of government is deservedly at an alltime low. $940 billion over 10 years, will be 10 times that, if we are lucky.
i talked to several people yesterday and none had read any part of the bill. the people have nobody representing them when these bills come about.
when george bush sent us into iraq, he would have stood up and said anything to get us there, truth, fiction, or whatever. cheney was worse. for homeland security, he would have said anything to pass the bill. if you criticized it, he would have stood up and said that it's bleeps like you that are bad for america-one of those pinko liberal guys, probably homosexual--and would have told you to go hug a tree. then we had the katrina bill.
this year we had the stimulus package. very little of it trickled down to where it was intended. if you gave to people the amount of money that government has spent this past year and a half, there wouldnt be a recession.
in the last 6 weeks obama on the road would have said ANYTHING, he would have told any lie to get this thing passed.
it's hard to change your spots.
people's view of the future has changed. when social security and medicare were passed, we were in major growth times and the government couldnt screw it up. right now, we cant grow out of our mistakes. the republicans originally hated medicare; now they love it.
people are more concerned now about who you can believe. that's the truth.
today car dealers are more believable than politicians. 40 years ago the reverse was true.
all politicians lie to you or mislead you or tell you what you want to hear.
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