tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post1574810474519977425..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Harry and Louise Packing HeatROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-72968110205045672832009-08-26T08:18:28.791-04:002009-08-26T08:18:28.791-04:00Fuzzy, the "healthcare they want" is not...Fuzzy, the "healthcare they want" is not what "they" get from private insurance now. Why do you believe that is what the government would even try to provide? In the best circumstances you only get from private insurance or Medicare, for that matter, the health care that a doctor determines you need. And sometimes the doctor is overruled. One big problem is that 45+ million citizens of the USA do not have insurance and this is a drain on the economy, which a Public Option would help alleviate. In addition, the lack of universal health care is a detriment to small business owners who can not afford employee benefits, and lose good employees because to companies which can provide insurance.Yellow Dog Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-62743383550931688842009-08-24T10:47:13.712-04:002009-08-24T10:47:13.712-04:00Oops, this just posted to my email, and it sounds ...Oops, this just posted to my email, and it sounds mean. Sorry about that! Also, I wrote Wall Street Journal and should have written NY Times Magazine. Ugh. I really should pause before I post. :)Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-9958672776944396912009-08-23T14:32:22.166-04:002009-08-23T14:32:22.166-04:00Mr. Stein: "In the battle for health care re...Mr. Stein: "<i>In the battle for health care reform this time around, there is more at stake for American society than health care reform.</i>"<br /><br />The pregnant omission from this statement? The next sentence would read: "Like democracy itself." In a democracy, you can't control people by means of force, so you invent ways to control their minds. Long ago, advertisers learned ways to create demand for the superficial things in life, i.e., fancied wants and invented needs. These days, politicians know how to create the "virus effect" that propagates outright lies and enlists the fervor of malcontents and misfits to derail an honest debate.<br /><br />When these happen, is this democracy? or is this what Goebbels had in mind when he said:<br /><br />"<i>It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle.</i>"(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-46650752106489828722009-08-23T09:27:52.243-04:002009-08-23T09:27:52.243-04:00It is true, no gentle chiding us to consider their...It is true, no gentle chiding us to consider their point of view, if the banks hadn't been bailed out and the GM fiasco had not happened, perhaps their ire would be less sinister. People would not be so angry.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-86719865512282396942009-08-23T04:21:31.346-04:002009-08-23T04:21:31.346-04:00Well, HR 3200 explicitly excludes illegal aliens f...Well, HR 3200 explicitly excludes illegal aliens from earning "affordablility credits" for the government's healthcare (page 143). Why would they exclude them from earning credits if they can't get the coverage in the first place? I think there's some deceit here, but it's coming from the White House.<br /><br />As to the death panels, that's a hysterical name for it, but the bottom line is the bottom line. No country on earth can provide unlimited, quality care to everyone for their entire lives. That's truly bilge. Heck, even the president told Wall Street Jounal magazine that the chronically ill, terminally ill, and elderly account for 80% of health care costs some very difficult moral issues arise that drive costs. Come on! You can't possibly believe that someone in government is going to write blank checks to everyone for the healthcare they want. <br /><br />We definitely need reform, and we definitely need to get more people covered, but this is not the answer. <br /><br />And by the way, I am not being paid by anyone and have nothing to gain by stating my views except the ability to keep my own healthcare that I am happy with. I don't own a gun, and I don't think BO's a nazi. I think, though, that he's lying to us all, and that you would do well to read the bill. Just an idea. :)Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.com