"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in message
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Our debt accumulating every year... A dark and stormy night... perhaps.
I guess we could go back to no gov't involvement, but I don't think
anyone with any intelligence is really suggesting that. The Dark Ages
weren't all that comfy, as I recall from the history books. I don't mind
paying for things I might not use directly. I am my brother's keeper.
Who would Jesus not cover with health insurance? Didn't He take the side
of the poor, and wasn't He against the money changers? Or, was He for
big business, and anything-goes capitalism?

I think that the "crew" is acutely aware of the issues you raise...
growing debt and potentional financial disaster. Heck, the boys in
charge in the last administration knew they had to do something.

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Nom=de=Plume

I have been a registered libertarian all my voting life. I guess I'm one
of those who doesn't have any real intelligence because I think
government's role should be minimal as stated in the Constitution. Now
they have taken "regulate commerce" to mean any time a dollar changes
hands in the us, they want their juice. And to get into all things and
businesses that they should have never been allowed to incrementally
infest.

There are almost always situations of over-regulation. Unfortunately, lack
of regulation can and has been a huge problem, because of the abuses that
have been inflicted upon people. You can go back to feudal times if
necessary to find examples, but one really doesn't have to go back in time
very far if given half a thought. Unions, for example, were a direct
result of management deliberately exploiting people in horrible conditions
for no other reason than greed (aka one one of the deadly sins). Polluting
the environment is another example. It's easy to "blame" gov't for
over-regulation, and there's some merit to it, but removing gov't (by the
people for the people, promote the common good) isn't even close to the
solution. Intelligent gov't is the answer.

The healthcare situation in this country is a great example. We profess to
have "the best healthcare in the world." I hear this all the time, yet we
don't live as long, have as good outcomes, and we have worse infant
mortality rates than the other "rich" countries. And, we spend far more.
Is this in the best interest, for the public good? I hear, "Don't insure
illegal immigrants!" Yet, we do insure them when they show up in our ERs,
the most expensive time. And, it's not just illegals that are showing up
in ERs. There are nearly 50M Americans with no insurance. They can't
afford it, so they wait until the problem is critical. Then, we all get to
pay. This isn't right for them or fair to us. Yet a little bit of
prevention, of being able to see a doc early, would solve a lot of this.
We have a vast population of under-insured. When a catastrophy strikes,
they become destitute, perhaps forced into bankruptcy or their
life-savings is wiped out. Both of these situations cause increased
economic stress for everyone. I could go on, but I'm running out of ink.
lol

The boys on the hill know what's up. Always have. They just want their
cut, and to bring some back to the pack, like wild dogs. It's just now
that there's a feeding frenzy as the trough dries up to plunder whatever
is left, and that is getting thin.

Mostly correct. Of course, this is on both sides of the isle. I don't know
what the solution is beside voting them out when it gets out of control.
This is easier said than done.

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Nom=de=Plume

Why do we look like two EMTs arguing over the best color for latex gloves
when our patient is laying in front of us bleeding out?

Steve