On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:50:07 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:59 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:44:43 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:43 -0400, John H.
wrote:

You missed the point. It's a government run system riddled with fraud.
Now the government is trying to institute a *bigger* government run
system, which will still be administered by individuals. You don't
think the fraud will increase likewise?

Perhaps we should come up with some 18th century punishment for
stealing from the government or 20th century communist punishment.

After all the Soviets knew what you had to do to maintain order in a
socialist society. 20 years of genuine hard labor might slow down
these medicare scammers.

That idea wouldn't scare them. Most don't know what 'hard labor' (or
any other, for that matter) means.

We would have a lot of cheap labor then wouldn't we. Maybe they could
work in all those battery factories we will need for all the electric
cars we need ... handling the toxic waste.

Speaking of which, happy belated 350 day. I can't believe we didn't
pass each other the wish yesterday.

http://www.350.org/about/science

"350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and
progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper
limit for CO2 in our atmosphere."

Hell, if a 'progressive national government' says so, it must be so.