[Tfug] Down Memory Lane II

[Ed Wilson]

I do not believe that the government should pay for any personal expenses of
individuals. Actually, I believe it is unconstitutional to take tax payer
money to rebuild private property. This came out during hurricane Katrina
mess, when the people expected the Federal Government to rebuild their city.
I thought the Government could only authorize low interest loans for such
rebuilding, since when did it become our responsibility to pay for damage
done by a storm to a city that is by the sea below sea level? Isn't that
asking for problems, and to not do a thing to prepare for such events, then
go crying to the government because they didn't respond fast enough and
rebuild everything? WHAT?

 

Anyway, my point is tax payer money is for necessary government expenses,
defense and infrastructure. Not to support the world. We can no longer do
this! 

 

Sorry, my blood pressure is going up, I better stop.

 

Ed

 

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From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Robbins
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 10:44 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Down Memory Lane II

 

 

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 9:20 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:



John,  

I'm self-employed and have no insurance because it is prohibitively
expensive.  Catastrophic insurance for just my wife and I is a minimum of
$500 a month.  HMO would be about $1200 a month.

 

Insurance for the self-employed IS incredibly expensive.  I rode
sans-insurance as a contractor for awhile; paid for urgent card with cash as
I went, but it still was a shaky time.  

 




In 1979 I needed 3 stitches and the ER charge was $35.00.  At the time that
is what I paid for utilities each month.  Why?  Several reasons.  1) Less
government which is the opposite of ObamaCare, 2) A certain class of people
were not using the ER as their PCP.  

 

You know, when a certain Republican-governor (aka Mitt Romney, possible
2012-presidential candidate) did this in Massachusetts, no one ran around
calling it "RomneyCare"... :-/

 

1979 was over 30 years ago.  Costs couldn't have gone up because - 

 

1.)  Technology?

2.)  Inflation?

3.)  Lack of doctors due to increases in medical malpractice premiums?

4.)  A shortage of doctors created by the AMA?

 

Health-care costs in this country are out of control.  I went to the ER, and
(with insurance!) paid $1000 out of pocket.   Every person that talked to
me, from the radiologist to the doctor

to the hospital itself had its hand out.  "ObamaCare" isn't nearly the kind
of cure we need to reign in costs in this country.  We spend 16% of GDP in
this country on health-care with nothing to 

show for it.  Without health care reform, we lose a competitive advantage to
other countries that have national healthcare programs.  

 

Anywho, this belongs on flames at tfug.org.  Any further conversation should
probably take place off-list.  

 

-- 
Christopher P Robbins
Phone: (928) 257-6368
Email: robbinsc at gmail.com

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