tomz
Recycles dryer sheets
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For those of you who think government-run anything is inherently bad. Here's an interesting look at a A day in the life
But how can this be?! I'm a rugged individualist, Ayn Rand loving, libertarian American. I got where I am thanks to no one else, only my own grit and determination. I ask no other man to live for me and I don't want to live for any other man. I don't need no stinking government!
Communist propaganda like this has no place in decent society, thank you very much. Please take it away and don't confuse me with the facts.
Sincerely,
The new and improved Gumby
Better dead than Red!
And just where would we be as a society if we didn't know the weather ahead of time?
Getting killed in hurricanes because we wouldn't know that we should evacuate. Watching more space shuttles and satellites crash due to unexpected weather problems at the launch and recovery sites. Paying substantially more for food because farmers couldn't know when would be an optimal time to plant and harvest. Paying more for oil and imported goods because tankers and container ships don't have the information to avoid rough weather at sea. There are more, but you get the picture.
P.S. -- I agree with you on the FCC and obscenity (although if I had children who watch TV, I might think otherwise).
If you take my money (taxes) to give it back to me (tax credits), you didn't 'give' it to me. It was MY money!On a more practical level, the federal government actually gives you money every year to help pay for your house. It’s called a mortgage interest tax deduction ....
the $3,000 child care tax credit you get ...
Thanks to Medicare, her medical expenses are covered ...
5:00 p.m. You leave work—thanks to the government-mandated 40 hour workweek.
But I don't want them doing anything that could be done as well, or better by the private sector.
-ERD50
I'm just curious. Do you think the private sector does a better job with health insurance?
I especially like that the FCC is there to not only organize our communication system but to protect me from offensive words and images. And just where would we be as a society if we didn't know the weather ahead of time? I love the government!
I'm surprised no one has pointed out yet that if they're from the government, they're here to help.For those of you who think government-run anything is inherently bad.
No such thing as bad publicity, but I think this sets a new low for "publish or perish".A web project of Douglas J. Amy, Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College
Well, I think it's just trying to be an antidote.. a little shot of penicillin in the current climate. If anything we are inundated with messages of how HORRIBLE the current admin. is (not entirely unjustly) along with more messages of how much MORE HORRIBLE the evil HRC or the 'madrassa-educated' Obama will make our lives. Many people are fighting tooth and nail and we have kind of overlooked "why". The point should be to make people's lives better, generally, although there are arguments about what 'better' entails.What's the value of showing one side of an issue?
Well, I think it's just trying to be an antidote.
A year or so ago, I heard Robert Reich on NPR. I had disagreed with his views the earlier times he had been on, but I thought he really captured this topic well. Interestingly, it was in reference to 'Corporate Welfare', but I think it applies generally (maybe he would disagree!). I need to para-phrase, but something like this:Many people are fighting tooth and nail and we have kind of overlooked "why". The point should be to make people's lives better, generally, although there are arguments about what 'better' entails.
I'm just curious. Do you think the private sector does a better job with health insurance?
Care to expand on that? If you are an investor in insurance companies with medical loss ratios under 70%, then I can understand your answer. If I am someone who is trying to get health insurance in the individual market and can't because of preexisting conditions, I can't.YES............
Care to expand on that? If you are an investor in insurance companies with medical loss ratios under 70%, then I can understand your answer. If I am someone who is trying to get health insurance in the individual market and can't because of preexisting conditions, I can't.
I'm just curious. Do you think the private sector does a better job with health insurance?
I don't look at health insurance as something the government should run. Do you really trust the Congress to put in place a plan that would work? I know I don't.............
I don't look at health insurance as something the government should run. Do you really trust the Congress to put in place a plan that would work? I know I don't.............