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The last thing I want is my government handling my healthcare and broadband. That's disturbing to even think about.
At least there's a hint of accountability with corporations. There is none with the government. They fuck you and take your money regardless. We've seen plenty of examples of that over the past few decades. Read some history. Take a look at Europe's current health mess. Look at what's going on in this country at this very moment. Those incompetent assholes on capital hill can't even tie their own shoes. I certainly don't want to put my life in their hands.
ah, the Cuba argument, classic. I like the Michael Moore addition too, nice. I suggest you go check out their healthcare program in Cuba. Their "doctors" and "surgeons" can't even pass our basic nursing exams. Their medications are not tested and you could be getting anything. And oh gee, where do some of those actual legit meds come from? Those evil corporations. *shocker* Now wonder the people on that island are literally dying to get off and flock to the US and Mexico and S. America..
The medical profession certainly isn't a government entity either. I don't want healthcare rationing and shittier doctors that are paid so low that nobody wants to go into that profession anymore. I don't want sub-par drugs because the corporations who manufacture them no longer want to make them because they have the big government fist pounding down on them to cheapen up costs so our tax dollars can afford to pay for them.
When I go senile and old, I'll have managed my money properly throughout my life to have my own health care plan.. that is if big government doesn't steal it from me and replace it with something shittier and rationed out so they can afford to put 100 million illegal immigrants on it as well.
Yes.. I agree we need affordable health care, but it begins with reforming the system we have now so we eliminate middle men and faulty lawsuits that drive up costs. There's a reason people including my own family members in Canada, come from all other countries that already offer "free" and "government" health care and come to the US for their emergency surgeries and treatments.
Thats the problem. Someone would try to get 1,000,000 for a stubbed toe if they think they could. You have got to remember we live in a nation where people sue McDonald's for making them fat!
Weren't we talking about broadband?
Thats the problem. Someone would try to get 1,000,000 for a stubbed toe if they think they could. You have got to remember we live in a nation where people sue McDonald's for making them fat!
If that's your argument, there already are laws for that. What additional laws are you wanting legislated?
I beg to differ. What they're terrible at is regulation. They always get shit wrong and drive companies & services into the hole. Not only that, but whatever bureaucrat comes along down the road can decide what he/she deems is right or necessary and can throw the whole thing out of whack even if it was right in the first place. Adding more government hands to tinker with halfway working shit is a fast track to having no working shit at all. What we actually need is oversight and transparency with a more streamlined way of doing things. The government can be good at oversight if they don't have people paying them off, thus transparency. No more lobbyist bullshit, no more earmarks. They can oversee and protect the people from corrupt business practices without regulating every step a company takes by placing strict guidelines on their every move. The last thing we need is a non-free enterprise.
No, what's REALLY disturbing is that we have 40 million people without health insurance in this country. People whose only recourse to treatment is the ER, and with whom the taxpayer ends up paying the bill anyway. It's time for single payer National Health Care in this country. The US has spent trillions of dollars subsidizing the defense of the Free World, whicle every other major industrial country in the world has gone on to some form of NHC. We need to start thinking charity begins at home and take care of sick Americans first.
What's "REALLY" (extra bold italic and underline added for emphasis) disturbing is how many illegal immigrants that would be subsidizing with my tax dollars. How many of those 40 million are illegals?
Business has much more to lose through means of corruption, and they've already paid the price for that as we've seen in the past few years and months. Sadly, government is even more corrupt and actually handed out bailouts, because after all they were one of the main contributors to the problem. ahaha, wow, it's just one nice vicious circle isn't it? Governments causing businesses to fail by means of legislation and regulation, then having corrupt CEO's and high level organization boards realizing this and taking all the money they can just before the whole place caves in, and then the government comes along and actually gives them a few dozen billion dollars and a smack on the wrist, then everyone goes back to business as usual. lmao, I swear, you couldn't make it up or even dream it up. But sure, they aren't the problem or don't screw it up. There's nothing to see here folks. After all, it's only our tax dollars. All I have is my property, my life, and my money. It seems everyone wants to give away all 3 to the hands of the government. That's more fucked up than I can even begin to fathom.
You should read the founding father's personal journals and papers if you want to know what their definition of "right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness" meant. We'll leave it at that, because you're pretty far off base on that one.