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From: dagmargoodboat on 27 Mar 2010 21:18 On Mar 27, 7:22 pm, The King <Thek...(a)homeonthethrone.com> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:00:57 -0500, "k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" > > <k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > > snip > > > Increasing costs, automatically become increasing profit. > > ><snip> > > WTFHIHTA? The cost of service, that is, meaning 'benefits.' The more they pay in benefits, the more they're allowed to charge in premiums, which increases the total dollars in their pockets. Doubling (benefit) payouts doubles the amount you're allowed to keep. By law (this one), Premium allowed = benefits paid + (costs + profit) benefits paid >= 0.85 * premium (costs + profit) <= 0.15 * premium A perverse incentive. Clever, isn't it? We already had that, thanks to thoughtful government oversight, which is why all the affected care increases ever more, whilst the non- covered care's cost declines. Good thinking, Mr. Obama. -- HTH, James Arthur
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 28 Mar 2010 14:43 amdx wrote: > > Last chance to voice your outrage. Not the last chance. There will be an election this fall. And then again in two years. Just like two and four years ago. Tne Democrats have made no secret of the fact that health care reform has been at the top of their agenda for many years. And yet they seem to get elected. Could it be that your outrage is only shared by a minority of the population? A noisy, brick throwing minority, but still just a minority. -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deja fubar: The feeling that you've made the same mistake before.
From: Jim Thompson on 28 Mar 2010 14:58 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:43:56 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote: >amdx wrote: >> >> Last chance to voice your outrage. > >Not the last chance. There will be an election this fall. And then again >in two years. > >Just like two and four years ago. Tne Democrats have made no secret of >the fact that health care reform has been at the top of their agenda for >many years. And yet they seem to get elected. > >Could it be that your outrage is only shared by a minority of the >population? A noisy, brick throwing minority, but still just a minority. Only leftists throw bricks. The media would have you believe that home-grown terrorists are right-wing, but it's not true. From a local newspaper letter-to-the-editor... "Dear Editor: Since the media chooses to perpetuate myth born out of political agenda, I�d like to take this opportunity to shed some light on just one of their deceits. We all know the drill � right-wingers are dangerous fanatics that just might, if you push them, tip over into violence. Recently our media told us that John Bedell, the man killed while trying to shoot his way into the Pentagon, was a right-wing/tea-partier. Somehow, when the The New York Times ran that, they left out that this �right-winger� was a registered Democrat prone to ranting against the Bush Administration. Let�s consider some other infamous names from the past decade: Bruce Ivins, the anthrax mailer; John Allen Muhammed, the DC Sniper; Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter; Kimveer Gill, the 2006 Montreal shooter; Naveed Haq, the 2006 Seattle Jewish Center shooter; Sulejman Talovi, the 2007 Salt Lake City mall shooter; Steven Kazmierczak, the 2008 Northern Illinois University shooter; Nidal Hassan, the 2009 Fort Hood shooting suspect; Joe Stack, the Austin IRS attacker; Amy Bishop, the 2010 University of Alabama shooting suspect. What did they all have in common? They all killed under an anti-Republican, anti-Christian, and/or anti-capitalist banner. Not a right-winger among �em. Nope. All left-wingers. I�m thinking that is one heck of a coincidence. L. Brown" In reality, we right-wingers _will_ eventually tip over the edge. If this socialism goes too far we're going to round up all you leftist weenies and have a big weenie roast :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Jim Thompson on 28 Mar 2010 16:04 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:00:11 -0400, The King <Theking(a)homeonthethrone.com> wrote: >On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:58:42 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > > >> >>In reality, we right-wingers _will_ eventually tip over the edge. If >>this socialism goes too far we're going to round up all you leftist >>weenies and have a big weenie roast :-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >You have been tipped over the edge and were coming to get you. Oh? Voluntarily coming to the weenie roast and pick-em-up truck drag-behind ?:-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 28 Mar 2010 17:12
Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:43:56 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." > <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote: > > >amdx wrote: > >> > >> Last chance to voice your outrage. > > > >Not the last chance. There will be an election this fall. And then again > >in two years. > > > >Just like two and four years ago. Tne Democrats have made no secret of > >the fact that health care reform has been at the top of their agenda for > >many years. And yet they seem to get elected. > > > >Could it be that your outrage is only shared by a minority of the > >population? A noisy, brick throwing minority, but still just a minority. > > Only leftists throw bricks. > http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/89483-palin-defeds-use-of-gun-imagery-while-campaigning-against-reid http://eastcountymagazine.org/taxonomy/term/3525 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2414717420100325 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9528044 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing -- Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul(a)Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Software Engineering is like looking for a black cat in a dark room. Systems Engineering is like looking for a black cat in a dark room in which there is no cat. Knowledge Engineering is like looking for a black cat in a dark room in which there is no cat and somebody yells, "I got it!" |