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From: Bill Graham on 16 Sep 2009 18:28 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message news:h8qqki$ie5$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... > > "Twibil" <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:3aab8f79-88b8-426d-9a9b-57a21d65ecaa(a)a37g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 15, 9:24 pm, "Neil Harrington" <sec...(a)illumnati.net> wrote: > > [...] > Fact is that the cost of medical care has risen all out of proportion > to the income of the average wage earner, and medical problems that > could easily be paid for in the '40s and '50s are now costly enough to > put the guy on the street into a bankruptsy court if he has no medical > insurance. > > If the fact that medical care in the US today costs slightly over > *twice* what it does anywhere else in the world doesn't make you > suspect that something has gone rotten in the medical industry, you're > simply not paying attention. > > --It *should*, but..............................! ;-) > --Can't have no "socialism" no-how, no-way - 'cuz it's, well, just > --plain "un-American"! 8^) > --BTW, in the very early '60s, I spent a night in the hospital, billed > --$25. About seven years ago, I spent a night in a hospital, billed > --$2200. Both were for plain double rooms, not ICU... > --DR Yes, but that's what 40 years of government interference in our medical profession has done......It's not free enterprise when the AMA spends 40 years lobbying our congressmen to make laws in restraint of trade for them.
From: George Kerby on 16 Sep 2009 18:29 On 9/16/09 1:57 PM, in article d7da67d5-6f9e-4ef9-9c0c-48451ecbda49(a)p10g2000prm.googlegroups.com, "Twibil" <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 16, 3:22�am, Chris H <ch...(a)phaedsys.org> wrote: >> >> On the other hand for cosmetic surgery the US leads the way. �Just look >> at Michael Jackson. > > Can't. > > They buried him, you know. FINALLY!
From: George Kerby on 16 Sep 2009 18:31 On 9/16/09 3:16 PM, in article coh2b5lolbckfci49h9kahflmetnd2bgi2(a)4ax.com, "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > On 16 Sep 2009 17:48:49 GMT, rfischer(a)sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote: > >> Pete Stavrakoglou <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: >>> "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> >>>> 1. Members of congress must serve five years in office to receive >>>> *any* pension. A Senator that retires after one term doesn't receive a >>>> pension. >>> >>> Members of congress and other federal employees are *fully vested* after >>> five years on the job. What a racke. Where does this happen in the private >>> sector? >> >> You bet. Five years is the norm. Three years isn't unknown. >> >>>> 2. Members of congress receive a pension based on their years of >>>> service and the average of the highest 3 years of salary. By law, the >>>> amount is capped at 80% of their salary the year they leave congress. >>> >>> Contrary to some popular misconception, Congressman don't receive their full >>> salary as a pension. But 80% is quite high, again, it doesn't happen in the >>> private sector. >> >> But then $100,000,000/yr incomes > > Hundred million? > You KNOW you are dealing with the Terminally Insane, do you not?!?
From: Bill Graham on 16 Sep 2009 18:47 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message news:h8qsgm$lr5$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... > > "Bill Graham" <weg9(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:BdadncP-vJxLly3XnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > [.......] >> Good points, and I agree with most of them. But my problem is the >> government insists on taking my tax money and giving it away to "the >> poor", or anyone else who makes less than I do, and I don't know how to >> stop this. It isn't their money. It's mine. But they have the power to >> steal it from me under this socialized system, and I don't know how to >> stop that. During election time, they advertise that if you vote for >> them, they will steal money from the rich and give it to the poor, and, >> since there are more who think of themselves as poor than rich, these >> people vote for them, and then they deliver what they promised. > [...] > > I think you don't understand the predominant beliefs of the US electorate > very well... I think few see the election of Democrats as specifically to > "steal rich people's money so more can be given to (poor) me", as the > unbelievably odd (to some of us) "bill of goods" the Republicans have sold > to so many for so long that "supporting the interests of the rich is best > for us > (the poor) because, well, someday we may also be rich - which is a > fantasy, > but one that is widely held by Americans, especially now with widespread > popular lotteries in existence. BTW, this nonsense predates the "anything > socialistic is bad" myth sold also by those on the Right, who fail to > mention > that much of what is taken for granted as basic services *is* > socialistic... > Armed with these two myths, a disreputable bunch of rascals is often able > to draw roughly 50% of the electorate's votes. Pushing these myths, with > repeated lies and deceptions added, works for winning elections, alas... > --DR > Except I was able to work and support a family of 5 and still accumulate a million dollars during my 40 years. Then, the democrat give away artists crashed the market and stole half of it away from me, and now they are busy trashing the value of my dollar in order to get the other half. So it wasn't a myth. Everyone in this country can become rich. They just have to protect their money from the thieving democrats after they get it. (I recommend buying gold)
From: Bill Graham on 16 Sep 2009 19:09
"David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message news:h8qu2s$omq$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... > > "Neil Harrington" <secret(a)illumnati.net> wrote in message > news:j8ednTpSpe1f7S3XnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > [...] >> This morning's (Wednesday) Investor's Business Daily has a front-page >> headline saying: >> "45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting >> If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul. > > And in the last couple of days, well over 70% of doctors > supported the "public option" in another poll I caught on TV. > Good ol' polls can "say" whatever you want, I guess...! ;-) > --DR > Yes, well, 40% of doctors are so wealthy, they are considering quitting anyway......:^) |