Comments on: Healthcare choices, think again

By: Sartho

Sartho — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:05:00 +0000

Politics? Power? Perceived “Fairness”? Popularity? Because it sure isn’t about truly doing what’s best for the people of the U S of A.

My opinion is it’s about (on the “little people” level) people not realizing that they really are responsible for themselves – their choices and the consequences that come with them. It’s not a rich man’s fault that someone else decides to not go to college or learn a skill that pays just a little better than minimum wage. But they feel like it’s not fair that the rich man has more money regardless of how he got that money and wants a piece of his pie.

It goes back to that post about the Pitt. Steelers super bowl trophies (still one of my favorites!) and how the Detroit Lions should get one because it wasn’t their fault they couldn’t win a single game. It’s the same kind of senseless thinking. It’s not my fault I’m a security guard making $10 an hour at 40 years old. It’s the 30 year old MIT grad’s fault cuz he’s taking all the money!

As for the lawmakers level, I don’t understand yet how they can be such huge idiots. But a lot of them are.

By: East of Eden

East of Eden — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:43:03 +0000

Umm that would be Hell. Which is where I’ve felt I’ve landed since Jan 20th, 2009, Noon.

Eric, be as disrespectful as you want. You will get no argument from me that the government is generally stupid. My husband works for the government. I see stupid on a daily basis. (The government not my husband, he’s brilliant!)

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:25 +0000

I seem to recall something about good intentions paving a road to somewhere.

Lots of folks out there don’t care about economics. They just think, “If the gov’t can spend billions on this or that, then why can’t they make sure my kids get health care?”

This is why. The gov’t is stupid. I don’t mean to sound disrespectful, and there are plenty of intelligent individuals in politics, but this kind of behavior and proposed reform is stupid, irresponsible, and arrogant. Stupid- because we know better than to think the gov’t could oversee healthcare. Irresponsible- because nobody really understands the mess this reform makes, and yet the president wants to push it through quickly, as if to prevent people from even trying to understand it. Arrogant- because we can look at other governments that provide healthcare and think that we’re to great or smart to repeat their disasters.

Seeing them present something this dumb makes me think it’s not about healthcare at all. So what is it about?