Universal Healthcare or Corporate Welfare?
Ever since Hillary Clinton's overreaching Universal Health Care project fell flat in the 90's, we constantly hear Republicans tying the very idea of government sponsored healthcare to Communism and Socialism. Privatization supposedly offers more choices and provides a lower overall cost to the consumer. In theory, they are somewhat correct. In practice, however, that is not the case. The healthcare industry is rapidly consolidating. There are maybe five major players nationally at this point, and as with what is happening to many American industries, you can pretty much make a safe bet that in the next few years, there will be even less choices. Much of this is due to deregulatory legislation that has been very healthy for corporate America over the last few years. I think this is one of the major drawbacks of an unfettered Capitalistic economy. When there are no stops in place, the Corporation is allowed to grow and absorb all that it can, thus eliminating competition and incr...
I lived in the NW for many years and I leave and NOW they become a REAL team....WOW...Superbowl???!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHell is freezing over for sure...hand me my mittens...
YAHOOOOOOO
Yeah.. it's about time! Too bad though it's going to be a home game for Pittsburg more or less.
ReplyDeleteEverywhere I go its Superbowl talk- no more :) NO MORE! I have family in Pittsburgh so this is a big deal of course... the party is already in the works..but alas, I do not follow.
ReplyDeleteDammit I linked you and I have to fix it. Bear with me, Drew. I mean no disrespect, I just seem to offer up more incompetence than what I deem acceptable..
ReplyDeleteFamily in Pittsburg? Please offer my regrets for the Sunday after next.
ReplyDeleteNo, seriously, the Hawks are my team, but I have a seriously hard time finding anything bad to say about the Steelers. They would be in my top five favorites.
Congrats. The God of Football told me last August that Seattle was going to win. The gods are with you. Don't know why...
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