Posted on 05/16/2006 9:05:47 AM PDT by jpsb
I have for many years now, been warning of the age old battle between the super rich and the middle class. Only in the usa during the 19th and 20th century, did the middle class win that battle. During the 19th and 20th century in the usa the power of the super wealthy was curtailed. Government enacted laws that protected the middle class and encouraged exspandsion of the middle class.
Anti-trust laws prevented the super rich from gaining control over entire industries. Today these laws are ignored. Labor laws enabled workers to bargain for a living wage. Today these laws are ignored. Trade laws protected American manurfacturs and labor from unfair foreign competition. Today these laws are ignored.
The super wealthy gained control of the government via lobbyists arguing corporate interests over middle class interests.
Also interesting to note that the poor class always sides with the super rich, since the super rich give the poor bread and circus.
Why do the super always fear the middle class? Because a middle class can threaten the interests of the rich. A middle class that has it own means of generating wealth is not dependent on the rich, it's a wild card that might very well sack the rich.
Ever wonder why the wealth generating machines of the usa (manufacturing) are being moved overseas? Wonder no more, the rich want to break the back of the American middle class by taking away the middle classes ability to generate wealth. Ever wonder why the rich want to flood the usa with uneducated poor from totarian nations? Wonder one more, these people will be the hammer that will enforce the policies the rich (government) want enforced. Publicly objects to government policies like bilingualism or immigration or entitlements for the poor and you will get your ass kicked by the "new" Americans.
This is what is happening, the global monied elites do not give a damn about the usa or it citizens. The global monied elite in control of our government see the uppity American middle class and it quaint Constitution as a threat. We that believe in the Constitution, G*d and the rule of Constitutional law are about to be made extinct so that the world will be a safe place for the elite families of the world and thier coporate/government servants.
How do you know better than all other health care consumers combined?
How would you propose lowering it?
You obviously aren't in the field. Consumers have no control over American health care. It is controlled first by legislation and regulation directly - and indirectly and as the largest purchaser of services. It is controlled second by guilds with government protection. It is controlled third by the de facto requirements of numerous court decisions.
Even consumer choice is eliminated in many respects. Its basically the equivalent of going to a supermarket and being told you must purchase a whole shopping cart full of goods everytime. It is illegal to just get milk. Entry to the market is restricted in a dozen different ways.
Nothing can be done to fix it and it will completely government controlled within 15 years. All the infrastructure is being standardized (Providers forced to use identical numbers, payers forced to structure all transactions identically etc.) Americans are not willing to accept the consequences of freedom in this area so we will eventually give in to socialized medicine.
First we had Medicare Part A, then B, then C, and now thanks to our President we have Part D. What do you think Part E and F will look like?
I do work in the health care industry.
I agree with you about the negative impact of overregulation and involvement in the industry.
But when you said that we were spending too much on health care, the implication is that even more government action should be taken to reduce it.
I think there should be less government involvement in health care, not more.
I think there should be less government involvement in health care, not more.
The thing is that the superrich hand it over to the leftists because of their naiveity and inherdiant weakness.
Lenin once said that the rich will sell the communists the rope by which they will be hanged.
You don't have to be any of the Bushes, to own and use antique Limoges or Wedgwood...I inherited my sets. Of course, I don't use these dishes every day...I don't want to hand wash them! It's bad enough that I have to hand wash the silver. :-)
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