I am a swing voter

[Lepidopteran]

I am a swing voter, neither Republican nor Democrat. I supported President Bush in his response to September 11 and I supported the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But I like John Kerry's message about the need to do something about the people in this country who have no health insurance. It's a hard choice.

[GeronL]

bbbaaaaaaaa.... shear me please..... its getting hot... baaaaa

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Petulant child:

(Stamping feet. Pouting.)

I want my llama lolly!

[Slings and Arrows]

I think I saw Osama hiding in there.

[Neets]

Wow, kinda early!

[Remember_Salamis]

Another DU'er to FreeRepublic. Welcome.

I like to put liberals on the right path, so I'll break it down:

There are three types of health care systems:

1. A consumer-based system where everybody pays as they go
2. A corporatist, employer-provided system we know have
3. a single-payer government provided system

We currently have #2 for the most part, with #3 for seniors. It's a flawed system and actually a historical fluke: companies started paying workers with health care benefits during WWII to get around wage freezes. Employees liked health care, and government noticed, so they started allowing companies to deduct money spent on health care from their taxes. But it's a truly flawed system wherein the consumer does not decide what kind of health care he recives, nor does he have ANY regard for how much healthcare he consumes (he's not paying for it!). Furthermore, "employment mobility" is stifled because people are afraid of losing coverage and big businesses have an unfair advantage over small businesses by (large group plans are cheaper per worker than small plans).

The little devil on the left shoulder, #3, is also driving up costs. Did you know medicare only pays for 90% of the bill? And what do you think the hospital does to pay for the other 90%? Pass it on to non-medicare recipients in the form of $8 aspirins, for example.

You see, both candidates want to move us away from #2. However, Kerry wants to move us towards #3 while President Bush wants to move us towards #1 with his "medical savings accounts".

The president wants to enlarge Medical Savings accounts and down the road reform the corporate tax structure so employers aren't encouraged to give employees health care they really don't need.

Simultaneously eliminating corporate taxes and the welfare that goes along with it (the two are roughly the same amount) while expanding President George W. Bush's Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) to all Americans would (1) eliminate the tax incentive to "pay people in benefits" (2) allow Americans to save for their own high-deductible health insurance. This would lead to a truly consumer-driven market.
There is very little cost awareness among insured consumers of health care services. If the cost of consuming a good is relatively low, consumers will generally consume more of them! This is especially true if a consumer gains little financially from minimizing their consumption. This is precisely the case in the healthcare industry, and it should be fixed by making American consumers, already cost-conscious in other facets of life, become cost-conscious about healthcare costs. This can only be done by making consumers pick their own healthcare plans.

Vote 4 Dubya!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Or late, depending on your perspective.

If anyone asks, I live in Australia and this is a perfectly reasonable hour to posting comments on FreeRepublic.

Shhh!

Don't let on.

[ApplegateRanch]

"...If you are dead it doesn't matter whether you have health insurance...DOn't you get it? WE ARE AT WAR!!!! "

But..but, what if I'm only---WOUNDED/ Say, in a supermarket bombing, by a piece of , uhh...shrapnel?? Is that the right word?...yes, uhh, wounded by a piece of rice-coated shrapnel on the butt? Who would pay for the bandage THEN?

You say we're at war, so could I get a Purple Heart for that??? Maybe that would be a good trade off for having to pay for my own Band-Aid.

[Bobber58]

as I read my post and your reply out loud, my wife asked who stuck the red hot poker up your arse...i concur...

[Belisaurius]

I think our Trollus Zottus took a poster's advice and crawled over to DU for some meet and greet.

[philman_36]

Glad you got to see it. It's been around awhile. That unknown flamer is one funny guy, isn't he.

[GeronL]

bump

[GeronL]

hahaha....ugh

[GeronL]

Have you seen this??

Can you verify thie authenticity of this war photo please?

[Neets]

Oh!!!!!!!!!

OK!!

Got it.

Must ready for the J.O.B. now.

[GoLightly]

We have a winner!!!

[Caipirabob]

Here Kitty, Kitty...

[The Scourge of Yazid]

This thread is fighting for it's life.

It can go in one of three directions.

A. Continue to have some relative coherence as a rebuttal to that little popinjay's nuisance post about "swing" voters, who lean toward Kerry because of his position on health care.

2. It can become a standard-issue, pro forma "Viking Kitty" thread, which follows the usual routine.

Zed. It can be hijacked by a deviationist element of the RKBA Crew, who will shortly turn this thread into an unrecognizable mishmash of inscrutable non-words, bizarre sounds and images, theoretical equations and unfathomable philosophical dilemmas.

[GeronL]

It can be hijacked by a deviationist element of the RKBA Crew, who will shortly turn this thread into an unrecognizable mishmash of inscrutable non-words, bizarre sounds and images, theoretical equations and unfathomable philosophical dilemmas.

That sounds like a good one. But its time for me to get offline...

[AmericaUnited]

THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY WOULD YOU BELEIVE ANYTHING A DAMN LIAR SAYS?!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Good luck at work.

Though you must now, being silly is some people's full-time occupation.