In the latter part of 2013, five years after a one-term Senator with no discernible past was elevated to the presidency, you're still proposing a "best solution"?
LOL. When are FR conservative porn addicts going to wake up and figure out the game? Perhaps never - volume is way down, while other sites that present a more complete picture are on the ascendancy.
It has always been about money. Whether private or public sector, banking balance sheets must continually expand. With the private sector (purposely) emasculated & outsourced, it leaves only government to take up the slack to avoid deflation. (Deflation kills both government & banks - since they "own" the country, this can't be allowed to occur.)
It doesn't matter what area is involved: health, energy, food, transport, security, etc. The debt MUST expand. Health care is the perfect vehicle in which to increase costs and force either individuals, or local/state/Fed governments to incur additional debt to finance this respective service.
I find it fascinating that at this late stage in the game, parlor room debates still take place regarding the philosophical nature of the political economy.
I suggest you fellas 'move on' and deal with the here & now. That is, how do you make a buck off these extremely major non-secular trends?
No parlor debate. It is not the political economy— it is the real economy. Understand quite well the nuance, and as an employer faced with shaving hours to avoid fines under the so-called “system”, the shaving will become layoffs shortly.
Quite true that it would be simpler to game the system in as you say the “non-secular” trends. A simple thing to do, like all the left wing hedge fund hustlers— going short.
An odd thing in what is left of small business/manufacturing. Some have stuck to their values, held their market and the major challenge to survival is-— surprise— the govt. mandate and venture socialists. We will close rather than play this— and live to open another day.