Posted on 12/24/2019 9:39:28 AM PST by Kaslin
One of the very many reasons I would never vote Left (Democrat) is because of the child-like view of the world embraced by those with this ideology. Children, or adults with childish notions, running the world are a recipe for disaster. Would any adult with his head even modestly screwed on really want to have a world run by the likes of this disturbed teenager, Greta — the leftist Time Magazine's person of the year?
This is particularly true in the economic part of our world — a world that deeply impacts each of our lives, every day of the year. This childishness begins with their utterly naïve belief that government workers and politicians are basically competent, kind, and compassionate, hence deserving great power over each of us. It sweeps across their foolish and destructive open borders policies, their twisted view that American history does not live up to a utopian view of life, the preposterous notion that a boy or girl in the womb is not a living human being, their cosmically foolish calls to end fossil fuel use, and their suicidal notion that disarming the good guy will help smite evil.
This is why the normative Left calls for giving the vote to our clueless 15- and 16-year-olds like Greta. They see these young tabula rasa kids as not very different from their 50-year-old unwise selves. They are children in their views of every topic, particularly regarding creating wealth, money, investments, and business. "Soak the rich," they say. "Free stuff for the masses." "Down with disgusting capitalism and profit." "Redistribute income" (never distributed in the first place). It's why, frighteningly, a large percent of Americans now embrace socialism or communism.
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Boy is there going to be a reckoning. Whether it’s man made or the promise of the return of our Savior wielding a rod of iron with the fiercness of a lion. I can’t wait.
I understand whst he’s saying about medical costs, and why does an MRI cost so much.
This may stir the pot, but I’ve seen complaints here on Free Republic sometimes, about how much medical procedures cost, and how much a dentist charges, and for that reason, those people gonto Mexico for medical and dental work.
Lies these days are on video
For all the world to see. Over and over
And the evils of the socialism come around much faster.
Venezuela elected Chavez. ( rot in hell ). In 1995
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and stained with liberal’s tears.
Two Things In This World Are Totally Worthless
Tits On A Boar
And
A Teenagers Opinion
Just think kids in the toy aisle who don’t get the toy they wanted so they throw a crying fit to attract attention.
That is liberalism...
“Boy is there going to be a reckoning.”
Almost certainly no.
bkmk
That’s a cartoon. Be an adult.
Correction: The Utter Destructiveness and Cancer of the Liberal Progressive Mindset........
Liberals will cause their own destruction as long as they get to destroy our lives first. Destroying our lives is what they live for.
Leftists/progressives/D’rats are adult children.
They have an adult’s body, but their intellect is stuck around puberty/adolescence.
Hence all the emotion-based thinking, inability to deal with failure, inability to think logically, propensity to lie and the potty-mouthed 8th grade ‘humor’.
Easily solved by forcing medical providers to publish their cash prices. The industry engages in massive anti-trust violations, and it pays off the political classes to look the other way. Squeezing the fraud out of the system would incur a massive, short-term GDP hit, but would lead to a much healthier economy going forward. But no politician is willing to endure that hit on his/her watch, so the $20,000 MRI's continue.
There are RICO indictments just begging to be filed against the management of every major hospital system in America...if Barr needs anything else to do.
Absolutely. Arrested development for sure.
Medical and dental costs really ARE sky high and the reason is government meddling. I’m 75, I clearly recall when if you moved to a new town and you felt sick and did not know anyone you could simply go to a doctor’s office, walk in and tell them your situation and they would invite you to sit down and you would be “worked in”. Usually you would see a doctor within two hours and pay a charge of around five dollars. Nowadays you would have to go to the emergency room and the charge would be from five HUNDRED up. I also recall having dental work done and paying with a twenty and waiting for my change. I don’t know if dental insurance existed then but no one of my acquaintance seemed to think we needed it. When Jimmy Carter was in office one dental clinic near me advertised that they could give you a “Jimmy Carter” smile for $300.00, that was their fee to pull all your remaining teeth and fit you with a full set of dentures.
$300 in 1978 ==> $1174.47 in 2019.
Yes, the government has thoroughly debased the currency.
Among the multitude of reasons for the outrageous costs for medical, dental, and optical care North of Mexico is the ridiculous level of litigiousness caused by an overabundance of lawyers.
Every big award against a doctor, nurse, or medical facility comes out of YOUR pocket eventually, whether it’s through the premiums your doctor pays for insurance, or your having to travel excessive distances because there are no specialists near you.
Having government involved just makes it worse. I have no idea how we can fix this, but something is going to break, and I think it’s going to be sooner than later. G_d help us all at that point.
“$300 in 1978 ==> $1174.47 in 2019.”
If only that were true. I don’t claim to know the correct figure but I am certain it is much higher.
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