Wednesday, January 23, 2008
And they're proud of it
Today, the House upheld the President's veto of SCHIP. And I heard a Texas Republican whose name I don't remember bragging about it. See? This is the kind of thing they believe.- force women to have children, then the hell with them.
And on Fox News (I was at the Navy Hospital) I heard some dipshit announce the economy was just fine, we should invest money in business. Yeah, that'll help a lot. If they send everybody a pinche $800 or whatever, it'll just end up in the corporations anyway.
What would be a better way to help businesses, especially small ones? Universal single payer health insurance. That would put a whole lot of money into folks' wallets. Toyota would no longer have to build a plant in Canada to save money.
Today I got an e-mail saying how wonderful his company is to give free health screenings. But not enough people were going, so they gave $150 in a gift card to everybody who came. First, it's not free (he thought it isn't tax supported- they get a tax write off for all that sort of thing). The rat4e payers get soaked for it. Also, they now have access of your health history. If you or your family looks like the types who will be expensive, they'll find a way to get rid of you. Otherwise their insurance payments will go up.
And on Fox News (I was at the Navy Hospital) I heard some dipshit announce the economy was just fine, we should invest money in business. Yeah, that'll help a lot. If they send everybody a pinche $800 or whatever, it'll just end up in the corporations anyway.
What would be a better way to help businesses, especially small ones? Universal single payer health insurance. That would put a whole lot of money into folks' wallets. Toyota would no longer have to build a plant in Canada to save money.
Today I got an e-mail saying how wonderful his company is to give free health screenings. But not enough people were going, so they gave $150 in a gift card to everybody who came. First, it's not free (he thought it isn't tax supported- they get a tax write off for all that sort of thing). The rat4e payers get soaked for it. Also, they now have access of your health history. If you or your family looks like the types who will be expensive, they'll find a way to get rid of you. Otherwise their insurance payments will go up.
Labels: economy, health care, politics, SCHIP
