The President, for the second consecutive week, stayed on the subject of health care, talking about the importance of health care reform and how our economy is so dependent on real reform. We have a President that understands the vital necessity to our economy of reducing health care costs that are dragging us into the abyss. I will post the Republican plan shortly.
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Jules & Mayor Manzi:
http://www.gop.gov/media/weekly-republican-address/09/06/13/weekly-republican-address –>Republic response given by Rep Mike Spence R – IN
Gerard
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Gerard,
The list of Obama “don’t waist a good crisis” policies is well known. Problem is no one cares.
What was once hated Bush policies now will be completely overwhelmed by a litany of Obama policies that will continue to move the Federal Government into control of what was once free enterprise and constitutionally protected freedom as well as a staggering tax burden leading us into inflationary. And no one cares.
The government health care program is a component in that equation. No matter what this man says it will become rationed and of course underfunded, requiring “health care ‘reform'”. Any suggestion of competing with private programs is a lie as he knows the private programs will disappear.
Once enacted, government programs do not go away.
Jules
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Jules;
I’m continually surprised that you think that the private sector medical programs would disappear: why would you think that?
You’ve mentioned before that you’ve been rationed by Medicare: but isn’t there such a thing as supplemental Medicare private sector coverage? I am ignorant of these things, but it seems to me that this is the way it will turn out: the new Medicare will provide us all with basic needs, which may be supplemented with whatever you want and/or can afford.
-FM
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PS. Completely off topic, but the GM Corvette Racing team placed 1-2 in their last GT1 class appearance at the 24 Hours of LeMans this weekend! It would have been 1-2-3 if not for a gearbox failure on one car after 22 hours. This year they were so dominant, their only competition was each other.
Fitting that they retire as champions. I know that I’m getting too old to stay up all night to watch this stuff.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/21/ode-to-corvette-racing-a-decade-of-dominance-in-gt1/
-FM
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Fred,
I have suplimental insurance. I was rationed on Part D. Fred, you are nieve if you think the national health plan won’t make the private sector as extinct as the dinasaurs.
That is the ‘crisis’plan.
Jules
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Jules:
I don’t want to make this one partisan: but Part D is the prescription drug care benefit that Bush/Republicans passed. It’s the one with too many confusing private sector choices, none of which can be figured out before you take the coverage. And if your drugs change, your plan may not cover them. Am I close to right?
I only say this because I’ve talked to a population of 4: my parents, and the parents of one my my friends (3 of which are staunch Republicans). They hate it. I point out that it looks to me like it’s the private sector screwing them. Then they get madder.
Why wouldn’t it be better for a single organization like Medicare to negotiate the price of all drugs, and then pass the savings on to you? Like the VA does (and like Part D is specifically enjoined from doing, thanks to the Republicans)? You know you’re paying at least double for your medications that Canadians do, even before they get to the copay, for the same drug, because the Canadian government negotiates the price?
What makes it worse? A significant amount of drug research in this country (and thus the world) is funded by … guess who? Hint: you write a big check every April …
I’m serious: I hope that by the time I get where you are, single payer is the law of the land. So much so that I’m seriously considering retiring in a country that supports it. I already know the Canadian national anthem from going to Bruins games …
-FM
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Fred,
Don’t worry, my friend. Obama will insure a corvette electric will hit the Edison rally.
Actually I understand why you love those classic cars. I once designed a special machine to re-bore Corvette brake calipers for the after market. We put a stainless sleeve as the brake core would rust easily. It even had a robot.
Jules
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Jules:
You know that F1 already has hybrids on track as of this year (Ferrari and McLaren), and LeMans type sports cars are working on regs? The times, they are a changin’ for all of us ….
Did you do a lot of automotive work in your career?
-FM
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Fred,
I started early in my career working for a company in New Hampshire that made car interior trim such as crash pads, arm rests, visors, etc. I have done design for automotive companies while working for engineering companies. I also worked for a after market brake rebuilding company.
The automotive business is tough. The argument is made, “you get to shut down Ford just once.”
Once I worked 3 days around the clock to resolve a start up.
Jules
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Jules:
Very cool. You lived through the golden age of mechanical engineering, must have been great!
Love the feeling of finally getting a system working … though I am but a dumb software guy.
-FM
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Fred,
I love software guys. They let me get away with an awful lot. I only have to make sure I identify all the inputs and outputs, and the software guy can make it work.
In the day I designed full mechanical systems with cams. If I got it wrong it could be expensive to fix.
Jules
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Your Honor,
The CBO seems to have found out what we with small brains already knew; Predicted billions will turn into trillions. Trillions will turn into…..well you know what.
Obama Plan:
1. 45 millions have no health plan
2. 1 trillion dollars (which may be 1.3 trillion) will take care of only 16 million. 3. We will need an additional 2 trillion to take care of the remaining 29 million.
That does not include providing health care to remaining 300+ million.
AND, we have no money according to our President.
Your Honor, does this guy know what he’s doing?
Jules the cynic.
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