FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.
BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.
FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.
PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.
RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.
CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and shoots you.
DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.
PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.
BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.
PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors try to take the cows and kill you.
LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
(Original source unknown)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
"Healthcare system not to be improved in the near future...or ever'
Although I'm an advocate for our president, Barack Obama, I believe that a universal health care plan will not work...or happen in the near future. Although I would love to see restrictions put on medical practitioners, I think there will no compromise between government and the health care system in the end. Canada offers their citizens a universal health care program and the United States does not. Most people claim that they "pay outrageous amounts of taxes" and "that's why we are better off with a free reign." This is not completely true. A single citizen pays 31.6% tax in Canada whereas in the United States we pay about 29.1% in taxes. As a married citizen with two children you will pay approximately 21.5% in taxes and 11.9% here in the United States. In Indiana sales tax is 8%; in Canada the most expensive sales tax region is 15.25% on Prince Edward Island. Sure, this is higher than we currently pay, but are the extra few percentage points worth it?
I hear others discussing how the poor are taking advantage of the middle class for their use of health care assistance programs. Though they are already fortunate to have health care from their parent's place of work or other means, no one considers the other side of the spectrum. For most of my life I have lived without health care and have had to bear the costs of getting any medical attention. Instead of the $20 co-pay that most have, we have to pay the full amount. You're sick and need medication before it's serious? That'll be $100. Medicine? Forget a $10 generic prescription, because now it's $30. Not only do you feel horrible because of the ailment you got from someone, but you are now down $130 because you cannot afford in the first place because of the situation you or your parents are in being in and out of jobs.
This past year I have been to the doctor way too many times to count. I have had these horrific sores growing about my mouth for the past years and it got serious. I saw a couple of specialist doctors, of which the horrible insurance we DID have, rejected to pay. Not only do I now owe over $500 in doctor visits, but I owe another $2,000 for having a fancy camera go down my throat while passed out so that I could get some sweet body shots of my esophagus (usually called a endoscopy). The lady then told me I had to take Aciphex, which is a acid-reflux medicine that costs $200 a month without insurance. Do I suffer or live in debt instead?
A friend of mine was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, which means she is allergic to gluten. She also has allergies to quite a few things and takes various other over-the-counter medicines. Every inhaler she pays for is over $100 a month, and that's not even including any of the allergy medicines or over-the-counter goods.
So, if universal health care is not the answer, what is? Do we set government regulation on practicing doctors or do we let them continue raking in ridiculous amounts of profit in the hands of the underprivileged. Don't even get me started on health care financial assistance... I've applied this year in February and haven't heard anything since.
I hear others discussing how the poor are taking advantage of the middle class for their use of health care assistance programs. Though they are already fortunate to have health care from their parent's place of work or other means, no one considers the other side of the spectrum. For most of my life I have lived without health care and have had to bear the costs of getting any medical attention. Instead of the $20 co-pay that most have, we have to pay the full amount. You're sick and need medication before it's serious? That'll be $100. Medicine? Forget a $10 generic prescription, because now it's $30. Not only do you feel horrible because of the ailment you got from someone, but you are now down $130 because you cannot afford in the first place because of the situation you or your parents are in being in and out of jobs.
This past year I have been to the doctor way too many times to count. I have had these horrific sores growing about my mouth for the past years and it got serious. I saw a couple of specialist doctors, of which the horrible insurance we DID have, rejected to pay. Not only do I now owe over $500 in doctor visits, but I owe another $2,000 for having a fancy camera go down my throat while passed out so that I could get some sweet body shots of my esophagus (usually called a endoscopy). The lady then told me I had to take Aciphex, which is a acid-reflux medicine that costs $200 a month without insurance. Do I suffer or live in debt instead?
A friend of mine was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, which means she is allergic to gluten. She also has allergies to quite a few things and takes various other over-the-counter medicines. Every inhaler she pays for is over $100 a month, and that's not even including any of the allergy medicines or over-the-counter goods.
So, if universal health care is not the answer, what is? Do we set government regulation on practicing doctors or do we let them continue raking in ridiculous amounts of profit in the hands of the underprivileged. Don't even get me started on health care financial assistance... I've applied this year in February and haven't heard anything since.
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