Nice post Wes. Thank you for your cross posting, as I don't get on HellForLeather as often as Jalopnik... though as a motocyclist as well as a car nut I really should!
@Steve_in_NC: Know that of course. I don't like Gov't interference anymore than the next person but I do believe there are areas where some reform/assistance could be used. Would be nice to change the whole "don't give a shit about the poor people" attitude.
Hell! Most so called "capitalists" go grovelling to the govt with a bowl in their hands when the chips are down. Other times the same bunch moan about taxes. I think there could be a better balance some where.
Healthcare is a black box to anyone who works outside the industry. It's easy to spread FUD when people don't understand something.
Probably 95% of Americans couldn't even tell you who writes the paycheck to a doctor working in a typical hospital, or who has the power to fire a doctor for bad behavior. Asking them to understand the system as a whole is hopeless.
Once you convince people that the dems are conspiring to take away their access (real or illusory) to care, you destroy any hope of real debate.
This nation of suckers will get the reform it deserves.
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I mean that in appreciative sincerity.
My own anecdotal opinion resolves to a different conclusion, but I can't write for shit.
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Hell! Most so called "capitalists" go grovelling to the govt with a bowl in their hands when the chips are down. Other times the same bunch moan about taxes. I think there could be a better balance some where.
09/04/09
Probably 95% of Americans couldn't even tell you who writes the paycheck to a doctor working in a typical hospital, or who has the power to fire a doctor for bad behavior. Asking them to understand the system as a whole is hopeless.
Once you convince people that the dems are conspiring to take away their access (real or illusory) to care, you destroy any hope of real debate.
This nation of suckers will get the reform it deserves.