Time for a Laugh

Sometimes journalists just make my day. Sometimes, it's the anonymous commenters who say it better than the professional writers. Today I want to share something that made me smile.

I was reading an article about President Obama's getting furious with his aides over news of the oil spill. According to The Washington Post:

"Since the oil rig exploded, the White House has tried to project a posture that is unflappable and in command.

"But to those tasked with keeping the president apprised of the disaster, Obama's clenched jaw is becoming an increasingly familiar sight. During one of those sessions in the Oval Office the first week after the spill, a president who rarely vents his frustration cut his aides short, according to one who was there.

"'Plug the damn hole,' Obama told them."

But, that's not what amused me. I was glad I had read the article just because of the first reader comment which mused, "I bet the CEO of BP just slapped himself on the forehead and said, why didn't i think of that???"

Thanks for the laugh.

The Beginning of the End

"The trend is not sustainable, says University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes. Reason: The federal government depends on private wages to generate income taxes to pay for its ever-more-expensive programs. Government-generated income is taxed at lower rates or not at all, he says. 'This is really important,' Grimes says."

This quote is from a USAToday article about how private income has shrunk to all-time lows and government handouts have reached record levels. As I pointed out in my last post, our way of life is being destroyed.

What the people who argue for these government programs don't realize is that the wealthy give money to the poor. They do it through creating jobs, either directly, or by creating demand for the work that the rest of us do. When you demonize wealth and demand that the government redistribute it, you destroy the expansion of the economy.

As Margaret Thatcher pointed out, "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

Read the article here.

Christie for President

Every time the federal government has passed a tax increase on the "wealthy" government revenue has GONE DOWN. This is because sucking the money that could have been used for investment, job creation and other expansions of the economy out of the private sector and stuffing it into the black hole of government does not help anyone. What was President Obama's response to this fact? "redistribution as a matter of fairness." In other words, these taxes are to make everyone poor, so no one is better than anyone else, regardless of how hard they work. You can read more on that here.

The question is, do they not realize that by stealing money from the private sector, they are also hurting the poor? I don't think they care.

'Millionaires tax' bills pass both houses, but are vetoed by Gov. Christie

The Great Lie of Healthcare

I've told you before that this entire premise of insuring the uninsured to lower healthcare costs is a lie. My own congressman sent me a letter telling me that the uninsured don't get primary care and then end up in the emergency room. This costs us all tons of money. Having a husband in the major emergency room, the one the congressman cited, I knew this for the lie it was. He is constantly bombarded by demanding, entitled patients who don't care what their visit costs because they are insured, usually with medicaid. But, I don't believe in using anecdotal evidence to argue in favor of universal positions. That's why I always seek to find studies and evidence. I have pointed out in the past that when Massachusetts universalized coverage, ER visits went up.

Today, I have an even more telling study. Do the uninsured go to the Emergency Room more than those of us with insurance?

No.

Check out this article.

What else did the study find? Those with government insurance are much more likely to have multiple ER visits in a year than those with private insurance. You mean that those of us responsible for ourselves don't go to the ER for non-emergencies? That's so odd. Who would have ever considered that old fashioned accountability would matter. Well, who, besides those of use still independent and responsible? Take heart! There are some of us left. (Well, actually right-but we're here)

So what's going to end up happening here? More people, the same doctors. Well, at least we have job security. This might not be so comforting to those of you that don't have a doctor in your home. We have recently been told by the CBO that this health care law will cost much more than originally stated. We know that insurance companies and businesses are going to be hit hard by the new regulation, resulting in more fees and less jobs. Now we find out that the "cost lowering" factor is a lie. Is there anything that congress told us that was true?

Vote em out!