Saturday, January 12, 2008

Question of the Day

Why is our health insurance still regulated? How has this been able to continue? This is an issue that is becoming such a big deal to me in my work and personally. Our health insurance system is llke a Marxist society among us, getting rich off the people and our government helps them do it. What is up? If the free market was able to reach our health insurance options we would see major improvement. I would rather try this before I let my government run it like the post office.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Got that right!!

Vigilis said...

An excellent observation, Tonto.

Ans: Lobby influence is shameful. While we get to vote periodically, lobbyists get to short circuit our influence to "educate and influence" our elected officials daily with "academic studies" favoring special interests ($$$$).

Q: Any idea when lobbying, a corruption favorable to incumbents, first began in the U.S.? Who was the first paid lobbyist, might be a better question.

I believe term limits, whether statutory or by the electorates voluntary discipline would cure many evils, including the lobby short circuit. As voters in aggregate, we get only what we deserve.