"To get rich is glorious." -- Deng Xiaoping. This is perhaps the smartest thing ever uttered by a member of the Communist Party.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Weekend links
One British writer says that the American right's criticisms of Britain's National Health Service hurt because there is so much truth to them.
Some Whole Foods shoppers are vowing a boycott of the store in response to the CEO's op-ed calling for a free-market approach to health care reform. This, of course, goes both ways and I stopped by the store yesterday for my grocery needs.
Mark Perry notes that prospects for the successful conclusion of Democratic-led health care reform are taking a beating on the prediction markets.
As I said to a friend yesterday, I am all for those opposed to the Whole Foods CEO's comments to boycott the store. I just ask that such people allow us to do the same and boycott the single payer system they have in mind by paying for private insurance. Somehow I doubt they will be as accomodating!
With regards to heath care reform: Everything's okay. I have decided to give my over 120K 2010 wages to the Feds to help bolster our sagging economy. I think that if all of us who earn over this amount do the same thing..then everything will be just fine. Peachy, in fact.
But just for that year okay? I know I won't have a home anymore and forget that pesky tuition for my son next year. But there is a greater good here and apparently only people who earn over 100K should have to be responsible for everyone else.
Oops, kitchen timer just went off. I have to take my medicine now.
I have a BA in International Affairs and MA in International Trade and Investment Policy. I live in Washington, DC and work for a Fortune Global 500 company as a public policy analyst. I can be contacted at 2getrichisglorious-at-gmail.com.
3 comments:
As I said to a friend yesterday, I am all for those opposed to the Whole Foods CEO's comments to boycott the store. I just ask that such people allow us to do the same and boycott the single payer system they have in mind by paying for private insurance. Somehow I doubt they will be as accomodating!
Good point. This is why it is preferable for such matters to be resolved in civil society than through government.
With regards to heath care reform:
Everything's okay. I have decided to give my over 120K 2010 wages to the Feds to help bolster our sagging economy. I think that if all of us who earn over this amount do the same thing..then everything will be just fine. Peachy, in fact.
But just for that year okay? I know I won't have a home anymore and forget that pesky tuition for my son next year. But there is a greater good here and apparently only people who earn over 100K should have to be responsible for everyone else.
Oops, kitchen timer just went off. I have to take my medicine now.
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