<<<The entire issue has me rather puzzled, almost fascinated - since when is it that Americans came to despise profits and developed this profound faith in the wisdom of the Capitol Hill politicians?>>>
Not me. I think, for instance, Walmart, by and large, does a great job keeping prices low and delivering great products. They deserve their success. They could however do a better job paying their lowest paid full time employees a slightly higher wage (but that is just a quibble).
OTOH healthcare is something different. It deserve a higher priority. Healthcare deserves as much, if not more support, than the military for national security purposes.
I think government has to get out of the way of health care services. Let doctors, hospitals, healthcare providers do their thing. Government has to get out of the way. Health insurance is imo something else. Our current system is out of control. It has to be reformed. Government can make it worse, but we have to be like China for a day , clean this mess up and remake our current system.
Government has a role in some situations and it is incumbant that we get the best possible people we can get into government service. We have to have a different breed of people into government service just as we should try to get a different breed of people to become doctors. These are people that have to be highly intelligent, highly educated, of high character, and view their profession as a calling rather than as a way to make a comfortable living.
Right now there is not much difference between people that go into business or people that run for elected office. They can both be equally incompetent.
Anyone that thinks a Sarah Palin merits high office has lost any credibility with me. |
