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To: tsigprofit who wrote (19885)4/20/2004 11:06:50 AM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 48463
 
Dear Abby,

I am a crack dealer in Mt. Washington, KY who has recently been diagnosed as
a carrier of HIV virus.
My parents live in Morehead and one of my sisters, who lives in West
Liberty, is married to a transvestite. My father and mother have recently
been arrested for growing and selling marijuana. They are financially
dependent on my other two sisters, who are prostitutes in Covington. I have
two brothers, one is currently serving a non-parole life sentence at
Eddyville for the murder of a teenage boy in 1994. My other brother is
currently in jail awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three
children. I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who
lives in Campton. She is a part time "working girl".

All things considered, my problem is this. I love my fiancée and look
forward to bringing her into the family. I certainly want to be totally
honest with her.

My question is:

Should I tell her about my cousin who is a Kerry supporter?



To: tsigprofit who wrote (19885)4/20/2004 11:07:21 AM
From: Buddy Smellgood  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 48463
 
The private sector also has a bureaucracy. We pay for all of the useless feel good advertising spewed by HMOs. The ads offer nothing that the consumer can use to make an intelligent decision about where to get care. HMO's also have positions called "patient advocates." These people are supposed to represent the patient in disputes with the HMO, but the position is paid by the HMO. HMO's also have created positions that focus on showing low-income patients how they can get the government to pay for their health care. Not a very efficient system.



To: tsigprofit who wrote (19885)4/20/2004 4:07:23 PM
From: Wayners  Respond to of 48463
 
The checks don't just come out of thin air. There are actual bureaucrats that would "administer" the programs. Some would write regulations based on whatever laws are created, others would enforce those regulations, others would do budgeting and a lot of other nonsense. And if you think those costs are cheap, think again. There is no incentive for the Feds to be frugal here. Instead of $10 in tax dollars going to a patient, the Feds will take $5 to pay for a big Department in Washington. I know. I live in D.C. and thats how things work. Look at the Department of Education. They act as a middleman between taxpayers and their local school system. The money goes from the taxpayer to Washington, the Feds take half and send the rest back to the local school system as a Federal program of some kind. The local school system would be better off cutting the Fed Dept of Education middleman out, to ensure that every dollar goes to educate students instead of paying for houses, boats and cars for Washington bureaucrats who have never ever ever educated a single student.