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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3718)	9/2/2004 10:07:09 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

Then and Now John Kerry today before the American Legion: Eighty-five years ago, the American Legion was founded by and for our nation’s veterans. As one of those veterans who benefited from your advocacy and as one of your members, I am honored to accept your invitation to be here today and proud of what the American Legion does every day to advance the ideals of America. Then consider what John Kerry said here: We will not quickly join those who march on Veterans' Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the "greater glory of the United States." We will not accept the rhetoric. We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars-in fact, we will find it hard to join anything at all and when we do, we will demand relevancy such as other organizations have recently been unable to provide. We will not take solace from the creation of monuments or the naming of parks after a select few of the thousands of dead Americans and Vietnamese. We will not uphold traditions which decorously memorialize that which was base and grim. --- John Kerry - A New Soldier (epilogue)

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3718)	9/3/2004 7:00:07 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

When the Yankees nearly moved to Boston espn.go.com

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3718)	10/2/2004 3:50:18 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3718)	11/23/2004 6:46:08 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

Seeing is believing (in the free market) Everywhere we look it seems that health care is more expensive: prescription drug prices are increasing, costs to visit the doctor are up, the price of health insurance is rising. But look closer, even closer, closer still. Don't see it yet? Perhaps you should have your eyes corrected at a Lasik vision center. Laser eye surgery has the highest patient satisfaction ratings of any surgery, it has been performed more than 3 million times in the past decade, it is new, it is high-tech, it has gotten better over time and... laser eye surgery has fallen in price. In 1998 the average price of laser eye surgery was about $2200 per eye. Today the average price is $1350, that's a decline of 38 percent in nominal terms and slightly more than that after taking into account inflation. Why the price decline in this market and not others? Could it have something to do with the fact that laser eye surgery is not covered by insurance, not covered by Medicaid or Medicare, and not heavily regulated? Laser eye surgery is one of the few health procedures sold in a free market with price advertising, competition and consumer driven purchases. I'm seeing things more clearly already. Thanks to Jonathan Van Loo for research assistance on this post. Posted by Alex Tabarrok on November 23, 2004 at 07:30 AM marginalrevolution.com