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To: Road Walker who wrote (506081)	8/19/2009 11:43:32 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578137

RW, > The problem as I see it is that the major players: providers-insurance companies-drug companies have no vested interest in lowering cost That doesn't make sense. They're the ones paying the cost. Why would they enjoy keeping the cost high, much less passing it onto their already pissed-off customers? > Government has to get involved... Government is already highly involved. Only thing is that it's a real patchwork of laws, regulations, and programs. Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (506081)	8/19/2009 1:35:47 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578137

The urgent need for government to take over the housing and shelter industries: Look how much Americans spend in this area. Consider the rampant inequality. Some are homeless, some are crowded into cramped apartments, some enjoy spacious private homes with pools and hot tubs. And worst of all there are so many housing profiteers - landlords, building contractors, mortgage lenders, villainous home insurance providers. Evil-mongers all of them. Why should something so basic as shelter be something people make money off of. And just think of all the wasteful administrative costs associated with all those private property owners, insurance companies, and so on. Let me perfectly clear. If you like your present home, you can keep it. (For 1 to 5 years at least, before your home is enrolled in the Public Housing Option.) Once you realize the government needs to get involved and drive out the waste and profit and ensure basic shelter coverage for all, the rest is a no-brainer.