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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gg cox who wrote (22606)	12/16/2011 10:38:01 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

There is no sin in hard work and making a fair profit.Would that apply to my last post? Yes because your last post complained about large profits. Not large profits (or technically just increasing, a large increase in profit doesn't always represent a large profit) from doing some horrible thing X, that would really be complaining about X. The point was directly about large profits - "According to a study by a pro-health reform group published February 11, the nation's largest five health insurance companies posted a 56 percent gain in 2009 profits over 2008." The less than one percent ""occupying wall street"" can clearly see the bamboozle, Apparently most of them can clearly see just about nothing.

To: gg cox who wrote (22606)	12/17/2011 10:14:27 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

The bit about the five why's is a good one. I used it often on the job. It is effective in differentiating between causes and symptoms, which is essential to real problem solving. Tim took exception to your finding sin in increased profits. The issue I have with your post, OTOH, is that it blithely put an increase in insurance company profits in the cause category, not only cause but root cause. That is simply inapt, likely a function of an overwhelming populist mindset trumping actual problem solving.