Comments on: A degree is not a golden ticket to escape lousy jobs! http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/12/a-degree-is-not-a-golden-ticket-to-escape-crappy-jobs/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Swindle http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/12/a-degree-is-not-a-golden-ticket-to-escape-crappy-jobs/#comment-4757 David Swindle Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:52 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4370#comment-4757 Yeah, you're right, but still check out The Conservative Soul. It's a great book and you're missing out if you avoid it because of his recent lapses. Yeah, you’re right, but still check out The Conservative Soul. It’s a great book and you’re missing out if you avoid it because of his recent lapses.

]]> By: davidforsmark http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/12/a-degree-is-not-a-golden-ticket-to-escape-crappy-jobs/#comment-4756 davidforsmark Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:21:21 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4370#comment-4756 Andrew went nuts during the Bush Administration, mostly in a hissy fit over gay marriage. His descent was complete with his pushing of the Sarah Palin's baby really belongs to her daughter conspiracy that he pushed long after even most of the loonies had abandoned it. Andrew went nuts during the Bush Administration, mostly in a hissy fit over gay marriage. His descent was complete with his pushing of the Sarah Palin’s baby really belongs to her daughter conspiracy that he pushed long after even most of the loonies had abandoned it.

]]> By: David Swindle http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/12/a-degree-is-not-a-golden-ticket-to-escape-crappy-jobs/#comment-4755 David Swindle Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:18:13 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4370#comment-4755 I know Sullivan isn't the most popular figure as far as most conservatives are concerned. And the Right certainly has some legitimate grievances. That being said, Sullivan's book The Conservative Soul is really worth reading. It was one of the key books that led to me abandoning my leftist faith. It really set me up for Horowitz's The Politics of Bad Faith quite nicely. Some good points on health care, btw. I know Sullivan isn’t the most popular figure as far as most conservatives are concerned. And the Right certainly has some legitimate grievances. That being said, Sullivan’s book The Conservative Soul is really worth reading. It was one of the key books that led to me abandoning my leftist faith. It really set me up for Horowitz’s The Politics of Bad Faith quite nicely.

Some good points on health care, btw.

]]> By: Michael Gersh http://www.newsrealblog.com/2009/08/12/a-degree-is-not-a-golden-ticket-to-escape-crappy-jobs/#comment-4754 Michael Gersh Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:15:29 +0000 http://newsrealblog.com/?p=4370#comment-4754 Most of us have had shi**y jobs, and have made choices based on the availability or cost of health insurance. After all, employer supplied health insurance costs about sixteen thousand dollars per year. That is $16,000 per year that we could be paid instead of having an employer pay the carrier. But that is way too honest for today's health care debate, and A. Sullivan is about as far as one could go away from honesty. If we were to be honest, we could frame the debate by stating two very uncomfortable truths. Undeniable, and absolutely true: The single biggest problem with health care insurance is that the customer (patient) is completely removed from the consequences of cost. Patients MUST be made to pay part of every dollar spent on their behal;f, or nothing will get better in the area of cost of health care insurance. The single biggest problem with health care provision is lack of transparency in charges. When medicare pays the least expensive rate and therefore hospitals and doctors charge the indigent, who pay cash, at the highest possible rate you have the most unfair possible system. Insurors pay a rate somewhere in the middle. When congress and the president promise to pay for more of the currently uninsured with cuts in medicare they are promising to make the system MORE unfair, not less, but all is fair in the quest for power, and make no mistake, this is all about the transfer of power from us to the politicians. Most of us have had shi**y jobs, and have made choices based on the availability or cost of health insurance. After all, employer supplied health insurance costs about sixteen thousand dollars per year. That is $16,000 per year that we could be paid instead of having an employer pay the carrier. But that is way too honest for today’s health care debate, and A. Sullivan is about as far as one could go away from honesty. If we were to be honest, we could frame the debate by stating two very uncomfortable truths. Undeniable, and absolutely true:

The single biggest problem with health care insurance is that the customer (patient) is completely removed from the consequences of cost. Patients MUST be made to pay part of every dollar spent on their behal;f, or nothing will get better in the area of cost of health care insurance.

The single biggest problem with health care provision is lack of transparency in charges. When medicare pays the least expensive rate and therefore hospitals and doctors charge the indigent, who pay cash, at the highest possible rate you have the most unfair possible system. Insurors pay a rate somewhere in the middle.

When congress and the president promise to pay for more of the currently uninsured with cuts in medicare they are promising to make the system MORE unfair, not less, but all is fair in the quest for power, and make no mistake, this is all about the transfer of power from us to the politicians.

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