Comments on: In Brief: Health Insurance Costs Rise (Again), Silly LTE’s, Emerson Switches Schools

By: Jason Haas

Jason Haas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:59:56 +0000

“Oh, Dan, you just need a little more patience, and that great invisible hand of capitalism will make everything fine. After all, it is invisible, so no one knows what it’s doing! What change that?”

So says the shrill voice in my head that enjoys voicing a stance perfectly opposite to how I feel…

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:11:03 +0000

“BUT EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE”?!?!? Nobody believes that, and to insinuate that a particular group of people (Republicans) don’t want to fix healthcare and continue with the status quo is at best inaccurate.

By: The Family Guy

The Family Guy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:59:30 +0000

You might have a point on the Constitution thing. I imagine that interstate highways fall under commerce, as well as airlines.

You are right though, Federal food stamps and Federal education controls and mandates are not in there. Perhaps we should return control of those items to the people through state and local government and cut the size of the Federal bureaucracy? I like your line of thinking there, Dan.

By: The Family Guy

The Family Guy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:54:34 +0000

So the answer to higher health care costs driven mostly by higher demand is more government?

In ten years, MPS has lost 20% enrollment and it’s budget has increased 63%. Per pupil spending had nearly doubled in that time, yet there is no increase in performance. The tax levy has also nearly doubled in 10 years, and remember, they have 20% LESS students to teach. That’s what government offers us.

There is no agency in the Federal Government that has shown restraint in spending while being able to provide quality service to the customer. Many are deeply in debt and at risk of failure. The reason people are against the health care take-over is that they realize waiting in line at the DMV is annoying, and getting the wrong information from the IRS is troublesome, but waiting in line for a doctor and getting the wrong information from the hospital will have much more serious repercussions. The government has a terrible track record, yet you want me to give up a system that works for most people to try out one that has never performed well for 225 years?