We watched Food, Inc. the other night. It was a bit of a bummer. The Fuzz wasn't really surprised by the meat industry, having seen this stuff before. We have raised goats, geese and chickens ourselves, and know it's not necessary to treat them this bad.
What got The Fuzz the most, was how the corporations were hounding and suing the little people to get a monopoly. That, and the apparent collusion by the government in all this.
13.9.10
19.7.10
Your Fatness Quotient
It seems that part of our Heath Care Reform involves sending you Fatness Quotient to the government.
We quote,
"[T]he Obama administration sets its sights on overweight Americans, demanding obesity ratings for all citizens by 2014..."
And,
"... under the stimulus law, health care providers must establish "meaningful use" of electronic health records to qualify for federal subsidies or risk seeing their Medicare and Medicaid payments slashed. The electronic health records must include Americans' body mass index, or BMI, height and weight."
And lastly,
"... a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that $147 billion is spent annually on obesity-related costs, or 10 percent of medical costs."
It's all about money.
We quote,
"[T]he Obama administration sets its sights on overweight Americans, demanding obesity ratings for all citizens by 2014..."
And,
"... under the stimulus law, health care providers must establish "meaningful use" of electronic health records to qualify for federal subsidies or risk seeing their Medicare and Medicaid payments slashed. The electronic health records must include Americans' body mass index, or BMI, height and weight."
And lastly,
"... a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that $147 billion is spent annually on obesity-related costs, or 10 percent of medical costs."
It's all about money.
30.3.10
At Least They Will Be Covered
Ah, "Health" Insurance. There was a meeting about insurance changes today. When it was over, The Fuzz crunched the numbers a bit.
If he were to have this insurance stuff on his family, it would take at least 1 week's pay per month.
The deductible would exceed another 2 month's pay.
1 out of 4 weeks pay would work out to about 3 months pay per year.
Add on the other months for deductibles.
We are looking at over 5 month's pay per year here.
And congress has decided to force him to pay this.
But on the bright side, at least they will be covered.
If he were to have this insurance stuff on his family, it would take at least 1 week's pay per month.
The deductible would exceed another 2 month's pay.
1 out of 4 weeks pay would work out to about 3 months pay per year.
Add on the other months for deductibles.
We are looking at over 5 month's pay per year here.
And congress has decided to force him to pay this.
But on the bright side, at least they will be covered.
22.3.10
Good for Business
Well, they claim they've given us Health Care. But all I see is they're taking our money and giving it to the insurance companies. But it is good for business, as we can see.
"investors began snapping up biotech, health care provider and hospital sector stocks"
Lots of new costumers, lots of new money.
"investors began snapping up biotech, health care provider and hospital sector stocks"
Lots of new costumers, lots of new money.
4.3.10
High Finance
The Fuzz was listening to the radio the other day. Someone was explaining the financial world system. The best he could make out was it works like this.
1) A borrows 10 bucks from B.
2) A gives B IOU.
3) B sells IOU to C at a profit*.
4) D borrows 10 bucks from E.
5) D gives E IOU.
6) E sells IOU to C at a profit*.
7) C staples the IOUs together and sells them to F at a profit*.
8) F sells the lot to G at a profit*.
9) G sells to H at a profit*.
10) A&D skip town.
11) H sells to I at a profit*.
12) I can't find A or D to collect on IOUs.
13) Congressman J borrows 25 bucks from China to give to I.
14) I gives congressman J 5 buck campaign contribution.
15) Taxpayer U owes China 30 bucks.
At least that's the best he could make of it. But we have to remember that The Fuzz is just a dumb-ass garbage man so we shouldn't expect him to understand these things.
*Just where this profit comes from is one of the things The Fuzz doesn't quite get.
1) A borrows 10 bucks from B.
2) A gives B IOU.
3) B sells IOU to C at a profit*.
4) D borrows 10 bucks from E.
5) D gives E IOU.
6) E sells IOU to C at a profit*.
7) C staples the IOUs together and sells them to F at a profit*.
8) F sells the lot to G at a profit*.
9) G sells to H at a profit*.
10) A&D skip town.
11) H sells to I at a profit*.
12) I can't find A or D to collect on IOUs.
13) Congressman J borrows 25 bucks from China to give to I.
14) I gives congressman J 5 buck campaign contribution.
15) Taxpayer U owes China 30 bucks.
At least that's the best he could make of it. But we have to remember that The Fuzz is just a dumb-ass garbage man so we shouldn't expect him to understand these things.
*Just where this profit comes from is one of the things The Fuzz doesn't quite get.
28.2.10
Even More on "Reform"
Well, it's beginning to look like we may get "Health Care" after all. What I don't understand is what's the difference between this thing and socialized medicine? I mean, if we are going to have mandatory participation, why are we sending this money to private, for profit, insurance companies? If we are going to force people to buy this medical coverage they don't want, why half-ass it? Why not just go to a government health system and be done with it? Why pretend it's something else?
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