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I Think American Politics Do Not Serve The General Public

It all comes down to priorities. Were we a nation of outstanding moral fiber the choices wouldn't seem so hard. But we're not. We are instead a country of board rooms and bottom lines.

Total combined cost for ALL Congress for a 1 year stretch ?
$804,247,090

I do not believe this number accounts for their perks like healthcare, and kick backs.....
Just sayin, let's call it 1 billion.....

In contrast -
The U.S. military budget for fiscal 2018 is $824.7 billion.
The ACA is expected to cost roughly 134 billion during the same set of time.......

Hmmm.......

As we kill the ever threatening terrorists 1 by 1, and in small groups, using million dollar bombs, lets uninsure 15 million Americans next year. Significantly reducing their quality of life and their lifespans while we're at it.....

Sounds like a great approach towards being a more civilized nation.....
:p

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TheProphet · M

Most of those that won't have insurance will be by choice since they won't be forced to buy in any longer. No one will be denied insurance. Whether they can afford it is their problem.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

It's only their problem until hospitals start filing for bankruptcy and closing their doors. Or have we forgotten the real reasons behind the ACA already?

TheProphet · M

@HikingMan: Hospitals shouldn't treat anyone who won't pay.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

Which is all fine well and good until people are brought in unconscious in an ambulance. Then what ? Leave them outside while they run credit checks ?

I love it when people are heartless.

TheProphet · M

@HikingMan: Businesses that don't make money fail. Pay your own way.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

I do.

TheProphet · M

@HikingMan: As I do and so should everyone else.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

900 billion on war and officials say that's not enough.
134 billion for healthcare is too much.

Got it.
Thanks.
Rob

TheProphet · M

@HikingMan: Not the Governments place to pay for healthcare, but Defense is their responsibility.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

Yup. That's in the constitution. Provide for the common defense.

Did you know that you are almost 100 times more likely to die by being crushed by a piece of household furniture than you are to die in a terror attack ?

Are you aware that of the 5 leading causes of preventable deaths in this country, 4 are health issues ?

Like I said...,
It's about priorities.

I asked in the boardroom.
They told me to see the bottom line......
:p

luckranger71 · 51-55, M

@HikingMan: You've caught the essential premise that healthcare is not like other industries and subject to the same market pressures.

And I'm glad that some of our conservative friends have joined to remind us that their true position is that if you cannot afford insurance you should just die.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

That would probably end up hurting the bottom line though if all the consumers, most of which reside in the median income brackets, all just up and died off.....

TheProphet · M

@HikingMan: The country is overpopulated by the poor. The fewer of them the better off the country would be. We've become a country full of takers.

luckranger71 · 51-55, M

@HikingMan: I think I've found the intellectual inspiration for lastbabyboomer's position on healthcare:
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBQBojhY6Iw]