Klarinet Archive - Posting 000530.txt from 2004/07

From: Jimmy Lee <jrlaudio@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Political Rant - do not open if you are offended
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:29:59 -0400

Dee,
Thanks you.

"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:01 PM
> Subject: [kl] Political Rant - do not open if you are offended
>
> > 44 Million Americans last year did without health insurance. The health of
> > Americans, the richest country in the world, has fallen behind the rest of
> the
> > industrialized world. Our health care system is broken. We spend more on
> health
> > care per capita than any other nation, and we are getting less and less
> real
> > care at the same time.
> >
> > Quoting the Washington Post "The United States spends almost 15 percent of
> > its income on health care, far more than other advanced countries. That's
> about
> > $5,540 a year for every man, woman and child....Costs are rising four
> times as
> > fast as wages. One informed estimate places the cost of employer-sponsored
> > health care coverage for the average family at $14,500 in 2006, just two
> years
> > from now."
> >
> >
> > While this situation endures, President Bush is "disappointed" that the
> > Senate dismissed his gay marriage ban.
> >
> > Well, Mr. Bush, I am disappointed in YOU.
> >
> > I want a new President. I want leadership that is concerned about the
> welfare
> > of ALL Americans, and yes, the rest of the world as well. I am tired of
> > leadership that pushes its own vicious, uncaring ideological agenda at the
> expense
> > of others.
> >
> > Why am I posting this on a clarinet related list? Because I'm telling
> > everyone I can.
> >
> > Walter Grabner
>
> If you have a workable system, propose it to your congressman. The rub is
> that so far no one has come up with a system that will work. The proposals
> to date are such that costs would go even higher or there would be a
> shortage of healthcare available. Do you want that? I think not.
>
> You speak of change of leadership. Would you prefer to have two lawyers in
> there? They may be more interested in what's good for the lawyers rather
> than healthcare. Two of the drivers of healthcare cost are liability
> insurance and the cost of lawsuits, some percentage of which are not
> malpractice but that the doctor couldn't work a miracle that would have been
> worthy of God.
>
> Don't focus on one element and one side of one issue. Look at all the
> issues. Don't believe the political ads but do your own research. You can
> read up on the candidates voting records. You can read up on the bills in
> Congress. You can read up on what the candidates say versus what they do.
>
> Government cannot solve all the problems.
>
> Dee Flint
>
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