Iraq (let them eat broccoli & take an ounce of prevention)

[Scott Badger]

Re-reading this now,  seems my clarity fails my own sub-standards -- call it
the Percosets....

Cheap gas for cars works against the availability of public transport,
promotes less of a "local" community, adds to pollution, fat Americans,
yada,yada...can't see the downside to driving your car becoming more costly.
More expensive cars isn't working....

Health insurance costs is a pyramid about to topple  - annual increases of
15% to 25% for the policy we offer our employees. We're nearly at the point,
8 years into offering healthcare, where ALL increases will need to be passed
on, leading, eventually to the point where it is no longer affordable to the
employees even though we're picking up $600 a month plus of the tab for a
family. As an Ironman, try dealing with a new ACL or two (if you haven't
already...) without insurance. I've had it both ways -- there oughta' be a
wing at the local emergency room in my name given the money I've shelled
out....and without insurance, I'd be dead.

Not much better, probably, but there's my rant, and I'm sticking to it....

Scott Badger


>Fair cop...sounding like a Ben & Jerry's pint pitch...I have absolutely NO
>problem having the money go to communities...let me tell ya' about local
>school, water, development debates....the P-List pales...town meetings are
a
>gas...still, getting people out of their car and on their feet (in a way
>that doesn't increase the cost of manufacturing, freight, power etc) and
>reducing available healthcare to something less than mortgage-payment level
>payments (and whether you pay directly, your employer pays, or the
>government pays -- you still pay) are desireable...from my own, admittedly
>skewed perspective.
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>Scott Badger
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