Comments on: Missing the Obvious http://clanwebb.com/2009/11/07/missing-the-obvious/ Thoughts and activities of the Webb family Tue, 25 May 2010 15:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Curt http://clanwebb.com/2009/11/07/missing-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-24122 Curt Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:30:04 +0000 http://clanwebb.com/?p=413#comment-24122 Distribute the wealth baby. Apparently I don't deserve what someone is willing to pay for my abilities, skills, education (and the time/money spent getting the education) or my work ethic. Distribute the wealth baby. Apparently I don’t deserve what someone is willing to pay for my abilities, skills, education (and the time/money spent getting the education) or my work ethic.

]]> By: Wyatt http://clanwebb.com/2009/11/07/missing-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-24121 Wyatt Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:09:48 +0000 http://clanwebb.com/?p=413#comment-24121 I agree completely, Curt. The whole effort to pass so-called health care reform has taken on a life of its own! The urgency seems to be around passing anything rather than getting something done that will actually work. The only thing we can all be sure of is that this bill will give the government much more control over the lives of the citizens. The only conclusion I can come to is that it's the control they are after. All of the other publicly stated goals seem to be moving targets and unsure at best. They know that once you build a bureaucracy, it is very hard to dismantle it. They are willing to bite the bullet now and throw their moderate congressmen to the wolves (the voters in 2010) to have the nearly voter-proof control in the future. It's the control they are after. Divining the reason doesn't make me feel any better, though. I agree completely, Curt. The whole effort to pass so-called health care reform has taken on a life of its own! The urgency seems to be around passing anything rather than getting something done that will actually work. The only thing we can all be sure of is that this bill will give the government much more control over the lives of the citizens. The only conclusion I can come to is that it’s the control they are after. All of the other publicly stated goals seem to be moving targets and unsure at best. They know that once you build a bureaucracy, it is very hard to dismantle it. They are willing to bite the bullet now and throw their moderate congressmen to the wolves (the voters in 2010) to have the nearly voter-proof control in the future.

It’s the control they are after. Divining the reason doesn’t make me feel any better, though.

]]> By: Curt http://clanwebb.com/2009/11/07/missing-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-24120 Curt Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:37:20 +0000 http://clanwebb.com/?p=413#comment-24120 Found this on the internet: I must be just too ignorant to have even a clue as to what our representatives in Congress can be thinking. What is the benefit of a health care bill that no one understands, no one can determine the cost of, no one knows where the money will come from, and no one knows for sure who will actually be covered and what the coverage will entail? Am I just too dense to be unable to understand the un-understandable? Why is this particular health bill so very important at this time? This is no different than me saying; I have no real income, my credit is in shambles, no one trusts me (my integrity is in the toilet), and my future is bleak to say the least, so I am going to see if I can finance a new charity wherein I shall collect money upfront from people who can least afford it for, let’s say, four or five years, and then I will decide how, to whom, for what group I shall disperse this money out to even though I don’t have a clue how to do so. Yes, I know I have never yet been able manage money in any way, shape, or form, but you can trust me this time. I know that in every instance in the past I have went over budget to the extreme, and I have no respect for the money I collect from the toil of others, but this time is different. You can trust me, because I say it is so. Again, am I so dense to wonder WHAT IS THE REASON for even considering a health care bill at this time? Found this on the internet:

I must be just too ignorant to have even a clue as to what our representatives in Congress can be thinking. What is the benefit of a health care bill that no one understands, no one can determine the cost of, no one knows where the money will come from, and no one knows for sure who will actually be covered and what the coverage will entail? Am I just too dense to be unable to understand the un-understandable? Why is this particular health bill so very important at this time? This is no different than me saying; I have no real income, my credit is in shambles, no one trusts me (my integrity is in the toilet), and my future is bleak to say the least, so I am going to see if I can finance a new charity wherein I shall collect money upfront from people who can least afford it for, let’s say, four or five years, and then I will decide how, to whom, for what group I shall disperse this money out to even though I don’t have a clue how to do so. Yes, I know I have never yet been able manage money in any way, shape, or form, but you can trust me this time. I know that in every instance in the past I have went over budget to the extreme, and I have no respect for the money I collect from the toil of others, but this time is different. You can trust me, because I say it is so.

Again, am I so dense to wonder WHAT IS THE REASON for even considering a health care bill at this time?

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