Comments on: Should We Ask For More Service From The Government? http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/ This is where your finance takes place Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:24:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Darkness Now Means More Light Later | Counting My Pennies http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2927 Darkness Now Means More Light Later | Counting My Pennies Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:22:26 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2927 [...] Should We Ask for More Service From the Government? - Big issue in this upcoming election. After talking to a number of friends from Canada, I too lean away from the idea of national health care (though I think that the option of free healthcare for those who can’t afford it isn’t a bad idea) [...] [...] Should We Ask for More Service From the Government? - Big issue in this upcoming election. After talking to a number of friends from Canada, I too lean away from the idea of national health care (though I think that the option of free healthcare for those who can’t afford it isn’t a bad idea) [...]

]]> By: The Financial Blogger http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2014 The Financial Blogger Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:38:09 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2014 I don't think we should stop paying for health care, but we surely should stop paying for prisons and ship them on an island ;-) I don’t think we should stop paying for health care, but we surely should stop paying for prisons and ship them on an island ;-)

]]> By: Matt http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2012 Matt Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:27:24 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2012 Brian, you pay for prisons too even though you will probably never use it. Perhaps the government should stop funding those. Societies work best and are healthiest for all when there is a balance between extreme socialism and extreme capitalism. Will you have to pay for some things you won't use and others could abuse? Of course. But that is how it goes. Brian, you pay for prisons too even though you will probably never use it. Perhaps the government should stop funding those.

Societies work best and are healthiest for all when there is a balance between extreme socialism and extreme capitalism. Will you have to pay for some things you won’t use and others could abuse? Of course. But that is how it goes.

]]> By: Today’s Carnival - 3.10.08 | Amateur Asset Allocator http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2010 Today’s Carnival - 3.10.08 | Amateur Asset Allocator Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:41:25 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2010 [...] Should We Ask For More Service From the Government by The Finanicial Blogger [...] [...] Should We Ask For More Service From the Government by The Finanicial Blogger [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2004 Brian Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:44:56 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2004 Gov't has never solved any problems that they take on, and healthcare would become a disaster for many people when they find taxes are raised to cover the costs of healthcare. Everyone wants the lastest and greatest test for their condition and lawsuits are through the roof in terms of payouts. Who pays the costs we already have a regressive tax system that preys on produtive people and shifts wealth to those that don't work and this will add to it. When people talk about other 1st world countries and their healthcare they never mention the tax rates in those countries or the unemployment rates. Millions of illegals in the US manage to get health care simply by walking into the emergency room, but native cry i have no money for insurance or pass on buying insurance and I'm healthy and don't currently need it. Here in CA, the state has mandated coverage for pregnancy, so if you are a single guy you pay for something you have no need for, and the latest issue from the Gov't is Translation Services, for those that don't speak english which will be paid for by all and not those that need it. Sorry to be so long Gov’t has never solved any problems that they take on, and healthcare would become a disaster for many people when they find taxes are raised to cover the costs of healthcare. Everyone wants the lastest and greatest test for their condition and lawsuits are through the roof in terms of payouts.

Who pays the costs we already have a regressive tax system that preys on produtive people and shifts wealth to those that don’t work and this will add to it. When people talk about other 1st world countries and their healthcare they never mention the tax rates in those countries or the unemployment rates.

Millions of illegals in the US manage to get health care simply by walking into the emergency room, but native cry i have no money for insurance or pass on buying insurance and I’m healthy and don’t currently need it.

Here in CA, the state has mandated coverage for pregnancy, so if you are a single guy you pay for something you have no need for, and the latest issue from the Gov’t is Translation Services, for those that don’t speak english which will be paid for by all and not those that need it.

Sorry to be so long

]]> By: Carnival of Personal Finance #143 - Oh Canada Edition http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2003 Carnival of Personal Finance #143 - Oh Canada Edition Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:14:30 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2003 [...] The Financial Blogger tells why he doesn’t like free government services and would rather pay for them. [...] [...] The Financial Blogger tells why he doesn’t like free government services and would rather pay for them. [...]

]]> By: Dana http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2001 Dana Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:30:13 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-2001 Speaking as someone who faces the ultimate waiting list for healthcare in that I am American and have no insurance at all, I'm more than a little miffed that you think I should continue going without healthcare simply because some old people visit the doctor because they're lonely. I would go to the doctor in a hot minute if I had the funds to pay for it; not having the funds to pay for it, rather than being irresponsible, is what keeps me away. I have heard it said that we should think of healthcare as a national defense issue and I agree, since disease happens to kill more people than war does. I have also read about the various kinds of "socialized medicine" offered the world over in first-world countries, and just because the U.S. might eventually adopt a national system doesn't mean it'd have to be like yours. I find more value in discussing and debating what a national healthcare system would look like than in dismissing the idea completely as some kind of bastion of "irresponsibility." Speaking as someone who faces the ultimate waiting list for healthcare in that I am American and have no insurance at all, I’m more than a little miffed that you think I should continue going without healthcare simply because some old people visit the doctor because they’re lonely. I would go to the doctor in a hot minute if I had the funds to pay for it; not having the funds to pay for it, rather than being irresponsible, is what keeps me away.

I have heard it said that we should think of healthcare as a national defense issue and I agree, since disease happens to kill more people than war does.

I have also read about the various kinds of “socialized medicine” offered the world over in first-world countries, and just because the U.S. might eventually adopt a national system doesn’t mean it’d have to be like yours. I find more value in discussing and debating what a national healthcare system would look like than in dismissing the idea completely as some kind of bastion of “irresponsibility.”

]]> By: linklings, power down edition -- brip blap http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-1998 linklings, power down edition -- brip blap Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:21:50 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-1998 [...] The Financial Blogger | Should We Ask For More Service From The Government? [...] [...] The Financial Blogger | Should We Ask For More Service From The Government? [...]

]]> By: Mark Runta http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-1974 Mark Runta Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:18:11 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-1974 What about privatizing the operational aspects of the health care system? It is still paid by taxpayer dollars and is subsidized or free for public use, but operated and managed by a for-profit private entity. I strongly feel that operational efficiency is incentive driven, usually by money! What about privatizing the operational aspects of the health care system? It is still paid by taxpayer dollars and is subsidized or free for public use, but operated and managed by a for-profit private entity. I strongly feel that operational efficiency is incentive driven, usually by money!

]]> By: The Financial Blogger http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-1973 The Financial Blogger Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:08:08 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/should-we-ask-for-more-service-from-the-government/#comment-1973 JDP; It's not entirely free, but if you go at the hospital today with a broken leg, they will receive you and put on your cast for free. Steve; I can appreciate your position considering the fact that there are millions of people without any access to health care in the US. This is simply not right... Maybe there is no perfect system? JDP; It’s not entirely free, but if you go at the hospital today with a broken leg, they will receive you and put on your cast for free.

Steve; I can appreciate your position considering the fact that there are millions of people without any access to health care in the US. This is simply not right… Maybe there is no perfect system?

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