The 'other' model isn't working any better. My wife works in an Urgent Care; tons of Canadians come here to get the health care they need. I think the whole industry needs to be more competitive; most things in health care shouldn't cost what they do. On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Well, that is the American model? > > 1) Limited, inefficient and horrendously expensive health care (where > are the majority of my high school peers? dead) which exists as part > of the "insurance industry" (rather than the scientific and health > industries [which are non-existent!] > 2) Feeding frenzy of artifically exploding "value" and credit costs! > 3) Little "economic traps" everywhere! (We so loved our Monopoly games > as children?) > 4) Drugs actually used for government profit, agrandized by modern > media! See #1, where illness is not treated, so drugs become a common > man's answers. > 5) Alcohol that limits functioning and keeps people from developing > extensive critical thought. > 6) Lack of primary economic education (greater than the 6th grade level). > 7) Open borders so we have more minions within the matrix! > > On 7/30/09, JD Austin wrote: > > I was waiting to see how long until racism was called :) > > It is a fact that illegal immigration is costing Az and Ca plenty and > > pointing that out doesn't make him hate filled or racist. I don't blame > > them for coming here... If I were them I'd do it too. We need to remove > the > > 'free' incentives that we can no longer afford to provide. They're not > the > > only demographic freeloading services; plenty of Americans game the > system > > (generations!) to get a free ride too. > > > > Such a conversation doesn't belong on this list about Linux and > technology. > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Craig White > wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 22:33 -0700, Lyle Tuttle wrote: > >> > Perhaps you are looking at the wrong source.....we now have a $3 > >> > Billion deficit.....check out these numbers in bold blue......... > >> ---- > >> every state has a major deficit as they clearly were unprepared for such > >> a drastic change in the economy. > >> > >> I find it offensive in every way that first JMZ linked the racist > >> article and now you found it worthy to paste. The article is not a news > >> story but rather an opinion piece and not really suitable for this list. > >> > >> That anyone should scapegoat any group of people (not once but many > >> times) for causing this economic downturn is stupid. This is a bitter, > >> hate filled person and his comments have no place on this list. > >> > >> Craig > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >> believed to be clean. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > > -- > > (623)239-3392 > (503)754-4452 www.obnosis.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >