[pianotech] Medical costs (OT!)was:billing dilemmawith pitch raises

[Gary]

I didn't notice Paul mentioning any particular administration.  We've 
been drifting this way for years.



On 11/2/2010 9:12 AM, David Love wrote:
>
> You're comparing the current administration with the Russian 
> Revolution!?!?   Clearly Obama's right about one thing, education is 
> sorely lacking in this country.
>
> David Love
>
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul McCloud <pmc033 at earthlink.net>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Mon, Nov 1, 2010 7:01 pm
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Medical costs (OT!)was:billing dilemmawith 
> pitch raises
>
>     We don't know what is going to happen tomorrow, and we will have 
> to deal with it when tomorrow comes.  However, history has a nasty 
> habit of repeating itself, in case you didn't notice.  The Russian 
> revolution was going to be such a wonderful thing.  After it was over, 
> we know what happened.  I don't want to live under someone else's 
> thumb like that.  The same types of forces are at work right now, and 
> if you aren't vigilant, somebody is going to take away your freedom 
> and force you to do as they demand.  Hmm.  Maybe forcing ALL OF US to 
> get health insurance is just a start.  If I don't want it, I should 
> have the choice not to purchase it.  The whole thing is 
> unconstitutional, as in the United States Constitution.  You don't 
> care about that?  I'm not even talking about the huge costs that are 
> involved here.  It is madness.  In case you didn't notice, Medicare, 
> Medicade, Social Securi ty, etc. are all going bye bye.  The promises 
> can't be kept.  There is no "lock box" on these things, and they've 
> been raided.  The national debt is so overwhelmingly big, nobody is 
> ever going to pay it back, ever.  It will be a means to make sure they 
> can tax the &hit out of everybody for the rest of eternity.  You don't 
> care about that?  Dean has made good points here.  You can't make 
> something as substantial as health care free, or people will cheat and 
> take advantage.  Oh yeah, I forgot.  It's already happening.
>     Once you get the government involved, cheating and graft become 
> the standard.  Just consider how pianos are treated in schools and 
> churches, and other institutions.  Nobody cares for them because 
> they're owned by "somebody else".  WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE 
> GOVERNMENT.    But we don't see things that way.  If we cheat the 
> government, we cheat ours elves in the end.
>
>     It is time to open our eyes and see what is happening around us.  
> We can't ignore what Washinton does anymore.  What they do affects us 
> all.   Wishfully thinking that the government is going to take care of 
> us cradle to grave is a huge mistake.  Once this new health care 
> system is implemented, the costs are going to skyrocket, as have every 
> other socialized  medical system in the world.  It won't drive down 
> costs, they will increase.  If you can't see this, what can I say?  
> This country was founded and fought for independence because they 
> wanted to chart their own destiny and not be beholden to any other 
> country.  They knew what they were fighting for.  We have forgotten 
> it.  They didn't want big government, and made a constitution to limit 
> the federal government's power.  Now we have a bunch of idiots who 
> don't care at all for the constitution, and sadly there's no teeth in 
> the law anywhere to make them adhere to it.  So, big government is 
> here.  Put your head in the sand if you want to, but once it's too 
> late to do anything about it, it's too late.  Welcome to the New 
> World, Comrades!
>
>          Respectfully,
>
>         Paul McCloud
>
>         San Diego
>

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