[Rhodes22-list] Political - for Brad's Eyes - not related tosailing!

[brad haslett]

Stan,

One of the names that keeps coming up for the Dems in
2008 is Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen.  Evan Bayh
shot himself in the foot with a lot of moderates over
the Condi vote.  Bredesen was Mayor of Nashville, a
self-made multi-millionare from the health care
industry, from the Northeast originally, and I voted
for him as Governor and probably could as President. 
Anyway, Bredesen just last month made massive cuts in
Tennessee's universal health-care program, Tenn-Care,
because it wasn't sustainable and was bankrupting the
state.  I think nearly everyone with a heart wants
universal access to health care but these huge social
programs have so far proven difficult to administer. 
Ever been to a hospital in China?  Change in our
current system is certainly needed but massive
government take-over of health care hasn't worked all
that well in the communist/socialist countries and I
don't see it working well here either.

Now as to SS.  Did you read what Greenspan had to say?
 Certainly everyone that has bought into the myth of
SS, like my parents, need to be protected.  But for my
kids, they need to be told the truth.  When the
program started the ratio was 40 workers for every
recipient.  Now its 3 to one.  When I start drawing
benefits (I'm not holding my breath on that and am
planning otherwise) the ratio will be 2 to 1.  This is
a no-brainer Stan.  The numbers don't add up.  When
you politize the math and scare the shit out of old
people its irresponsible.  I can't honestly look my
kids in the eye and tell them that SS is a good deal
for them.  The handwriting is on the wall.  This is
not a Republican or a Democrat problem, this is simple
demographics.  Go to the latest McKinsey newsletter
and you'll see China is facing the same problem.  Its
simple math!

Brad

--- stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:

> Good sign.  The propaganda from those fearing Real
> health care has started 
> early -
> Anybody for tackling Social Security since George
> made that the first 
> priority?
> 
> stan/EC
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political - for Brad's
> Eyes - not related 
> tosailing!
> 
> 
> > Ed, here's one for ya!  Brad
> >
> > Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore were in
> an
> > airplane that crashed. They're up in heaven, and
> God's
> > sitting on the great white throne. God addresses
> Al
> > first.
> >
> > "Al, what do you believe in?"
> >
> > Al replies, "Well, I believe that the combustion
> > engine is evil and that we need to save the world
> from
> > CFCs and that if any more freon is used, the whole
> > earth will become a greenhouse and we'll all die."
> >
> > God thinks for a second and says "Okay, I can live
> > with that. Come and sit at my left."
> >
> > God then addresses Bill. "Bill, what do you
> believe
> > in?"
> >
> > Bill replies, "Well, I believe in power to the
> people.
> > I think people should be able to make their own
> > choices about things and that no one should ever
> be
> > able to tell someone else what to do. I also
> believe
> > in feeling people's pain."
> >
> > God thinks for a second and says "Okay, that
> sounds
> > good. Come and sit at my right."
> >
> > God then address Hillary. "Hillary, what do you
> > believe in?"
> >
> > "I believe you're in my chair."
> >
> >
> > --- ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> A stockbroker, on his way home from work in New
> York
> >> City, came to a dead
> >> halt in traffic and thought to himself, "Wow,
> this
> >> seems much worse than
> >> usual.  He notices a police officer walking
> between
> >> the lines of stopped
> >> cars, so he rolls down his window and asks,
> >> "Officer, what's the hold up?"
> >>
> >> The officer replies, "Hillary Clinton is
> depressed,
> >> so she stopped her
> >> motorcade and is threatening to douse herself in
> >> gasoline and set herself on
> >> fire.  She says her husband has spent all her
> money
> >> and the Democrats told
> >> her to forget about running for President in
> 2008.
> >> So we're taking up a
> >> collection for her.
> >>
> >> The stock broker asks, "How much have you got so
> >> far?"
> >>
> >> The officer replies "About 4 1/2 gallons, but a
> lot
> >> of folks are still
> >> siphoning."
> >>
> >>
> >> f4e1ac.jpg
> >>
> >> >
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