[Rhodes22-list] Health Care (Political)

[Bill Effros]

Andrew,

We can't agree that having health care is good.

Bill Effros



Andrew Collins wrote:
> Guys
>
> Health care is not entirely economic. Having health care is good, right? I
> think we can agree on that.
>
> As an Enlightened Capitalist, socially liberal, econically
> prudent/conservative, admitted fallow traveller and small business owner, I
> pay for 85% of the healthcare cost for all of my employees. In NYC no less,
> which is more than double the cost in adjacent regions like New England and
> the mid-Atlantic (I know, I checked).
>
> Why do I break ranks with Wal-mart?  Let me count the ways:
> 1. It is the right thing to do.
> 2. I can't sleep at night if I don't do it.
> 3. It makes my employees able to have families and live like the civilized
> people they are. They need not fear becoming ill.
> 4. It makes them loyal, and makes them less likely to quit, so I profit by
> retaining the institutional knowledge they have in-house.
> 5. It makes my firm more attractive than other consulting firms when a
> candidate must choose between firms. Benefits are important.
> 6. All of the above works, we have very little turn over, the quality of our
> product is recognized by our stable client roster.
>
> One man's plan
>
> Andrew
> EC
> sv Carmen
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Rob,
>>
>> Did you take the time to poke around the website of the movie?
>> Liberal claptrap. I don't have the time or energy to debunk all the
>> silliness printed there but I will take on WalMart.  First, I love
>> WalMart, probably because I'm a heathen redneck and like the fact that
>> I can buy bullets in the gun department while my wife is shopping for
>> tomatoes, but whatever.  WalMart could offer its employees health
>> care, hell, they COULD offer them free housing.  You'd pay more for
>> goods at WalMart but then you don't shop there anyway, right?  Does
>> the farmer's market where you buy your arugula offer health care?
>> WalMart is a business and one that is very well run (and besides, if
>> my 401K doesn't recover I may want to work there someday).
>>
>> Do they have an economics department on your campus?  Maybe you should
>> broaden your education some.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
>>     
>>> Too bad it's too true to be funny. - rob
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Ed,
>>>
>>> That's Funny!
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> See:  http://imvotingrepublican.com/
>>>>
>>>> And I quote, 'stir the pot'.
>>>>
>>>> Ed K
>>>> Greenville, SC, USA
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