tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post1750461516800504211..comments2024-03-28T00:18:10.569-07:00Comments on Demeur: The beatings will continue until morale improvesDemeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-18261351979872696682011-10-28T11:38:20.432-07:002011-10-28T11:38:20.432-07:00"They have cut and cheated their way to their...<i>"They have cut and cheated their way to their own demise then have the gaul to laid blame on people who had nothing to do with the problem . . ."</i><br /><br />I understand why you say that, and to a considerable extent it's correct. But not completely.<br /><br />In too many cases, people with a champagne taste for services but a willingness to pay only Kool-Aid taxes, set themselves up for trouble. Like here in the U.S., where some know-nothing tea partier said to keep big government's hands off of her Medicare.<br /><br />Medical insurance is one big reason why the financial industry is so rich and powerful. Why it has so much money to throw at elections and lobbying. But look at how the uninformed, the misinformed and paranoid personalities reacted to very limited, modest health care reform. We could take the financial industry out of the equation by going to a universal single-payer system. Yet as strong and obvious as the need is, huge numbers of people are easily spooked by nonsense like the death panels lies.<br /><br />Yes, it's the greedy banksters and corporations. Yes, it's crackpot and crooked pols. But the people have played and continue to play their part too.S.W. Andersonhttp://ohpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-52926176215715330202011-10-28T08:27:43.055-07:002011-10-28T08:27:43.055-07:00The world's always been cruel, now it's me...The world's always been cruel, now it's merely easier to be cruel thanks to technology. You ain't takin' me alive, Skynet!Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com