Plastic Farm Animals
A few years ago I went looking for a doctor to give me a tetanus shot. What should have been easily achievable turned into a difficult task because I did not have health insurance. The first clinic outright refused me because I had no insurance. I called the health clinic a few miles down the […]
It was a close call. And an eye-opener. Daniel nearly died of heat stroke. He had walked the few dusty blocks to the main road in the heat of the day and returned in a taxi to collapse just inside our front gate. Fortunately, Bob was sitting at his desk with a view of the […]
I spent part of my morning comparing health insurance plans. Despite the fact that I’m not really interested in getting health insurance. I haven’t had health insurance for six years, nor have I felt any desire to get it. With the exception of an occasional cold, some muscle strains, chigger bites and wasp stings, I […]
Corporate America wins another battle! HR3200l effectively hands over every one of us to the Health Insurance companies on a silver platter, creating a monopoly in an industry which we cannot live without, unlike telephone service or car insurance. The sheer lie of the title, “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009” is as Orwellian […]
Tsk. Tsk. In the United States, we just keep right on throwing good money after bad, putting ourselves further and further into debt. At this point in time, we owe the rest of the world more than $11.5 trillion. That works out to $37,635.57 for every man, woman and child. The United States military budget […]