> Judah wrote: > This is one of those market areas where top-down regulation is really > needed > > The marketplace needs more > information and liquidity. > > We need to reign in costs now and ensure > coverage now.
I agree with the points noted but everything else I don't so it would seem we disagree on the how. You seem to be advocating the following (but it's hard to tell due to your ambiguity on principle and detail): (1.) We work to earn money. (2.) The government, via the IRS, confiscate part of our earned wages. (3.) After extracting a small collection fee, the IRS turn our money over to Congress. (4.) Congress will wisely use our money (5.) Providers will be paid for services rendered. This all sounds like a very bad idea to me. I'm advocating: (1.) We work to earn money. (2.) We have a fixed lower limit and open upper limit of that money protected from the IRS and Congress as our own discretion. (3.) We spend our money to keep ourselves healthy based on data-driven regulation and policy. (4.) We fund a safety net for those without their own yet. (5.) We use all the money we saved for a sweet retirement trust fund. Call me a blue dog, but I just don't believe that Congress can administer my money better than I can. Do you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299759 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
