> Judah wrote: > Fear not, oh anonymous corporate lackey, I shall not force you to run > for Congress. >
Well ... actually I wish I was that principled. Truth is I'll probably follow the money no matter what happens. I did get an offer (for more dough!) to move to another industry but I turned it down. Probably stupid, but I actually feel like I'm making a difference. I do wish you could tie together the failure of the government to regulate financial products with the fact that health insurance is a financial product and thus the current problem is really just part and parcel of the financial crisis as a whole: it's a failure of government. At the end of the day I want free and fair competition. I want bankers to compete, I want health insurance to compete. Fannie and Freddie don't compete. AIG doesn't compete. Goldman-Sachs doesn't compete. Health insurance is exempt from anti-trust; they don't compete. Don't you see that? It's all the same thing. And that will never ever change because congress will never vote to have less power. So how anyone who knows that would actually vote to give them more power and money is beyond me ... unless: 1.) They're ignorant of what I just said, or 2.) They're going to profit from more congressional power. I know you think Medicare is super awesome. But as a guy who deals with doctor fraud and CMS incompetence every day I can tell you it isn't. It's a GREAT basis for a good regulatory agency. Once you admit the historic failures, you'll see the wisdom of that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305911 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
