It's not politics it's religion.

GG found out he was part of a cult. Judah is throwing bibles at Gruss
the blasphemer because he wont drink the Kool-aid.


On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yawn...so sick of politics on this list.
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 

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