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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305935 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
