--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> jim_flanegin wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> In a message dated 3/10/07 12:12:29 A.M. Central Standard
Time,
> >> rick@ writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> And how many american lives lost when you spent a
> >> trillion dollars on an unjustifiable war rather than on health
> >>
> > care
> >
> >> for civilian and military , education and job training,
pensions
> >>
> > and
> >
> >> the many mentally ill homeless, the environment?
> >>
> >>
> >> Answer to question 1 is Zero. Answer to question 2 is also
Zero.
> >>
> > And this is
> >
> >> what really pisses off the left, not that Soldiers are risking
> >>
> > life and limb
> >
> >> for them but the money being used could be buying all kinds of
> >>
> > Socialist
> >
> >> programs.
> >> Education, the environment, and health are socialist programs?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Universal healthcare for civilians, is socialism. Education and
> >>
> > job training
> >
> >> beyond what the states already normally provide is socialism.
> >>
> > Federal take
> >
> >> over of pensions is socialism. Government care of the mentally
is
> >>
> > socialism,
> >
> >> although it is a good and compassionate idea to help provide
for
> >>
> > those who
> >
> >> can't provide for themselves. Nobody wants to see those that
> >>
> > can't take care of
> >
> >> themselves turned out on their own.
> >>
> >
> > I think some reasonable attention could be put on our social
> > programs without having to resort to charges of socialism.
Anymore
> > than calling the expanding military/industrial complex fascism.
> >
> > As a self-employed consultant I pay nearly $200/mo. for minimal
> > health care coverage, just for me. A decent plan is ~$400/mo.
Who
> > can afford that? Also, the schools in California are now 49th or
> > something in the nation, after being ranked near the top for
years,
> > but the funding has been gutted to the point where teachers must
buy
> > their own supplies, and the education budget is supplemented by
the
> > state lottery. A disgrace.
> >
> >
> And like you I am self-employed, just turned 60 and of course the
> insurance company employees are going to have a rafting trip on me
since
> they raised my insurance enough to cover it. I too am going to
get it
> lowered to a minimal rate as I am paying $400 mo and can't afford
THAT
> any longer. Welcome to Skamerca.
>
You may want to try Health Net. They are a health plan insurer for
California, and have many plans to choose from.
