I began my life as poor white trash. I got out somehow.
It wasn't easy as everybody I talked to, everything I heard was a
rationalization of why we were good and the rest of the world was out
to get us. We weren't going to let the "Man" or the "system" beat
us. It takes a complete mind set change to even want to change or get
out. It was normal and everything else was abnormal.
My rational was that I just wanted to wear a suit, work indoors and
not have to get up at dark thirty to go to work.
My life is no Horatio Alger story and probably little different than
yours, but the system does work - if you have the desire and are
willing to work. Being paid not to work is the complete antithesis of
the American Dream and anything our 4fathers intended or probably
could even dream of. Having things handed to you stifles the desire
to do better for yourself.
I'm also betting that thinking you have the right to healthcare
whether you work for it or not would also have appalled them.
There is no doubt that healthcare costs too much. That's the real
genesis of the whole issue, not that one class is stepping on another
class. Why is it that so often our politicians ignore the root causes
and look just at the way that will give the best press?
On Sep 25, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Casey Wheeler wrote:
Yes poor people chose to be poor. Been there done growing up.
Fat people choose to be fat. 90%+ of obese people are lazy period.
Some do have thyroid, depression, diabetic, etc. But most our lazy.
I have an aunt that is obese and work with obese people daily. Lazy.
And some abused people stay in bad relationships and continue to put
themselves in an abusive situation. My mother was one of those for a
couple years. She then woke up and took my little brother and I and
left. My mother did it, anyone else being abused can as well.
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On Sep 25, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Russ <[email protected]> wrote:
OMG! People who are poor choose to be poor or are lazy?! LOL
So people who are obese choose to be obese?
I agree that in some cases these can be true, but certainly not
universally!
Next thing we'll hear is that abused women & children choose to be.
Sigh.
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What's the government have to fear if people develop the ability to
overthrow it? If the US Regime is not doing anything wrong, they
don't have anything to worry about, right?
On Sep 25, 2009, at 5:59 AM, Casey Wheeler wrote:
Jim is absolutly correct and probably makes the point better than
I did. Most people have health conditions due to their own
choices. Furthermore, people without ins. Don't have ins. by their
own doing. The people that "need" social healthcare are the people
who are most apathetic. We all have the freedom and choice to take
this path or another. If people make better choices, life is
better/easier. Our society has become so.... So lazy, pathetic,
apathtic... Something, I can't find the right description... Take
some personal responsibility and handle your business.
Casey
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On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:18 AM, [email protected] wrote:
I decided I must weigh in on this one after all. I do work at the
largest hospital in my immediate area, which just happens to be
the only for profit hospital in southern Arizona. My observations
are first hand, not something I've seen on TV or read about.
I don't honestly believe we have a 'healthcare' crisis. I believe
that we do have a 'wellness' crisis. More accurately, a lack of
wellness crisis. The vast majority of the patients I see in the
healthcare system are sick due to their own lifestyle choices. We
have an entire generation of citizens who think that they are
owed everything: police protection, fire protection, healthcare,
etc. Personal responsibility is way undervalued by our current
culture.
Numerous hospitalizations could be avoided entirely by simply
getting an annual physical exam where the physician has the
opportunity to catch the signals of a possible or impending issue
and take preemptive measures.
'You are what you eat' is a manta of any good cardiac rehab
program. However, if adopted as a normal part of one's life, it
could have been what keep you out of cardiac care in the first
place.
I don't think I need to point out the shift to a sedentary
lifestyle that the vast majority of people have adopted.
Practicing wellness is hard work. Most people would much prefer
to ignore good lifestyle choices and then push the responsibility
for their well being off onto someone else.
Jim in Tucson
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