Re: OT Atlas Shrugged.

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" wrote:
>
>> Hmm. Obama has been President of the United States for less than one school
>> year. When did this course take place?
>
> Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

Apparently, Snopes has debunked the story though it was a good way to
illustrate your point, even if we disagree on the matter.

> Also, if he's so much for the achiever being rewarded and the slackers not,
> how come he never failed anyone? Sounds socialistic to me.

I was not aware that he never failed anyone.  Is that something he said or
something someone else said about him?

> But anyway, even if it's hypothetical .....  I thought it was a good example
> of how socialism affects the populace.

Maybe so, but we disagree about Obama being a socialist.  Our society is a mix
of capitalist and socialist systems.  We have Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid, all of which are designed to keep people in need afloat at the
expense of the rest of the taxpayers.  We also have unemployment insurance,
which is borderline socialist but which no one denies is an important
government run system.  None of these systems are perfect but all are helpful
and IMO necessary.

The idea of universal health care does not mean single payer / single
provider.  It means that those who are currently to obtain health care in the
private sector will have a public option.  I know you feel that it is unfair
for taxpayers to foot the bill for those who can't or (worse) won't pay for
their own coverage.  But there are two sides to every argument.  Due to
declining health very soon I will have to stop working.  My insurer is
anxiously waiting for the first day that I miss a payment so they can drop me.
I've worked all my life, paid taxes every year and dutifully paid for health
insurance.  Now, as the end of life draws near, I may be unable to get medical
treatment.  I don't think that is fair either.

Somehow we have to come up with a compromise.  Obama is at least willing to
dialogue with Republicans and try to find common ground.  Rather than make him
out to be a socialist, terrorist or whatever other "ist," why not encourage
both sides to sit down and do some honest work to find a solution?

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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