Re: How Does the New Health Care Reform Bill Affect Your Business ???

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 9, 6:47=A0pm, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> "RockyTSquirrel" wrote:
>
> > aman brother
>
> Aman??? =A0As in J.R.R. Tolkien?
>
> > "mleuck" blathered:
>
> > The bill will not pass the Senate (which is a different bill than just =
passed
> > the House)
>
> That's what they said about the House version and yet...

Senate passage requires a 60 vote passage, much more difficult

> > Consider all the other failing programs created by the federal governme=
nt
>
> > Welfare
>
> It's only "failing" if you expected welfare to change lives. =A0Welfare i=
s nothing
> more than a means of keeping people from starving. =A0To that end it's mo=
destly
> effective. =A0Its *stated* goals are not attainable and never were.

Welfare currently costs 600 billion for that program who's goals are
not attainable
>
> > Medicare
>
> Medicare is the most popular federal entitlement program in US history. =
=A0Those
> who have it love it. =A0The program needs fixing and better funding (espe=
cially
> after repeated attempts by the Repugnant Party to destroy it. =A0Have no =
fear
> though. =A0Obama is here. =A0:^)

Medicare was started in the mid 60's and the claim by the CBO is that
it will only cost 10 billion in 25 years, in reality it was over 110
billion, it''s now 426 billion

> > Social Security
>
> That's another modestly successful program. =A0It does what it's intended=
 to do -- =A0
> provide financial assistance to retired Americans.

Remember that word "assistance", it was started to give a small bonus
to the elderly and instead it's now 608 billion


> > Fannie Mae
> > Freddie Mac
>
> These federal mortgage programs have helped tens of thousands, perhaps mi=
llions
> of Americans buy their own homes.

Yes and congressional meddling during the 90's helped cause the
housing bubble and crash


> > Post Office
>
> The US Post Office, for all its problems, is one of the most efficient
> quasi-governmental agencies of its kind, world wide. =A0By comparison, tr=
y to get
> FedEx to move a letter across the country in three days for $0.42 (or wha=
tever
> it is these days).

And it lost 4.7 billion last year and it can't compete with UPS and
FeDex


> The fact is that the present healthcare system is terribly broken.

And the fix isn't to create another bloated unsustainable program
which will dwarf those already in place

But you won't have to pay for it so it doesn't really matter does it?