Health care (cont.)
To continue with yesterday's thoughts, i researched the Democratic candidates positions on health care. Basically it falls into two groups. Most say they would repeal the Bush tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and insure every child in America has health insurance. Two (Moseley-Braun and Kucinich) would go to a single payer system similar to Canada where the Federal government pays for the health care.

While there are some good ideas (or at least seem good to me at the moment) floated, the bill for paying for all of this is what bothers me. A federal program never stays as small as it is when it is begun. Members of Congress have to admend acts with their pet ideas.

The bottom line is all of the ideas would mean higher taxes. Period. If you want health service, you gotta pay for it, one way or the other. The problem is not health care service, among the best in the world, if not the best. The problem is the underlying causes of what drives the price of health care up.

Health care
Is this a no brainer, or what? Everyone wants affordable health care but how do we do it? The Democratic candidates all promise something but i haven't heard too much about how they will pay for it. How do we? Increase taxes? No way. No one is going to advocate that. But that's the only way other than gutting the military. There's no other money available.

11 Nov. 2003
I have no idea where this will go. I consider myself a conservative, but some conservative positions trouble me. Maybe it's just that I'm getting older and not quite as fanatic as I once was.

Anyway, I'm gonna use this space to ruminate about things that happen on the world scene. Maybe you agree, maybe you don't. If you would like to comment, feel free. They will be posted directly to this site.