It’s as sad of a thing to realize about myself as anything, a real disappointment, but I really didn’t care about that CEO of the Insurance Company that got murdered. I mean, I did – but wow!, we have been so benumbed by things happening, I just couldn’t be all that shocked. According to Fox News, I am to be ashamed for that. I know, go figure…
These same people who sent thoughts and prayers, yes both!, to the parents of the children in Ulvade, Texas and other places where guns were used to kill the innocent, tell me I’ve got to feel great compassion and be sad as someone who has profited off the death and destruction of so many lives and the fleecing of the willing and unwilling for billions of dollars. These people who have demanded the rights of gun owners everywhere and have told me so many times that the gun is not the problem, it is the user – but we can’t limit those users – now shed those crocodile tears when one of their patron saints to avarice is shot. Add to that, I’ve recently read that these C-level white shirts are increasing their personal protection bodyguards and, of course, that is a business expense that will be passed on to the customer. Of course.
Like most people, I carry various insurance – health, home, car, life. Not because I want to, but because I feel like I have to. And, that cost goes up, constantly. Unlike almost every other First and Second World Country, we in America – especially for the lower and middle income people, spend a horrible percentage of our money on the hope that we never have to use it, because if we did need to use it and it wasn’t there, it would financially ruin us. But, to actually use the health care insurance we pay so much for incurs costs in copays and deductibles that are difficult to afford. The irony of modern health care is that we are still using parasitic leaches and blood letting, they just wear suits now.
The second irony of America is that although this information is nothing new, we are still forced to use this model. Why? Because it is in the interest of the rich and powerful to maintain a status quo where they use the deck they’ve already marked to control the game. It is in the financial interest of the rich and powerful to not allow growth in this country. But, no worries, come to find out it is all to be blamed on the immigrant and the homosexual.
Hugs and good luck.
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There are ways for people to come together and avoid this stuff, but I worry it’s far too late, and people are too disconnected to even bother trying. There’s the old saw about not being able to get blood from a turnip, for one thing. Then there is banding together to help, within a neighborhood or other sort of community. It would take some time for those involved to plan and to implement, and so many people just don’t want to. Similar to a general strike, which would work wonders in the US, too many people just don’t know any better than what is, and are too busy trying to present on social media outlets to really look at what is happening to everyone here. I wish things didn’t have to get to the level of late nazi Germany before people understand what’s been happening since at least 1980, but I worry that will happen.
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Hi. Randy love the song, singer was cute also, loved the hair. As to the US healthcare we are the joke of the more prosperous nations. They can not understand our stupidity to allow this syndicated crime of extortion. The fact is that is why the wealthy push the idea that the US is number 1. We are constantly told everything we do here is the best that can be and the rest of the world needs to follow our lead. It keeps people from looking at how better off people in other countries are and how their governments care for the needs of the people, the public instead of corporations or the wealthy. We still have people who have roof and home damage from the hurricanes before Ian, and DeathSantis has made it so people can not sue or challenge insurance companies for being denied money for repairs that they paid premiums for. My pain doctor surgeon never got his insurance to pay for his damaged and his payments for insurance were more a year than I make. He is furious. Said he would go without it and use FEMA as they paid out. But now tRump wants to destroy FEMA. No help for the people at all. We might as well be a third world poor country the way the majority of us must live and pay the local crime bosses our protection money. Hugs
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