>That's precisely what lots of people >wonder. Neither government nor business has a >record that exactly encourages optimism.
I guess it depends on perspective. Compare the lot of the median citizen of the US with the median citizen of any country 500 years ago; 300 years ago; 100 years ago. Compare, even, the lot of the median person in the world in the same manner. Part of the problem with government is that, as the strong oppositition to socialized medicine by folks who don't want their socialized medicine reduced in any way shape or form, we have met the enemey and he is us. With respect to healthcare, we know the US lags behind the rest of the world in bang for the buck. So, we know improvements can be made. But, we certainly have made tremendous progress in the last 200 years. If we were to make similar progress in the next 200; things would be phenomenal. But, we may have reached the point where the low hanging fruit is taken. It all depends on whether we find good black swans for economics and find a balance to the drive towards individualistic entittlement that we've seen in the last 40 years. Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
