Yawn...so sick of politics on this list. On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Judah wrote: >> Fear not, oh anonymous corporate lackey, I shall not force you to run >> for Congress. >> > > Well ... actually I wish I was that principled. > > Truth is I'll probably follow the money no matter what happens. I did > get an offer (for more dough!) to move to another industry but I > turned it down. Probably stupid, but I actually feel like I'm making > a difference. > > I do wish you could tie together the failure of the government to > regulate financial products with the fact that health insurance is a > financial product and thus the current problem is really just part and > parcel of the financial crisis as a whole: it's a failure of > government. > > At the end of the day I want free and fair competition. I want > bankers to compete, I want health insurance to compete. > > Fannie and Freddie don't compete. AIG doesn't compete. Goldman-Sachs > doesn't compete. Health insurance is exempt from anti-trust; they > don't compete. > > Don't you see that? It's all the same thing. > > And that will never ever change because congress will never vote to > have less power. > > So how anyone who knows that would actually vote to give them more > power and money is beyond me ... unless: > > 1.) They're ignorant of what I just said, or > > 2.) They're going to profit from more congressional power. > > I know you think Medicare is super awesome. But as a guy who deals > with doctor fraud and CMS incompetence every day I can tell you it > isn't. > > It's a GREAT basis for a good regulatory agency. > > Once you admit the historic failures, you'll see the wisdom of that. > >
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