Double Birds

The question was this: A seemingly healthy 30 year-old man decides to not buy health insurance because it is too expensive.  He ends up in a coma.  Should we let him die? Wolf Blitzer loaded the question as a man would load bullets into a gun.  It wasn't meant to get an honest response.  It was meant to make a tv spectacle, and to make Ron Paul look bad.  Just as the debate was not meant to be an honest debate, but a show, a spectacle to befuddle the masses into a stupor between election cycles. The scenario seems like a case of rampant, inhumane capitalism versus merciful government intervention.  Our debates are usually constructed in similar anti-capitalist  false dilemmas , because establishment Republicans and Democrats both hate capitalism, and want to give more power to the state. Start at 2:30. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on Facebook The Republican audie...

I solved it!  I figured out what's wrong with our healthcare system (it's not ObamaCare). I knew something fishy was going on with healthcare, because Nixon had stuck his greasy fingers into the pot. Partial transcript: Ehrlichman: “Edgar Kaiser is running his Permanente deal for profit. And the reason that he can … the reason he can do it … I had Edgar Kaiser come in … talk to me about this and I went into it in some depth. All the incentives are toward less medical care, because …” President Nixon: [Unclear.] Ehrlichman: “… the less care they give them, the more money they make.” President Nixon: “Fine.” [Unclear.] Kudos to Michael Moore for digging up that clip.  Read the full transcript here . How do we get out of this mess?  Some people argue "more regulation," others "deregulation;" the solution is much easier than you'd think. Here's a hint at the real problem, which you need before you can grasp the solution. Imagine it's pay day.  You ...