Is Obsolete The New Old?
If you are wondering how efficient the government will be if they succeed in getting their hands on the national health care system, you need go no further than the recent “surprise hit” program called Cash For Clunkers. Currently, after realizing that 1 billion tax payer dollars would not be enough, Congress is injecting another 2 billion tax payer dollars into the rebate program. That may put forth the picture of a wildly successful government “handout” but, according to many dealerships, it is not the whole picture. Consider the following link for clarification:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090819/ts_usnews/howtoavoidthecashforclunkerssnarl
As usual, the government gets the cart before the horse. Here is a quote from the article that explains why so many dealers are pulling out of the program:
(There are) “225 people (assigned) to processing those 400,000 (plus) claims…” That calculates out to nearly 2,000 claims handled per person! Wow! Talk about efficiency!!
Surprised? Well, don’t be. After all, this is the same government that has brought us Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, all well on their way to insolvency! Can’t hardly wait for those long lines at the emergency rooms if they “succeed” at gaining control of one sixth of the country’s economy!
In fact, maybe the government could make the end of life counseling sessions more palatable, if they offered to pay the funeral expenses! Check out this article that someone titled “Cash For Corpses”:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-08-19-funerals_N.htm
Better not get sick or grow old or you just might end up on the government’s list to be the next candidate for the “trade in factor equivalent” of “cash for clunkers” when they nationalize health care!
And, you know what they do with those trade ins, don’t you?
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