Thursday February 16, 2012

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    OneForAll

    Education and Healthcare really are different issues for how much the government should be involved. I think the Japanese system is a good system. I thank God for the dental and health care I receive here. God bless this civilization. The US could learn something from them. They pay 20%. Good idea. Do not give free (expensive) health care. People need an incentive to work and save. Freeloaders do no one any good. The working people will be bleed to death.

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    TKoind2 : Agree : Just use something like vouchers to insure the freedom of choice to go where one wished in Health care and Education. There are some very good historical reasons for this. The government fails in the end to deliver the same efficient, quality product the private sector can deliver in Education and Healthcare. The role of government is to fill in the gaps and to keep things honest. I think that is what Obama is trying to do. The vouchers for education? I think he would like that as well, but the teachers union will scream, having their own agenda for themselves (oops), and us.

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    OneForAll

    Still not a very long time. "If you make it to 150 you will never die," said my Dad. "You never hear of someone dying at 150."

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    OneForAll

    It is OK to reflect and be sorry for past errors. It makes for a better future. It does not matter what the others have done. They must deal with their own errors. I am proud of America. A fine example to the rest of the world. And boy does every country have its skeletons in the closet.

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    inkjet : Thanks for the link : http://www.cimca.ca/media/EmployeeBenefitNews-Feb07.pdf

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    OneForAll

    "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" : We all care about the human person. I had a friend who played by the rules. Saved his money weekly in the stock market for years. Lost most of it recently. Where did the money go? He says to money heaven. So much for fleeting wealth. The baby boomers are looking at a dismal retirement even if they played by the rules. Certainly something has to change somewhere and the means to safeguarding individual freedoms and at the same time stop the ruthless from trampling the weaker members of society is a fine line. Having government dictate how yabits (for example) should live his life is not the answer. Yet we must organize. I think Obama is trying to listen and I hope workable solutions that are focused on the person are found, with mechanisms for honest feedback to help us keep on course. Both the Dems and GOP want the same ends. Means will differ and they keep each other in line. Thank goodness.

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    This airplane will make our travels more comfortable. Probably should wait for the kinks to be found first. The manner of production is interesting and global. It is not just American technology but is one for the world. Global enterprises really do need to transcend national lines in their image so as to reinforce the concept of one human family. Most technology now is created as a group effort from all.

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    jhk - No wealth = No jobs : I think we went through the Bill Gate story above. We are talking about Economic freedom and government intervention. Can the free market give better services than government? Should government be running healthcare? GM? Banks? Hold your mortgage? Pay your salary? Educate your children? Government, who are those guys anyways?

    Under the principle of Subsidiarity (see above) the government may be taking on too much and we lose our freedoms. For example, education is the responsibility of the parents. Yet the government will tax you to support public schools. You have no choice. The money that you would have used for private schools goes to the public one by force. A loss of choice and freedom for the family, taken by government through economic means. There are alternatives such as homeschooling or just paying for private schools. However, there is no choice in education from the government and only the wealthy can pay for private schools. Vouchers would have increased competition to everyone's benefit. The way it is, education becomes a class system. Even Obama went to a private High School which one can infer would be better then a public one.

    Health care is really something the government should ensure proper delivery of. As with education, it will turn into a class system. One for the average Joe and another for those who can pay. I heard France has such a two class system. Unless something like vouchers are given to allow choice and competition, we will have the same. Right now everyone does receive care in the US, even if they cannot pay. The same care as someone who has insurance. Why? It is just the way it is. There are horror stories but I can also give you many stories of people without insurance who are taken care of with the best care in the world.

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    tkoind2 as leader of the left - Thanks for your thoughts. Molenir as leader of the right - Thanks for your thoughts. Made for a good read. I hope a middle ground is found that works.

    I agree with both sides, if that is possible. "What is moral?" I ask to both sides. Stalin saw his actions as moral for the good of the people with the resulting death of millions. Then we have the recent failure of the capital markets causing global misery for those who find themselves out of work and/or losing their retirements/benefits.

    My Father once said that Communism without God will not work. Capitalism will not either. God! one says. Yes, because in the end it is the goodness of the human heart that makes life worth living. Allowing people the freedom to express this goodness is important. The principle of subsidiary... "Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority."...comes to mind. Where this smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority exists, is always difficult.

    My personal feeling is that everything should have just gone bankrupted. All debts cleared. All the real capital and resources are there, it is just that everyone gets a clean slate to start again. Instead, Americans are still in debt and cannot be an engine to get the world economy rolling again. Government stepped in for more debt. This idea of socialism may just be a black hole for any wealth America had left when this crisis hit. This BRIC fiasco in Russia was just something to tell America that it better honor its debts. We are working for those who own the mortgage folks.

    "There is no freedom without economic freedom." says one above. I agree. It would be nice to wave a wand and all remains the same except no debt. Then governments could be the ref and get out of the way. As Tkoind2 says there are many smart people out there.

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    OneForAll

    "I believe we need stronger regulation and stronger societal accountability for companies. They should serve society or not exist. Period.

    and who decides who qualifies for that? you're a scary dude."

    In the end it has to be the market. But money and power do drive things. Power...everyone will buy American cars...money...American company gets business and survives to make better cars and to pay its obligations (promised pensions and health care benefits). Just the market and GM cannot compete with its many obligations that newer companies do not have. Going bankrupt clears the slate. (But who pays now for the pensions and other obligation?)

    How about Pharmaceuticals driving Doctors to sell their drugs? Power, money... pushing the market and costing us all a bundle. Is this ethical behavior? How about HMOs? When a company tells me they have a plan for me in Health care, I shutter. Cell phone plans, fine. Heath care plans, I question. Basic health care is a human right that society must work to improve.

    It may seem wild at times in the USA, but I am very happy with the expression of freedoms. Unethical behavior will be named and shamed. When there is silence, beware.

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    OneForAll

    Efficient government is an oxymoron. However, so is compassionate capitalism. Compassionate government? Efficient Capitalism? Yes, the first naive and has failed as in the Soviet Union. The second has failed as in the 1929 Great Depression and in recent events. Discretionary behavior of everyone (behavior when no one is watching) must be for the common good, if that is possible. It comes down to societal values. Corruption in any system creates all sorts of injustices.

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    OneForAll

    "Obama Intends to Extend Federal Benefits to Unmarried Partners" http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/16/obamaintendstoextendfedera.html?hpid=topnews

    Keep your network up folks. Fined a friend and move-in. Save the Healthcare cost on one person's salary:-) Fed's paying, for they have unlimited resources. But you have to wait, for there are no Health Benefits yet.

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    OneForAll

    I wonder if the Japanese version suggests foul play. The translation certainly does. Does not Japan realize that that Helicopter was there to save the hiker? People lost their lives in trying to save this person. It might be appreciated. What was she doing there?

    Posted in: Japanese hiker died of blunt force injuries after copter crash in New Mexico

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    rajakumar: Well said. However, can the world sustain everyone living as in the USA? Maybe. Prosperity is the best cure for all of us. I have been to Bombay (Mumbai) and have seen my brothers and sisters living in difficult situations. I have also seen the blight in many American cities. I also see Mexico being overrun with thugs. Russia has issues as well. China and freedom seems to be an oxymoron. The alienation of the North African immigrants in Europe. Africa and strong men. List goes on and on. BRIC should have a say as well as others. Maybe something like the USA's form of government and constitution for the world would work, for the world's resources are to be shared and distributed to all, not just to the West. We are our brothers keeper. Everyone matters and is important.

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    OneForAll

    Where was the Mom? Separation after three children? How our choices affect others. Very sad indeed for everyone.

    Posted in: Father, 3 children die in apparent murder-suicide in Hiroshima

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    OneForAll

    Hard to judge peoples facial expressions especially from another culture. As well as catching just a bad moment. You know like a blink. The guy at the far end is probably just nodding and got caught at a relaxed second. Another thing, life is tough. It can show now and then.

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    Northlondon: "There is no self-defence argument under Japanese criminal law. " Where do you get this info? I would defend my wife and children against a lunatic and I hear of people helping to nab chikans. Ther must be something like citizens arrest etc.

    Posted in: 18-year-old arrested for pushing man onto train tracks at Ogikubo station

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    OneForAll

    When there are needs everyone able should work or not eat. All these retired healthy people could put in a few hours a week if there was an opportunity. Not slave labor but the idea everyone is needed. Certainly the youth are not garbage and every effort should be made to ensure they are wanted and there is a place for them. I think johnnyboy hits it on the head with work being a means to an end which is enlightenment for many through following ones interests. Europeans have a nice lifestyle which is the envy of the world. Japan would do well to put into law many things to protect workers from overzealous stockholders. It would be wonderful if a leader emerges that will take Japan from The old meaning of WA (bent down" 亻 "people" like slaves) to the present one..."Around 757 CE, Japan officially changed its endonym from Wa 倭 to Wa 和 "harmony; peace; sum; total". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_(Japan)

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    OneForAll

    moral one-upmanship

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