Why socialism won't work -Healthcare bill comments

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I found this interesting and personally related to the Health Care Bill.

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Jan Patenaude

This teacher is truly a genius! (photo removed - don't know if accurate,

but sounds plausible).

As the late said, " you cannot multiply wealth by dividing

it. "

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had

never

failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked, and that no one

would

be poor and no one would be rich --- a great equalizer. The professor then

said,

" OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan " . All grades

would

be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade, so no one would

fail

and no one would receive an A. After the first test, the grades were

averaged

and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset, and the

students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around,

the

students who studied little had studied even less, and the ones who

studied hard

decided they wanted a free ride too, so they studied little. The second

test average

was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average

was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all

resulted in hard

feelings, and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All

failed, to their

great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also

ultimately fail

because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when

government

takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

I work hard to stay healthy. For MANY years I never carried insurance

because I take care to protect my personal health. If I need health care, I pay

out of pocket. When I needed 4 stitches in my upper lip (face plant when

rock climbing - my husband did the 4 stitches in about 20 minutes. (The ER

would have charged me nearly $1000 for the same service, and no, my hubby

isn't a doctor - had field surgery training before he went to Vietnam - the

scar is barely noticeable.)

So, now, I'm supposed to pay for health care for all the people that don't

give a crap about their health and run to the doctor for every cough,

fever, lap band and for perfectly preventable things if they just took care of

their health or addressed their personal addiction issues.

Now, coverage for catestrophic stuff? Yes. Do people end up with health

problems over which they have NO control? Yes.

But, a new health care bill that includes components for nationalizing

Student Loans? What does that have to do with health care.

A bill written by lawyers that has NO tort reform so that docs still have

to pay HUGE insurance premiums just to practice? Why wasn't that addresses?

Of course, we ALL know why.

It's pathetic.

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

Consultant, Writer, Speaker

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corporation

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