Socialism and the Govt: Think about this (No, I didn't make it myself)
"This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by
electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US
Department of Energy.
I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the
municipal water utility. Then, I brushed my teeth with that water, filtered to
standards set by the EPA and my state.
After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated
channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like
using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department
of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined
as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and
kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US
Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state,
and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase
additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection
Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and printed by
the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing. On the way out the door I deposit
any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off
at the public school.
Then, after spending
another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace
regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, I drive back to my house which has not burned down in my
absence because of the state and local building codes and the fire marshal's
inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the
local police department.
I then log onto the
Internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Administration and post on freerepublic and fox news forums about how SOCIALISM
in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right. Keep
government out of my Medicare!
BUSINESS.
It takes businesses to create the tax base for these things.
OR
You will be like North Korea and Cuba.
And for dinner, you might have some ground beef or chicken that was not inspected by the FDA, and you may spend most of the night alternating between sitting on the white queen and vomiting into her welcoming body. As a remedy, swallow some of that "stuff" sold without a warning that it contains mercury and gypsum, known to calm an upset stomach and available until the mid 1950s. As a last resort, you might find some Paragoric in the medicine cabinet, but be careful of it as an ovedose can easily stop your heart - how long have you had that in the cabinet? Don't try to call 911 as the "company" that owns the service doesn't employ English speaking opertors, and besides, they haven't anyone on duty after 6 p.m., owing to the small volume of business that isn't "profitable".
This is America, home of "free range corporatism", which is a way of saying there are some
creatures out there gleaning all that is edible in the barnyard. Only the works of those hated "socialists" and "progressives" that could think ahead and anticipate your needs stand between you and a really bad night without sleep. Be thankful for what makes us different from the countries of the third world and don't let the wingnuts take away what is your only defense against the garbage that could kill you. Medicare will not pay for your
negligence or willful ingestion of tainted foods.
Let me take the time to show you how the free market does the same thing but better
1. I grew up on a local REA coop where every customer was a member in the electrical generation facility and transmission lines.
2. I grew up taking water from an aquifer with my own well.
3.TV is not a necessity and as we have seen the FCC regulations only serve to keep those entities who cannot compete in the market on the air. That is the reason for the explosion of cable television, nothing worth watching on the "networks." National Weather Service the only professional job where you can be consistently wrong and still collect a paycheck. As we are seeing NASA is soon to be surpassed by private enterprise in making space travel available for those without government training. It would have happened a lot sooner if the government wouldn't have controlled space.
4. USDA another unnecessary agency, if a producer delivers a bad product that company ceases to be in business. It also serves to create a much more educated consumer...
Let me take the time to show you how the free market does the same thing but better
1. I grew up on a local REA coop where every customer was a member in the electrical generation facility and transmission lines.
2. I grew up taking water from an aquifer with my own well.
3.TV is not a necessity and as we have seen the FCC regulations only serve to keep those entities who cannot compete in the market on the air. That is the reason for the explosion of cable television, nothing worth watching on the "networks." National Weather Service the only professional job where you can be consistently wrong and still collect a paycheck. As we are seeing NASA is soon to be surpassed by private enterprise in making space travel available for those without government training. It would have happened a lot sooner if the government wouldn't have controlled space.
4. USDA another unnecessary agency, if a producer delivers a bad product that company ceases to be in business. It also serves to create a much more educated consumer, milk comes from a cow not the grocery store. We have generations of citizens who have no idea what, how, or why food is manufactured or the ability to tell the difference between good or bad product due to government usurping the role of the consumer in determining a fit product.
5. FDA responsible for more medically treatable deaths each year from lack of action, than automobile accidents.
6.NHTSA another agency serving to dumb down consumers. The have effectively increase statistical probability of death by re-engineering a perfectly sound product. A vehicle that went 100 mph and weighed 6,200 lbs is much safer, without a seat belt or an air bag, than any vehicle on the road today. The various DOT departments are the most inefficiently run entities in government. Most work they "accomplish" is done by contracting out to private companies. Why because as with all government they are incompetent to deliver a quality product, on time, and under budget.
7. EPA again stifling technological advances to keep auto manufacturers from advancing horse power to overcome efficiency losses. We should be driving 1000 horse power vehicles currently that would obtain well over 100 mpg. Also they have stifled the development of pressurized fuel delivery that would atomize better and produce more horsepower.
8. USPS- the least efficient way to receive correspondence since they finally allowed competition in the market. It will be a thing of the past in 5 more years.
9. The FED- a private company solely comprised of entities that do not work in the interest of the citizen. To date responsible for removing 40% of the value from the US dollar.
10. Department of Labor, has yet to create a job that is self sufficient, and worth what that cubical monkey is paid.
11. OSHA responsible for costing manufacturing billions of dollars per year, another entity that hinders the marketplace making US based companies uncompetitive.
12. State and Local building codes have no place if the consumer drives the market. If a person has no recourse(which is given by government)to sue a builder for their own lack of knowledge they would be unnecessary.
13. The internet was privately developed by an entity called Sparwar and was confiscated by DOD.
A 1000 hp vehicle? I'll bet the teenagers would send that baby down the street like a 6,200 pound bullet?
I hope it isn't necessary that I suggest we couldn't all have private water wells and septic tanks, else we would just be drinking each other's pee and waste waters. That doesn't sound like a good idea. Can you imagine how the 300 apartments in one building would contain all those wells and septic tanks in the basement? I've been to Temecula, and seem to recall that there were fire hydrants on the street corners, which would indicate a muni water supply of some kind. I'll bet they also have a sewer system too. Just a guess.
You do understand that in America we do not cover more than 15% of the available land mass so private wells and septic systems are more than possible. Apartment complexes are nothing more than another wasted resource for those who lack personal responsibility.
Great you have been to Temecula, have you been to the little elevations that surround the city? Have you seen the 150,000 people that surround the dullards who live in town?
The fact remains there is no service government provides that cannot be done more effectively or efficiently by individuals acting in their own best interest. As it was the way this country was founded.
A little light reading for you the physicist.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/...
What is not better is the minds of idiots who no longer can be persuaded by any means to drive safely, within the speed limits, or to stop when traffic signals are red. That seems to be a result of the video games that influence very young minds, NASCAR races that trigger some inmature minds, and lacking enforcement of traffic signals and speed limits.
The rest of your comment is revealing that you aren't exactly attached to reality at this time. Sorry, but today is a day in 2012, not 1632, and things
are quite different now. Are you really so old as to recall the "founding"?
The rest of your comment is nothing more than a presentation of your ignorance.
things?
1,001 horsepower
Curb weight 4,200 lbs.
Sorry the company already exists and they are legal to register here in California, that is if you have the 1.9 million for the car and the 140K to ship it here.
You know what else about my evening out car? It doesn't have any stupid seat belts. Come for a ride down PCH sometime, I would love to show you what 250 mph feels like. Granted that ride doesn't last for more than a couple minutes due to running it out of fuel.
You are ignorant to what a consumer used to be and should know in this nation. Getting an A surely didn't teach you anything. Ignorant fool
I would contend it is your lack of knowledge that you should be concerned with. You throw out buzz words without knowing anything related to the subject. Ignorant fool.
And they let you near people to "heal" them? You're a sadistic prick.
The Board of Medicine in your state are the ignorant fools.
I think we're done here.
You are correct most of my colleagues ask why I bother with ignorance like you. I find it humorous and since I no longer need a public persona I can say what everyone I associate with thinks. I have emailed pasted sections of ignorant responses to some of my colleagues and they to find it amazing this nation hasn't collapsed decades ago. You honestly think your doctor doesn't want to tell you exactly what is on his/her mind. When due to your own ignorance you ask meaningless question and waste their time?
I was born on a hobby farm where we raised, slaughtered and processed our own meat. Not unusual at all in the Midwest.
Public utilities, in the majority of the land mass that is the United States, do not exist, travel beyond your own backyard for once.
As far as my career, you can believe as you wish, I am here for sheer amusement and you do not matter. But remember the next time you ask your doctor a stupid question he/she thinks exactly like I do about your ignorance. If you want a prime example, hang out within ear shot of a docs lounge in a major ER, or large hospital, you would be surprised at what we consider humorous and poke fun at.
Thank you once again for the laugh, ignorant fool.