As we reach the final hours of the semester, I feel
compelled to include the link on this article.
I believe both Democrats and Republicans have forgotten what it's like
to scrape by as a college student. Each side is pointing the finger at the
other and not showing an ounce of empathy for what it's like to squeak by
financially. In the New York Times article, both sides claim they don't want
student interest rates to double, but the argument is becoming so old. Republicans want to cut government spending,
while, Democrats want to raise taxes on the wealthy. Obviously, this is nothing new. Yet, this strikes me as funny that the Times
would even bring it up. This fight is always
the same. Perhaps we should just lock
these folks in a room without five-star restaurant meals and potty breaks. If politicians can't argue logically, respectfully,
and reach a resolution, then to the corner they go. If they refuse that offer, Burger King is always
looking for bodies. The people, including students, have hired
you. I don't care how much you spent to
get this job. Shut up, and do it!
The article below discusses wide variations in
Medicare spending in different states. Uwe E. Reinhardt the article's author points
out many tools exist, in the medical community, to regulate physician and
hospital spending. For whatever reason,
hospitals and physicians rarely use them.
Understandably, physicians don't like to have their decisions regulated,
but at the same time, if you want a job as a physician perhaps it would be wise
to recognize you have limits. Like the
politicians, play nice, do your job, or get out. If we can get more accountability in politics
and health care, baby, we would have money to burn. More appropriately, we would have money to
put toward spinal cord injury research.http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/to-control-health-care-costs-trace-the-spending/?emc=eta1
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