We need UNIVERSAL health care regardless of income level. Sure rich Americans will want to buy supplemental health insurance, I understand that. But we should be expanding the Congressional health care model or VA health care model or the Medicaid model or adopt the British NHS model of universal health care. Not continue the corrupt practice of offering health care from providers that expect to make a profit from people’s illness.

How to pay for universal health care? Tax sugar. If need be, tax edible forms of fat also. We already tax alcohol and tobacco which are bad for people’s health, why not tax sugar and fat? These are not essential food groups that people can’t live without (there is enough fat in meat and/or vegetables to supply human needs). The proposal to tax sugary drinks is a step in the right direction but it doesn’t go far enough. Sugar, in all it’s refined forms, should be taxed at the wholesale level. This could provide all the money required to pay for universal health care and reduce the use of harmful substances at the same time.

Taxing sugar would not restrict investment in new business as a tax on the rich would and would place the burden on people who continue to eat unhealthy foods. Sugar, and fat are largely responsible for obesity and diabetes the top two healthcare problems in the US. This solutions seems so obvious as to be likely that congress will not do it, knowing congress’s track record of over complicating everything.

MilkandCookies – Extreme Sheep LED Art.

‘Yes, but times are different now. Civilization has progressed to regard slavery as an abomination.’

“If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:13)

???

‘We like to pick and choose what part of the bible to believe (or expound) as it suits us.’

You are single.

You have moved from your one bedroom apartment in with 4 other roommates and reduced your rent to $300/mo.

Your car payment is $140/mo and cost you some in maintenance to keep it running.

Unlike most Americans you don’t have any credit card debt.

Your car insurance is $1600/yr or $133/mo.

You have found a part time job making about $800/mo. You employer doesn’t pay for health insurance.

You can’t find a second job or a full time job.

You have $227/mo left over for food, gas, miscellaneous expenses and any utilities.

The average annual premium for single health care coverage is over $4,700 or $392/mo.

If you live in Oregon, you don’t qualify for the Oregon Health Plan.

“You are not likely to qualify for the Oregon Health Plan. Your income is too high.”

Congress continues to appropriate billions to bailout banks and insurance companies?

As usual, the government just doesn’t ‘get it’.

Wife divorcing ex-CEO: $43 million not enough.

And there’s more

George David spends 200k a week

Legalize and more juiciness

David Crosby’s Mayan, a 59-ft. Alden 356-B Centerboard Schooner. With the $1M price and $4000/mo to maintain her, I would have to VERY rich!

N.J. salon owners to state: Mind your own “B” wax | Philadelphia Daily News | 03/13/2009.

Even with their long work ours, if the Chinese paid the equivalent of Oregon minimum wage of $8.40/hr,  the US might have a chance to compete, but that will never happen.

So when they politians say “Free Trade” think: China Blue.