why that was nice

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Employers would drop private because the fines are cheaper than the private option (made so via the government remember they make the rules)

John Stossel's Take

Commentary from Co-Anchor of ABC News' "20/20"

Public Option Express

08/21/2009 11:00 AM

"Tuesday night, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) told CNN’s Larry King that a government-run health insurance option would run like the post office.

Jackson thinks that’s a good thing. He told King:

Look at it this way: There's Federal Express, there's UPS, and there's DHL … The public option is a stamp; it's email. And because of the email system, because of the post office, it keeps DHL from charging $100 for an overnight letter, or UPS from charging $100 for an overnight letter.

Hello? Fedex, UPS an DHL exist only because the post office is such a failure. The Post Office executives said it was impossible to get it there overnight, guaranteed. Then private competitors proved them wrong.

Email? Did Congress invent email? I missed that. As I’ve blogged before, Jackson’s public option – like the USPS – would be just another taxpayer-subsidized government failure. The reason DHL and UPS don’t charge $100 for an overnighter is because, if they did, they would lose all their business to each other, or other competitors – not because the post office offers a “public option.”

The USPS is massively inefficient. Like the “public option,” the USPS was supposed to break even. It doesn’t. It loses billions of dollars per year. It loses money even though it has a monopoly on regular postal service, tax breaks, exemptions from parking tickets, and more.

Governments are so incompetent they even manage to lose money running Off-Track Betting.

But somehow a “public” insurance company would be efficient, offer a better alternative, and wouldn’t demand (and get) taxpayer subsidies? Give me a break."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/08/tuesday-night-rep-jesse-jackson-jr-d-il-told-cnns-larry-king-that-a-government-run-health-insurance-option-would-run.html

Which Universities are thought of as the best? Private or public?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

lol are you seriously quoting John Stossel's blog?

hahahahahahahaha

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

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And the government offering student loans in the 90's was thought of the exact SAME WAY, now Obama took student loans over 100% because of the frame work put in by Clinton in the 90's....

 

[timmoore718]

audiolife is 100% correct

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

lol are you seriously quoting John Stossel's blog?hahahahahahahaha

Yup there are plenty of sources out there.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

And the government offering student loans in the 90's was thought of the exact SAME WAY, now Obama took student loans over 100% because of the frame work put in by Clinton in the 90's....

lol.

Lets not try to derail this by changing subjects when you are proven WRONG.

The USPS competes just fine with private industry, cost the tax payers NOTHING, and guess what?

UPS/Fed Ex are still around!!

 

[timmoore718]

lol.
Lets not try to derail this by changing subjects when you are proven WRONG.

The USPS competes just fine with private industry, cost the tax payers NOTHING, and guess what?

UPS/Fed Ex are still around!!

lol, sure thing mr. president

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

lol.
Lets not try to derail this by changing subjects when you are proven WRONG.

The USPS competes just fine with private industry, cost the tax payers NOTHING, and guess what?

UPS/Fed Ex are still around!!

Im not wrong at all.If you were so swift at knowing what you were reading you would know exactly what I said and how to take it. If the 80 million figure is correct it takes 60+ million out of private insurance because of the very reason I stated then the monopoly rules go into effect the student loan take over is a perfect example.

 

[timmoore718]

Im not wrong at all.If you were so swift at knowing what you were reading you would know exactly what I said and how to take it. If the 80 million figure is correct it takes 60+ million out of private insurance because of the very reason I stated then the monopoly rules go into effect the student loan take over is a perfect example.

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[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Im not wrong at all.If you were so swift at knowing what you were reading you would know exactly what I said and how to take it. If the 80 million figure is correct it takes 60+ million out of private insurance because of the very reason I stated then the monopoly rules go into effect the student loan take over is a perfect example.

keep trying ti change the subject all you want.

USPS cost tax payers NOTHING and hasnt driven Fed Ex / UPS out of business.

 

[timmoore718]

keep trying ti change the subject all you want.
USPS cost tax payers NOTHING and hasnt driven Fed Ex / UPS out of business.

Im not wrong at all.If you were so swift at knowing what you were reading you would know exactly what I said and how to take it. If the 80 million figure is correct it takes 60+ million out of private insurance because of the very reason I stated then the monopoly rules go into effect the student loan take over is a perfect example.

this. im sure youll keep thinking your right though, good luck on this one audiolife //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

keep trying ti change the subject all you want.
USPS cost tax payers NOTHING and hasnt driven Fed Ex / UPS out of business.

who put DHL out of business then?

Oh yeah, it was their super shitty service that drove customers away

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

keep trying ti change the subject all you want.
USPS cost tax payers NOTHING and hasnt driven Fed Ex / UPS out of business.

Keep pretending you are not a lightweight all you want. Where does the post office get their money? USPS also does not offer guaranteed overnight shipping but the post office does have a monopoly on regular mail delivery. Which one is run more efficiently? If the USPS is so effective why are they losing money and wanting to close down many local post offices? If they were ran so well why does it usually cost more to ship via USPS?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Why are they going to do away with delivering mail on Saturdays?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

the student loan example is PERFECT.

Perfect at showing how the government was protecting the profits of big banking in the same way it is protecting the profits of the health care industry.

Why should the banking industry take the profit when the government is the one taking all the risk?

nonetheless, you can still get private student loans.