I am currently watching Shaq VS. It is a show in which Shaq takes on other professionals in their sport. It is somewhat entertaining waiting for football season. At any rate tune in now! He is playing the beach volleyball girls from the Olympics. The dark headed one, Misty May-Treanor, got HUGE. Her ass is large and she has several rolls on the front side. Meanwhile the FUPA is about to move in for good!
FYI it is on ABC
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Tipping Point
I think anyone that is reading this knows how I feel about the President’s desire for “healthcare reform”. That is just code for the government will take it over and run it. We all know that the government runs things great right now. My favorite is the post office.
Well I have finally had enough with it all. I have been against it and I have argued against it. I even tried to look at it from another angle. Maybe I am the bad conservative holding onto my money. Maybe we should reconsider and help these poor people out that can’t find assistance. I mean it is wrong to go without the basic needs to live right? I don’t mind my money being sent to Africa to help starving children or to give them medicine to fight disease. After much thought I do agree that we must assist the elderly and the young. Something we are doing to a point today. However I am more against socialized medicine even more than ever.
I got to thinking about the costs involved and what it would take to pay for it. I took the liberty of jumping on Google and grabbing a few stats. Feel free to request the links; I would be glad to provide them. According to Google data, the cost for a family of 4 for health insurance is $12,800 for 2008. That is a lot of money! No one can argue that one bit. However I believe it to be within reach for almost all of us. First off there are jobs everywhere that offer health benefits or some sort of assistance with it. Sometimes that isn’t enough now is it? We fight and claw to pay that portion that we pay on our own. Sometimes as much as 75% of it, this number is not sited but from what I have heard it is possible, my guess is most plans pay closer to 50%.
Times are tough at the Peterson ranch right now as they are with most Americans not living off of the government teat. My wife and I are both commissioned sales people. Due to economic conditions, sales are down therefore our take home pay is down. So our liberal friends would say, “Ask Uncle Sam for assistance.” We have not, we have shored up our spending (novel idea, feel free to use it congress). It isn’t always fun or what we want to do, but we are doing what we need to get by. It is working quite well for us. Therefore I have a few suggestions that my fellow Americans can use to pay for their health insurance.
The figures I am about to propose are not exact and they do not apply to everyone. I took some liberties but modest ones on all figures, bear with me and I will show you how to pay for those nasty premiums.
This list is the percent of Americans that own or enlist the following services:
82% own a cell phone (2 plans at $40 per month)
56% have cable TV ($40 per month)
89% own a car ($400 payment, insurance, & gas)
20% smoke (3 packs per week at $5 per pack)
50% drink coffee ($5 per week at home)
66% drink soda (4 2L per week at $1.25)
63% drink alcohol (1 12 pack per week at $9)
By my calculations, the average American household could cut as much as $665 per month if they cut out all of these items. Now I realize that not all people consume and use the items above. I also went very modest on all items. I want you to think about if government run health care is the way you want your country to crash and burn or if you think there is an alternative? Write your representative and let them know that the system is broken yet the government running it is not the answer!
Well I have finally had enough with it all. I have been against it and I have argued against it. I even tried to look at it from another angle. Maybe I am the bad conservative holding onto my money. Maybe we should reconsider and help these poor people out that can’t find assistance. I mean it is wrong to go without the basic needs to live right? I don’t mind my money being sent to Africa to help starving children or to give them medicine to fight disease. After much thought I do agree that we must assist the elderly and the young. Something we are doing to a point today. However I am more against socialized medicine even more than ever.
I got to thinking about the costs involved and what it would take to pay for it. I took the liberty of jumping on Google and grabbing a few stats. Feel free to request the links; I would be glad to provide them. According to Google data, the cost for a family of 4 for health insurance is $12,800 for 2008. That is a lot of money! No one can argue that one bit. However I believe it to be within reach for almost all of us. First off there are jobs everywhere that offer health benefits or some sort of assistance with it. Sometimes that isn’t enough now is it? We fight and claw to pay that portion that we pay on our own. Sometimes as much as 75% of it, this number is not sited but from what I have heard it is possible, my guess is most plans pay closer to 50%.
Times are tough at the Peterson ranch right now as they are with most Americans not living off of the government teat. My wife and I are both commissioned sales people. Due to economic conditions, sales are down therefore our take home pay is down. So our liberal friends would say, “Ask Uncle Sam for assistance.” We have not, we have shored up our spending (novel idea, feel free to use it congress). It isn’t always fun or what we want to do, but we are doing what we need to get by. It is working quite well for us. Therefore I have a few suggestions that my fellow Americans can use to pay for their health insurance.
The figures I am about to propose are not exact and they do not apply to everyone. I took some liberties but modest ones on all figures, bear with me and I will show you how to pay for those nasty premiums.
This list is the percent of Americans that own or enlist the following services:
82% own a cell phone (2 plans at $40 per month)
56% have cable TV ($40 per month)
89% own a car ($400 payment, insurance, & gas)
20% smoke (3 packs per week at $5 per pack)
50% drink coffee ($5 per week at home)
66% drink soda (4 2L per week at $1.25)
63% drink alcohol (1 12 pack per week at $9)
By my calculations, the average American household could cut as much as $665 per month if they cut out all of these items. Now I realize that not all people consume and use the items above. I also went very modest on all items. I want you to think about if government run health care is the way you want your country to crash and burn or if you think there is an alternative? Write your representative and let them know that the system is broken yet the government running it is not the answer!
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