A Point In Time

Dear Friends,

Somehow I got on a time-pay scheme for money owed to the Franchise Tax Board.  What a bureaucratic nightmare even at the state (CA) level.  It took over three weeks for them to cash my check.  It will take another 45 days for the amount to register on their ledger.  The reason it came up is that I wanted to pay off the full amount.  The person I spoke to said I would have to wait until September 5 before they could give me a final balance owing.  Believe it or not, the person I spoke to WAS able to identify my payment in process.  Don’t you think this process time is odd when the State of California so desperately needs funds?  Segue over to the clunker program as the Federal Government stiffs the dealers for the $4500 owing on the many cars they have already turned over.  SHEEEESH!  Give me a break!!

And we want the Feds involved in our personal health decisions?  Forget about the Post Office, Medicare, FEMA , Social Security, etc.

I have decided to turn off ALL the silly rhetoric from all sides.  There is just too much dis-information out there.  I spoke to a friend in British Columbia today.  He was really upset about all the bad-mouthing going on about the Canadian medical system.  Sure, there are some bureaucratic issue, but the opponents in the U.S. used an example of a person coming to the U.S. from Canada for medical care… but, the issue was paid for by the Canadian system… so where was the rub??

We have to be very careful to whom we listen, for sure.

What I see is everyone starting to gang up on the insurance companies because of outrageous profits recently (according to one source)… but not the slightest peep from our “leaders” about tort reform… NOT A PEEP.  Not even on the table.

This Canadian friend pointed out that his wife worked with a brain surgeon who had to pay $450,000 per year in mal-practice insurance with NO claims.  That is when I got an ear full about the insurance companies.

As noted in a previous e-mail, there is blame all the way around.

When the billed price by the doctor is $450 and the negotiated price is $175 from the insurance company, who is the bad guy here?  The doctor for charging too much or the insurance company for paying too little… all the while jacking up the consumer price for their services 17-20% per year??

One cannot force the insurance companies to lose money or to accept  certain money-losing business for the long-term, however, from my viewpoint, as a small business person, why can’t I join other small businesses and form a large pool to negotiate the best rates.  Is this a case of divide and conquer?

Why does the U.S. Government feel it is necessary to come in and totally disrupt a system that is basically working but needing repairing?  Why can’t they “play” with Massachusetts, since they’ve already implemented some sort of universal health care instead of disrupting the whole country.  This simple example shows the rank stupidity of the has-been lawyer congressmen we currently have in place.  I have very little regard for any of the persons currently in place in Washington.  Even the people just sent are soon corrupted by the malignant cancer in Washington D.C.

I, and many others, have concluded this is nothing more than a huge power grab to push the country to the left and has little or nothing to do about the welfare of the people.

Elitists and Statists… 99% of them.  Besides the power grab, it is simply paying back favors to the various unions and other special interests.  Corruption at a level that I’ve never seen except in banana republics.  We’ll be there soon if the sleeping giant does not awaken in time.

We need some sort of taxpayers revolt before they bleed us dry.  This is the only thing that can bring this under control… i.e. turn off the money spigot before the Chinese do, if they haven’t already.  We have become so afraid of the people that are supposed to be working for us that we don’t know what to do or how to do it.  Look at how the left destroys people, their families and lives, if they are opposed.  When will this end or be minimized?  I’d hoped the power feeding frenzy would take out many of these clowns, but the collateral damage is awful.

Will a quality leader finally arise from the Democrat ashes?

GEA