I joined this campaign only because I am leaning toward McCain, I actually am fed up with all politicians and the government as a whole. So I am not going to ask what is going to be done I am going to say whay I feel should be done.
Health insurance is ridiculouse because WE (juries) have awarded whining people absurd amounts of money for so called medical malpractice..in SOME cases there were mistakes made that deserved compensation however far more people are compensated when it wasn’t proper, this causes medical professionals to have carrier huge insurance policies which in turn causes them to have to charge more for their services, yes salaries may be too high for the doctors and administrators too which I am in favor of a maximium pay (salary cap) across the board of all companies. another HUGE drain on health insurance companies is that the hospitals and such charge higher prices in order to recover some of the loss they experience from the Medicaid (WELFARE) society ( appreciate this Democrats). I am a Paramedic and I could not tell you the amount of waste and abuse of the system brought on by these people. these people call ambulances to take them to the E.R. for problems that are easily handled at a physicians office however they feel that they aren’t paying for anything because the tax payers, the people who work, the MIDDLE CLASS, are providing them Medicaid, so why not get a free ride in comfort to the hospital, get moved ahead in line and see the ER doc before others and free medications that some of them don;t use for themselves but sell it! All at “my expense”. I say start drafting their welfare checks for ambulances rides and ER visits that are unnecassary. Give these people jobs… I know that there are police, fire, EMS, and other city vehicles that are always needing washed, stations and city offices that need cleaned, city property that needs trash picked up and grass mowed, painting, sign repairs, etc, could you imagine what a city would look like if there were people doing these things at least a couple of days a week, after all these people recieving welfare will need an extra day or two a week to look for real jobs…oops, I mean sleep and have babies!
Next is WAR! we had NO business in Iraq! YES, NO BUSINESS Senator McCain, there were no WMD’s, Sadam may have been a bad person and done terrible things to his own people but it was not OUR business, it should have been up to the people of his country to stand up to him and if they had asked for some help with equipment, weapons, etc, in exchange for some of their resources (oil) then that would have been great, then we wouldn’t be spending so much money and MOST IMPORTANTlY we wouldnt be getting our soldiers KILLED! Afghanistan and Osama is a different story, We NEED to “lay the smack down” there and anywhere else that physically attacks the USA, words do not count, after all you should here what I say about the government myself before we go to WAR because you may be wanting to bomb my house if words are enough to cause it! Get out of IRAQ and let them spend their own money and run their own country, send our Soldiers to find Osama, and here is a hint…HE IS NOT IN IRAQ!
We need a COMPLETE reform in government. I say that ANY politician who is a representative of the people sent to represent the PEOPLE, accepts a penny from ANY lobbyist for ANY reason is immediatly relieved of his/her duties of representing the people. The job he/she campaignes for and is elected BY THE PEOLPE for is to look out for the best interests of the people not THEMSELVES. Politicians should also have the very same taxes, insurances and retirements as the common man, that way, THEY would ensure that they are looking out for the PEOPLE and not just themselves. Salaries need to be reigned in too, I could be wrong about the facts however I think I recall that Mr Biden stated that he has a “modest” income in the 300k range???? along with all the other government benefits…I call that Absurd! not to mention that he says his is “modest” compared to everyone else!!!! I see a lot of room to cut government spending here Mr. McCain!
The economy, well Instead of spending “MY” tax dollars to had out to the GREEDY, why not tell them they caused it they need to live with it! the government could have went to the banks and mortgage companies and told them that maybe they should cut interest rates to about 4% fixed across the board and no closing costs to get people back into their homes and keep others from losing theirs, Afterall, would the bank/mortgage company rather make a little money or go bankrupt? Of course this interest rate would be for primary residence only, they can charge 20% on second homes (or Eighth) if they wish. AND the biggest absolute rip off of the people right now is Gasoline prices, when the gas prices suddenly started rising and for what reason I still don’t know, then that caused everything such as groceries and other neccesities to increase also, which in turn has caused the people who had bought homes they couldn’t they afford to start with to now not be able to pay for those homes in order to buy food and groceries which helped cause the mortgage collapse!!!!!! Make the oil companies pay their fare share because they sure are making the consumer pay, and the government may have a little more revenue coming in!!
Anyway, I have a lot more from where this came from however I have to get ready to go to one of my 3 jobs! I would be glad to share more if anyone is interested.
jmbjsimpson@northstate.net