slyc_willie
Captain Crash
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- Sep 4, 2006
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Excuse me. Rising real incomes for the top one percent, falling real incomes for everyone else. Not to mention all the people who can't get health insurance. That number gets bigger every year. And I seem to recall the unemployment numbers spiking during these last couple of weeks.
Is the glass half-empty, or half-full? I think that depends on whether your glass is fine crystal or a dixie cup.
These kinds of arguments always make me wonder as to their veracity. I don't know of a company that doesn't offer medical insurance after a certain length of time, be it six months or a year. The offered packages are sometimes steep, but that depends upon your elective choices (how much a deductible, etc.). I know people who make eight bucks an hour who have insurance.
It just makes me think that a lot of people who don't have insurance are those who bounce from job to job. Not all, I'm sure, but I'm willing to bet it is the case for many.
Of course, I would personally love to see national health care in the US. If for no other reason than limit malpractice lawsuits.