Comments on: LInks 11/7/08

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:52:00 +0000

Bear sits sedated/food coma at table after last meal wondering if he will get more before winter/hibernation, only to awaken in spring and visit the same picnic table, then eat more tourists with baskets full of goodies with short term memory issues.

Thank you Yves we all need to laugh in the face of doom/hardship.

@Anonymous8:00AM
Medical care is capital and liability heavy regardless of wage issues. The ER is just one of the front doors into the hospital and the most financially un-secure.

@Donna12:05
I live in Australia and we have both private and public health care. In public your in a line for help, but its there. Where with private you have more control over all aspects of of your care and its more immediate. I feel its good to have both for the Country's benefit/prosperity long term. Dead/sick people can't support their family's/contribute to society.

By: Dave Raithel

Dave Raithel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:05:00 +0000

Re the 401k: I guess if I’d ever made enough money to have a 401k, I’d have a dog in this fight. But as it is, I either work for a capitalist, or I work for da guvmint. I have no sway over my capitalist; with da guvmint, I have a vote ….

This is another instance of the plaint: Oh no, everybody might become as bad off as sombodies have always been ….

By: Independent Accountant

Independent Accountant — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:29:00 +0000

Elizabeth:
Are you serious? Yes, many 401(k)s have high participant costs. So? What will Uncle Sam do with the money? STEAL IT! Or do you believe the “inflation protected” securities the learned professor intends to stuff these plans with will ever provide a real return? Can you possibly be this naive? If you want to fix things, push to repeal the Federal Reserve Act and for a massive increase in interest rates such that someone can use bonds as a savings instrument.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:38:00 +0000

The bear wants more food? We’ve been feeding him for weeks!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:58:00 +0000

We work with real people on their financial matters, including their retirement savinsg. The 401(k)/IRA “system” is an unmitigated disaster and license to steal for Wall Street. It costs a ton and does little to encourage incremental saving. While this particular proposal may be slightly loony, we really need to think about how to fix things. At least these guys are putting something forward.

By: dh

dh — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:13:00 +0000

Alex: Sorry Ben, you apparently didn’t understand the question, so your clever answer is wrong, we need the name of a failed bank. Hank, what was your answer? Focus dude!

By: doc holiday

doc holiday — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:09:00 +0000

Ben: I’ll take Picnics for $100,000.

Alex: What failed bank was named after a song that was reminiscent of the song “Death or Glory”?

Ben: “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” is a song written by John Walter Bratton in (1907), with lyrics added in 1932 by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy, and is still a popular tune recorded by several artists and appearing in many children’s recordings. Ironically, one of the main themes is strongly reminiscent of the celebrated Robert Browne Hall March “Death or Glory” composed 12 years earlier.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:55:00 +0000

Donna: Many do. The problem with urgent care centers is that payment is required up-front. People who use the ERs as primary care don’t have the money to go to them.

Ultimately… is health care a right or a privilege? Think about it from various people’s perspectives before answering that question. The answer to that question ultimately is the solution.

By: donna

donna — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Why don’t hospitals open an urgent care next door to the emergency room? Seems like it would be easy enough to do to handle the less seriously ill patients who just need a few stitches or whatever.

Our medical system is just seriously stupid, really.

By: Shnaps

Shnaps — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:32:00 +0000

RE: Top story

What a waste of Tequila!