tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post3347618404499290326..comments2024-02-15T07:14:47.560-08:00Comments on The Wall Street Urinal: OBAMACARE FOR DUMMIESNick Goremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02513393535942173465noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-72255717211218413112013-10-01T14:46:55.749-07:002013-10-01T14:46:55.749-07:00nick, I am linking your post of obamacare for dumm...nick, I am linking your post of obamacare for dummies to my Garwood TREEeditor blog. Looking around your summation is as good as anyone elses, but with a jab or twos at the system itself. I agree that the govt is a monopoly and thus not prone toward working with the most expediency or cost effectiveness, but like the teaparty we have to live with it until something better comes up.TREEeditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698551407981368674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-62942290685611236372013-09-28T21:02:00.537-07:002013-09-28T21:02:00.537-07:00What I want to know is, what's gonna happen to...What I want to know is, what's gonna happen to people like me? Im testing heal insurance from my soon to be x hubby. I can not afford what my agency offers and do not qualify for Medicaid/care. I live pay check to pay check. working two jobs when I can. there's others like me in my field of work. what can we exxpect? Are we just left out in the cold? Have to get third job to pay for health care? Should I just give up and live on the streets? ladyfirehawk88https://www.blogger.com/profile/09258983533052339293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-41787886642858938972012-08-28T23:04:45.221-07:002012-08-28T23:04:45.221-07:00Very enlightening and easily understood, thank you...Very enlightening and easily understood, thank you for making this information available. I look forward to more education! <br />George Richardson<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382870061642548431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-32723696198459505562012-06-28T20:13:58.628-07:002012-06-28T20:13:58.628-07:00Correction...in a market based capital economy wit...Correction...in a market based capital economy with limited government intervention....profit=efficiency....if you do not believe in these principles the entire EU would be happy to have you and we would be happy to be rid of you. The author is right....we are spoiled. You can't have over arching economic equality in a system based on competition and profit. So pick one or the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-5916504559075883022012-06-28T18:17:54.138-07:002012-06-28T18:17:54.138-07:00Thanks for this explanation, Nick. I'm a Canad...Thanks for this explanation, Nick. I'm a Canadian, living in Canada but married to an American husband with American in-laws. I haven't always understood the medical system in the US and my US family hasn't always been able to explain it concisely. Now that Obamacare is green lighted (so to speak), I was even more confused. You've helped shed some light on the subject!Chellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606816049125330033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-67948521773703053182012-03-27T16:22:33.065-07:002012-03-27T16:22:33.065-07:00yeah, I would agree. Great companies have great id...yeah, I would agree. Great companies have great ideas. But they have to be efficient to bring those ideas to fruition. One thing that distinguishes US research from British is that Americans have a knack for commercializing discoveries or new technologies. Who are u, btw?Nick Goremanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513393535942173465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-62842558315990685032012-03-27T09:11:27.207-07:002012-03-27T09:11:27.207-07:00Efficiency is only one of many variables in the eq...Efficiency is only one of many variables in the equation to attain profits, along with creativity, quality, etc. Thats why Apple is one of the most profitable companies in the world. Efficiency is by no means the end all be all. If that were true then mindless manufacturers or 'chop shop' investment firms would surely be ruling the market. As that isnt the case then surely more must go into the equation would you agree with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-52636268301828648532012-03-26T16:10:58.845-07:002012-03-26T16:10:58.845-07:00Of course profit is a measure of efficiency. If th...Of course profit is a measure of efficiency. If the business owner doesn't invest capital wisely, doesn't keep costs as low as possible, fails to charge the optimal price for his goods or services, then he will go out of business. Profit is not evil. It's an amoral measurement. And who's ripping you off? Is someone forcing you to buy from the person you think is ripping you off? Apple charges way more than other devices and is one of the most profitable companies in the world. Is Apple ripping you off? The US is the center of innovation, technological progress, creativity because it allows entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs to pursue profit.Nick Goremanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513393535942173465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15986899.post-63589619311586821222012-03-26T13:26:35.544-07:002012-03-26T13:26:35.544-07:00Profit is a measure of efficiency? lol Right. And ...Profit is a measure of efficiency? lol Right. And even if that were true are the companies that rip us off the most efficiently the best for our society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com