The Art of the Impossible (Thomas Sowell)

Creators Syndicate ^ | December 30, 2008 | Thomas Sowell

[nina0113]

Please add me to the list.

Every time I think about Obama being the First! Black! President! instead of Thomas Sowell, I get heartsick all over again.

[PapaBear3625]

You make a good point about the make up of a civilian security force. If he reaches out to the dregs of society to staff it it could mean his early downfall.

If he staffs it with gang bangers, and uses it to hassle the middle class, there may be trouble.

[jazusamo]

Welcome nina0113, you’re on.

I agree completely with your feelings and feel the same.

[GWMcClintock]

Price controls would do nothing. If EVERYONE had to pay out of pocket for their own health care, the market could not sustain such a high cost. Innovation would replace “price fixing” by health insurers, and market forces would drive down the cost. Think not?

At a normal veterinarian office you can get an adominal x-ray for anywhere from $25-$75 (prices in the Midwest). That SAME x-ray on a human being will cost $300-500. The procedure is EXACTLY the same. The obvious answer is that health insurance companies are not a middleman for the most part in vet practices.