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Originally Posted by theking
...I will remind you that only 10-20% of the stimulus fund has been dispersed. Also only about 2% of the "cash for clunkers" program has been paid out to the dealers. One dealer that I saw interviewed said that he was owed well over one million by the government and if he is not paid soon he will have to withdraw from the program. The fraud and waste involved in the Medi Care and Medicaid programs is notorious...as well as doctors and hospitals suffer with very slow payments from these programs.
In other words all of these programs are inefficient...so do you really want the government involved with your health care?
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I recently read a book by a former Congressman about the Middle East; I can't remember his name. He said that when money is approved for something, we expect it to be handed over quickly and that's as far from the truth as could be.
He used an example of Congress approving a bill to give One Billion Dollars to inner city kids to help them with their reading. Once the money is approved, committees have to be put together, and they'll spend six months fighting over who should be on the team, etc. Then they have to form a legal panel to discover exactly what the law means, and what they can and cannot do with this money. Then they have to research agencies and private businesses that they can use, get them approved, and then start the bidding process. Once agencies and private businesses are slected and go through the bidding process, and get approved, then they have to come up with a plan, which has to be reviewed by the committee and the legal panel.... Before you know it, two years has passed and not a dime has been spent yet.
By the time the money is spent, the people who originally approved it have left office.
(This sort of reminds of when I worked at Playboy. I kid you not we had conference calls to decide who was going to be in on the real conference call.)