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Obviously.

Take Medicare for example. Government sets the prices that it will pay not what the hospital charges. Some of the procedures are done at losses to some are done at marginal profits. Bottom line is hospitals are not getting rich on medicare. The bills are paid by insurance companies when...

Absolutely, but to think hospitals are not bracing for major changes in medicine is considerable shortsighted.

Same here no layoffs yet but probably coming down the pike. Asking doctors to take a 10% haircut and messing with travel expenses. Health care evidently is not recession proof. Hospitals are looking to crimp and save. I wonder if it also has something to do with Obama and his socialized...

Agreed Medicare and medicaid is the elephant in the room.

I am not suggesting that social security is a ponzi scheme. But social security works on the premise young pay for the old and the employer kicks in a bunch as well. The hard part of the equation is how long will the baby boomers live? With advances in health care now and in the future its...

Social Security is straight forward, young pay for the old. Many more old then young. It will not work in the long run without major a overhaul. Like it or not. Not to mention when enacted it was never meant to serve as retirement income.

I agree. There needs to be a certain amount of deflation and in the long run will be healthy. Housing, college and many consumer staples. For instance, I was in line to pay for gas today and decided to buy something to drink, for the love of god a buck 50 for a bottle of fricking coke...

Your blatant hatred gets in the way of your thought processes. I will gladly take the money that I pay in to a inherently bankrupt system and invest it how I see fit. Just because you can't doesn't mean everyone cant.

Yup they are called a lot of things.

Those evil speculators. :D

Agreed it wasn't just one person or group, it was government as a whole.

For sure.

Own up be a man take responsibility for your actions. Sounds like he has a family to look after. If you gonna off yourself at least have the decency to jump off a bridge. At least your family won't have to find you hanging from the ceiling as well as clean up your fing mess.

Took the easy way out. The greatest of all acts of selfishness.

What problem? I just don't see a problem?:D

I wholeheartedly agree with mega corporations monstrosities. But with monstrosities comes jobs.

Look at where Cuba is at with out America. Cubans are innovative in trying to get to America as well. Remember the pick up they turned in to the boat. Edit: http://www.floatingcubans.com/