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You know, sometimes I spend hours a day sifting through information that arrives at the Thought Dock portal. You see, it all has to be reviewed by me before it gets in. But, without that process, my Followers would only get My views. And, you know I like to post all points of view tyat I agree with. So, to all of you that contribute, a warm thank you.
Sometimes, views from the "Regular Joe" mean more to me that those from the professionals; the paid pot sirrers of the media.
So here is a reprint of an article written by a Joe Doctor from a regular place in America:
"Dear Sirs:
During my last night's shift in the ER, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient with an expensive shiny gold tooth, multiple elaborate expensive tattoos, a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and a new cellular telephone equipped with her favorite R&B tune for a ringtone.
Glancing over the chart, one could not help noticing her payer status: Medicaid. She smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and, somehow, still has money to buy beer.
And, our Congress expects me to pay for this woman's health care? Our nation's health care crisis is not a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. It is a crisis of culture. A culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. A culture that thinks "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me". Life is really not that hard. Most of us reap what we sow. Don't ou agree?
STARNER JONES, MDJackson , MS"
Thanks, EW for your contribution.
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that woman more than likely paid for her tattoos and cigarettes in some manner or another. probably one that is a far heavier price than any one of us would be willing to pay. on the flipside of the coin, some of the best tattoo artists in the world don't operate out of a legitimate business premise, and more than likely honed their skills doing time, and share their skills as true artists with their friends. as a former smoker, when cigs were a mere $4.25 a pack, even when money was tight, i managed to smoke and my kids never went hungry and i was never on welfare or food stamps. no way shape or form do i want uncle sam stepping in and telling me how to spend my money. and thats how the welfare system works. there are more rules today that dictate how welfare recipients can or can not spend their money and thats not quite right. if nothing else, they should be taught good choice, bad choice just like the rest of us.
ReplyDeletepay your taxes and quit your sniveling. there are those out there that just will not be able to be self sufficient regardless of how much money you toss at them.