Media, Business & Politics

PLUTOCRACY
n. plu·toc’·ra·cy

1. government by the wealthy
2. a controlling class of the wealthy
3. giving tax cuts to huge corporations under the guise of “creating more jobs”
4. proclaiming a major financial crisis, with the only solution to cut the salaries, benefits and rights of public employees, including teachers, nurses, garbage men, home health care providers, bus drivers, snowplow operators, park rangers & highway repair crews
5. laying off thousands of (see #4, public employees)
6. cutting funding for public education
7. cutting healthcare for the poor and elderly
8. cutting funding to lower municipalities, forcing them to raise local taxes
9. weakening the power of unionized workers
10. allowing government-owned utilities to be sold under no-bid contracts to (see #3, huge corporations)

Here is an *awesome* post from a good friend of mine, who enjoyed 4 years of WI state healthcare, but is now back on an employer-sponsored HSA.

Excerpt:
“…I’m not sure most taxpayers really comprehend exactly how good their government officials, and those who work for their government officials, have it. I didn’t. I always knew State insurance was great, but until I was in it, I never realized how great. Maybe, just maybe, if more people realized this, there would be more outrage over equality in coverage. Why shouldn’t everyone have the coverage our elected officials enjoy? Why shouldn’t everyone have coverage, period?”

“The United States definitely has incredible doctors. If you’re sick, the US is a good place to be for the care, but the system is broken. It’s unfair and unaffordable.”

Read the full post here:
Health Care Affordability – A Personal Experience