Obozocare as a thermodynamic system
Many natural systems can be evaluated using the principles of thermodynamics. Even things like health care must obey these principles.
The laws of thermodynamics are well known and rock-solid. In essence, they say you can't get more energy out of a system than goes into it. Specifically, if you take energy out of a system, then either something has to put the same amount of energy into it, or the system will collapse/fail.
Democrats--including our woefully socialist preezy--claimed that forcing everyone to buy health insurance would reduce the cost of health care for every American. (Obama claimed each family would save $2,500 annually.) But Dems also claimed the bill would give "free" health "insurance" [???] to those who couldn't afford to pay for it.
In addition, anyone could choose (ah, there's that wonderful principle that makes all bitter pills more palatable) to NOT buy health insurance, by paying either a penalty or a tax. And at last report the penalty/tax/not-tax was far less expensive than the required health insurance.
But wait: If both those last things are indeed features of the law, where do Democrats think the funds for these wonderful benefits will come from?
Why, "from the government," of course!
But wait: I thought the government could only get money from taxpayers, or by borrowing it. So to say "government will pay" is really saying working taxpayers will end up paying.
In that case, what's the source of this vaunted, pie-in-the-sky cost saving the Dems claim? That is, if the total amount of health care provided in the U.S. is to be significantly increased (to accommodate those alleged millions--often reported as 30 million, but not actually known--who are unable to pay for as much as they want now), wouldn't the total amount of money needed to furnish this great expansion be greater than now?
Why yes, yes it would. So where's the saving?
If you work hard and pay taxes, there isn't any. Never was.
Could. Not. Be. Any.
But innumerate congresswhores will say anything to get what they want. And what do they want more than anything? To get re-elected. What makes that happen? Giving "freebies" to their constituents.
Now, I very much doubt whether more than one or two members of congress have the vaguest grasp of the laws of thermodynamics, so it's no surprise that they keep passing laws that appear to be fiscally impossible. But hey, gotta' keep given out those great "freebies" to voters, eh?
The laws of thermodynamics are well known and rock-solid. In essence, they say you can't get more energy out of a system than goes into it. Specifically, if you take energy out of a system, then either something has to put the same amount of energy into it, or the system will collapse/fail.
Democrats--including our woefully socialist preezy--claimed that forcing everyone to buy health insurance would reduce the cost of health care for every American. (Obama claimed each family would save $2,500 annually.) But Dems also claimed the bill would give "free" health "insurance" [???] to those who couldn't afford to pay for it.
In addition, anyone could choose (ah, there's that wonderful principle that makes all bitter pills more palatable) to NOT buy health insurance, by paying either a penalty or a tax. And at last report the penalty/tax/not-tax was far less expensive than the required health insurance.
But wait: If both those last things are indeed features of the law, where do Democrats think the funds for these wonderful benefits will come from?
Why, "from the government," of course!
But wait: I thought the government could only get money from taxpayers, or by borrowing it. So to say "government will pay" is really saying working taxpayers will end up paying.
In that case, what's the source of this vaunted, pie-in-the-sky cost saving the Dems claim? That is, if the total amount of health care provided in the U.S. is to be significantly increased (to accommodate those alleged millions--often reported as 30 million, but not actually known--who are unable to pay for as much as they want now), wouldn't the total amount of money needed to furnish this great expansion be greater than now?
Why yes, yes it would. So where's the saving?
If you work hard and pay taxes, there isn't any. Never was.
Could. Not. Be. Any.
But innumerate congresswhores will say anything to get what they want. And what do they want more than anything? To get re-elected. What makes that happen? Giving "freebies" to their constituents.
Now, I very much doubt whether more than one or two members of congress have the vaguest grasp of the laws of thermodynamics, so it's no surprise that they keep passing laws that appear to be fiscally impossible. But hey, gotta' keep given out those great "freebies" to voters, eh?
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