Thread: Costly U.S. health system delivers uneven care: OECD

Originally Posted by irish_2003

the mentality here is "oversized"......look at other countries....most families are simple and they're happy.....we're obsessed with who has more and we're constantly pushing the envelope (or more appropriately "the bubble" and it burst)......bigger cars, bigger houses, more wasteful spending.....AND WE'RE NOT HAPPIER.....there's a seriously f'd up mentality here......it's a f'n contest.....who's more popular and who's got more toys

True people get out of college thinking they will make 100-200k a year..No same with alot of the young vets that get out just because you can drive a tank doesn't mean you'll make bank...unless your Special forces or in the intel community then ..well the money will be there..

Originally Posted by irish_2003

the mentality here is "oversized"......look at other countries....most families are simple and they're happy.....we're obsessed with who has more and we're constantly pushing the envelope (or more appropriately "the bubble" and it burst)......bigger cars, bigger houses, more wasteful spending.....AND WE'RE NOT HAPPIER.....there's a seriously f'd up mentality here......it's a f'n contest.....who's more popular and who's got more toys

and this mentality stems from media sources in the US that are specifically designed to increase consumption for the large firms that reap the profits of this.

zoning requirements force builders to construct homes of certain sizes. the ave home has increased from 1400 sq ft in the 70's to over 2500 sq ft in 2008 and that price increased over 1000%. the causes increasing borrowing along with increased spending in heating and cooling, etc.

the average median car has increased in price something like 500% since the 70's...all these things are true but the consumers have no say in any of these things.

in the current environment choice is mostly an illusion

now on the flipside, because we're such a suburbanly sprawled out country with greater distances between neighborhoods, towns, and work districts, electric cars, trains, or other mass transits simply won't work.....we're not packed tight like japan or most of europe is......so the bigger autos provide more comfort on longer trips (which are higher in average than most other countries)......only closer regions that already have longer distance train systems should consider it like the east coast......i'm so glad my gov decline the 800 billion being shoved down our throats by barry soetero....(lol the program or funds are scrapped now anyway lol)

Originally Posted by ALBOB

When I said you had the I.Q. of a flea it seems I was insulting fleas. Here, I'll post my reply to Prince again. Maybe you can have someone with better than a kindergarten education to read it to you.

"Beats me, I wouldn't know. I don't get 100% health coverage. My wife and I do pay substantially less than you but, that's because I'm retired Air Force and we pay for Tricare. You were offered that but chose not to take it.

As far as my current job, I'm not employed by the government. I'm employed by a private company that's a contractor to the DoE. If I wanted health insurance through my company I'd pay aboujt the same as you."

Sorry about the misunderstanding. I don't read each and every reply to each posting, just most of them.

There still is no reason to be insulting.