I believe in a health care tier system that is not just simply universal coverage, but a health PLAN and MOVEMENT.
Money thrown at any problem without some thought and some serious planning will just be money wasted. With the current health plan: I don't like it because it's the SPEED of it's planning and not the planners themselves. It's like Bill Gate's view of charity: you won't get any money unless you show me results and a return.
I know throwing a trillion dollars anywhere will encourage fraud and abuse of the system, that's exactly why I am not happy with the SPEED of the Democrats RUSH to implement this system. Moving too fast without serious thought doesn't happen in less than a year.
It's this 'trigger happy' mentality, like the stimulus package, that have 60% of Americans thinking the stimulus didn't do squat. The true results can't be measured, but people are doubtful and rightfully so. Whether it's Republicans throwing a trillion or Demomcrats we all should raise a stink for accountability and demand it's effectiveness and that entails planning.
I hope the government is addressing the reason why health care is so expensive first.
WHAT I LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO SEE ADDRESS OFF THE BAT (besides taking some time to think about HOW THEY PLAN TO OVERHAUL HEALTH CARE)
1) For working families (e.g. like a single mother with children with three jobs) I think health care should be subsidized for the coverage of families by the Federal and State government). Any parent working two jobs should be be covered - by the government and tax payers (I'd be willing to see that through). This group should not be penalized when they are truly trying to make it. Children should never suffer from hunger, or the lack of health coverage regardless of their household's ability to afford it. It's our way of helping preserve the family and protecting America's future by investing in our children.
RESULT: protecting America's future - her children
2) Stricter accountability: If you have a history of laziness, and you are not willing to work and are able - no health care. You're on your own. You will always have a group who kills the system because they 'leech' off the system. I honestly believe if you are capable of working and you don't do it: you don't deserve food or health care. Get off your behind and work. Also establish an internal audit system that is done by outside companies, not the government.
RESULT: you don't have the choir telling you how great of a job you are doing.
3) Doctors and hospitals should be protected more from lawsuits with a maximum amount you can be sued for and number of times they are sued. We can't be willy-nilly about bad doctors like Michael Jackson's doctor (what a shame!!!) either. Tighter regulations and regular standardized testing should be nationally implemented. Increasing the number of qualified doctors will drop the number of lawsuits and give credence to a cap-limit on lawsuits. Doctors who are bad should be allowed to bring their abilities up to standard or be barred for life from practicing medicine.
RESULT: less money for attorneys, but lower costs for everyone.
4) Increase scholarships/funding for students across the nation to build up the number of doctors, nurses and workers in our hospitals. If you have someone who truly wants to be a doctor for healing as a career(not cosmetic surgery doctors) you should have every opportunity for it. RESULT: Health care is a commodity and you must increase the supply side to meet the demand. This will offset sky rocketing costs because you have 1 doctor for every 500 people currently and you can raise that total to 10 doctors per 500. RESULT: more doctors, nurses means lower bills and greater access to health care for all.
5) Elderly or older Americans regardless of work history, or income should be able to find health care in this country. You should live your golden years with dignity and care. In Asian countries the children, and grandchildren do this, and China has no nationalized health care system, the point is this: Americans should be able to live their golden years with a sense of dignity. This should be a national policy and will give a higher regard for life. We don't throw away our elderly Americans.
6) A national movement of health and exercise centers across the United States. People are less and less educated about food and exercise than before. I think it's because of our busy lifestyle we don't stop to cook anymore and we rely on cheap, easy microwave food that is stored in plastic that seeps chemicals and preservatives that is slowly killing our body (like drinking a drop of arsenic everyday). RESULT: reduce the cost of health care and the strain of providing health care for 'self-induced' health problems and shifting it to 'priority' patients. Granted, not every case is the same for someone with health problems (some obese patients have emotional problems and they turn to food), but food is only a coping mechanism and not the solution to our problems.
7) Simplify the billing system. Who truly understands them? RESULT: Less fraud, and easier to read. A complex system always give reason to 'false experts'.
8) A paradigm shift of addressing the root of our health problems and educating doctors on the importance of nutrition. Doctors all agree: they PRACTICE medicine. That means sometimes they 'try' different methods and they don't entirely work. Sometimes they throw a dozen pills until they find out it works. I've never had a doctor ask, "You have this rash - what changed in your diet or environment?"
The doctor put me through half-dozen creams and pills and gave up. IT was only a herbal specialist that solve the SOURCE of the problem. If you're tired and you weigh two hundred pounds more than you should - changing your diet and exercising is only the first part, but what emotionally BROUGHT you to that state?
9) View food for what it is: it's to be enjoyed and a source of fuel. We have made food a 'time waster' and something that must be integrated into our busy lives. It's not. It's an opportunity to enjoy food for what it is: eating it with friends and family. I love the Europeans: they sit down for two hours and converse. We've allowed food to be 'cheapen' and we will now allow all sorts of junk to go into our bodies for the sake of speed and convenience. For your own sakes spend time with someone who loves to cook and you'll find one of the deep treasures of life: a meal with someone you care about.
Aug 20, 2009
Aug 17, 2009
Myths about a Conservative
A Republican Mind - for my kids and others...
I look at politics today and I see too much internal bickering.
I'll be the first to break the ice: I like President Obama and I still do, but I don't agree with President Obama on everything. The things I like about Obama is he has the potential to be the first president to heal race relationships. He was raised by a white grandmother that was very dear to his heart yet he has an idea of what black Americans go through at the same time. He also knows the sacred role of fatherhood because his own father wasn't there for him.
President Obama has a demeanor that gives a sense of dignity and elegance back to the White House, yet he is still very much seen a regular 'joe'. You can see his humor, his love as a father and husband as well. In many ways, he looks more like a president than Bush. There's thing I disagree with Obama, but that's not what this paragraph is about - it's about what I like about him besides Obama is a big hoops fan.
Myths one I like to break, I hope Obama succeeds. A failed American presidential office is a failure to the country as a whole. I am not a conservative who is wants to 'win' by cheering the failure of a political party that I don't affiliate with. If our president succeeds in turning this economy, health care, or the Afghanistan war I'll be the first to cheer him on.
If you are Republican who is hoping for the failure of a Democrat or vice versa you are simply not an American. It's not American to cheer the failure of people. Americans believe in striving towards success. Also you don't 'hate' people in politics. Hatred is reserved for child molesters, rapists and people who exterminate on a large scale where there is a need for justice. There is no political office holder who warrants the feeling of hatred unless it's someone who pulls a Benedict Arnold. Dislike, displeasure..yes. I am truly sadden when politics brings such emotions whether love or hate to a president in Americans on both fronts.
Honestly Bush didn't bring me as much joy as much as my wife, my friends or family. Obama has never hurt me like a bully in Jr. High or the anger I felt listening to the story of a woman raped at twelve by her father-in-law (these are things that warrants hot-anger for justice). It simply has no place: we love our presidents and hate them too much when we've never personally have been afflicted or blessed by them as much as family. I liken it to sports fans. Unless you worked for them or on the team, when was the last time the any sports team CHANGED YOUR LIFE more than your friends or family? So why get so touchy-feely about it?
Another myth: We don't love war. We are willing to fight wars because we believe evil exists. To this day, I don't believe there's a good reason President Bush should have pulled us into Iraq, Afghanistan yes. 9/11 is seared into my mind that evil exists in a real manner, yet today some Democrats don't talk about Afghanistan that much why? As an American I want to win Afghanistan, we didn't start the war, but we need to finish it.
I also believe this: generations of Americans living in America without the sight of Communism, or the loss of freedom have dulled the American vision of what freedom truly mean.
I say this because my father immigrated from China escaping the literal horrors of watching people die simply for being intelligent (during Communism purging of intellectualism - akin to the Nazis burning books). My father told me, "This United States is a great country. You can come here poor, work hard and live your life, raise your family without fear and in dignity." He also reminded me to defend and bleed for this country that adopted us and to be loyal to her because he KNEW evil and he saw evil's hand ( he didn't mean the people of China because he sent back money during the earthquakes in China a year ago).
I don't blame other Americans for this perspective because it's prone to our nature to forget and take for granted what we have. If it's not our country, it's our spouse, or friends. I'm not better than those who forgot, I simply had a father who spoke about it with deep passion because he lived without freedom - and all the intellectualism and debate of why America should not spend so much on defense will never out-debate my father's tears telling me how precious freedom is because he once LIVED WITHOUT IT. I never heard of a poor immigrant coming from a country ruled by a despot question as much as Americans do about why we need to go to war because they lived in world where the government wasn't able to defend her from evil. President Reagan had a huge defense budget and he was accused of being a war-monger, but he never pulled us into a full-scale war in his term ( I don't consider Granada a 'war').
Another myth, I don't believe in the infallibility of my party affiliation. President Bush poured way too much money into Iraq and ignored the economic conditions of the United States too long. As Americans we spend more than we make and he should have stepped up to the plate and say, 'Grow up' to us and the government. The Bush administration spent recklessly. I think Iraq was a mistake because to this day I cannot rationalize with my party about Iraq. Afghanistan was different: children and the people of the United States died. I've also debated with my Conservative friends on many fronts and I consider myself a 'Liberterian' more than 'Republican' now.
In the end, I am holding politics with a lighter grip. It's not divine, it's not a part of the fabric of my being. When I die it doesn't matter. What matters is we all = one day will be held accountable for our lives, our views and more importantly how we love.
Politics are like sports. Lots of money and emotions, but at the end of the day does it make a personal impact in your life as much as we like to believe?
I look at politics today and I see too much internal bickering.
I'll be the first to break the ice: I like President Obama and I still do, but I don't agree with President Obama on everything. The things I like about Obama is he has the potential to be the first president to heal race relationships. He was raised by a white grandmother that was very dear to his heart yet he has an idea of what black Americans go through at the same time. He also knows the sacred role of fatherhood because his own father wasn't there for him.
President Obama has a demeanor that gives a sense of dignity and elegance back to the White House, yet he is still very much seen a regular 'joe'. You can see his humor, his love as a father and husband as well. In many ways, he looks more like a president than Bush. There's thing I disagree with Obama, but that's not what this paragraph is about - it's about what I like about him besides Obama is a big hoops fan.
Myths one I like to break, I hope Obama succeeds. A failed American presidential office is a failure to the country as a whole. I am not a conservative who is wants to 'win' by cheering the failure of a political party that I don't affiliate with. If our president succeeds in turning this economy, health care, or the Afghanistan war I'll be the first to cheer him on.
If you are Republican who is hoping for the failure of a Democrat or vice versa you are simply not an American. It's not American to cheer the failure of people. Americans believe in striving towards success. Also you don't 'hate' people in politics. Hatred is reserved for child molesters, rapists and people who exterminate on a large scale where there is a need for justice. There is no political office holder who warrants the feeling of hatred unless it's someone who pulls a Benedict Arnold. Dislike, displeasure..yes. I am truly sadden when politics brings such emotions whether love or hate to a president in Americans on both fronts.
Honestly Bush didn't bring me as much joy as much as my wife, my friends or family. Obama has never hurt me like a bully in Jr. High or the anger I felt listening to the story of a woman raped at twelve by her father-in-law (these are things that warrants hot-anger for justice). It simply has no place: we love our presidents and hate them too much when we've never personally have been afflicted or blessed by them as much as family. I liken it to sports fans. Unless you worked for them or on the team, when was the last time the any sports team CHANGED YOUR LIFE more than your friends or family? So why get so touchy-feely about it?
Another myth: We don't love war. We are willing to fight wars because we believe evil exists. To this day, I don't believe there's a good reason President Bush should have pulled us into Iraq, Afghanistan yes. 9/11 is seared into my mind that evil exists in a real manner, yet today some Democrats don't talk about Afghanistan that much why? As an American I want to win Afghanistan, we didn't start the war, but we need to finish it.
I also believe this: generations of Americans living in America without the sight of Communism, or the loss of freedom have dulled the American vision of what freedom truly mean.
I say this because my father immigrated from China escaping the literal horrors of watching people die simply for being intelligent (during Communism purging of intellectualism - akin to the Nazis burning books). My father told me, "This United States is a great country. You can come here poor, work hard and live your life, raise your family without fear and in dignity." He also reminded me to defend and bleed for this country that adopted us and to be loyal to her because he KNEW evil and he saw evil's hand ( he didn't mean the people of China because he sent back money during the earthquakes in China a year ago).
I don't blame other Americans for this perspective because it's prone to our nature to forget and take for granted what we have. If it's not our country, it's our spouse, or friends. I'm not better than those who forgot, I simply had a father who spoke about it with deep passion because he lived without freedom - and all the intellectualism and debate of why America should not spend so much on defense will never out-debate my father's tears telling me how precious freedom is because he once LIVED WITHOUT IT. I never heard of a poor immigrant coming from a country ruled by a despot question as much as Americans do about why we need to go to war because they lived in world where the government wasn't able to defend her from evil. President Reagan had a huge defense budget and he was accused of being a war-monger, but he never pulled us into a full-scale war in his term ( I don't consider Granada a 'war').
Another myth, I don't believe in the infallibility of my party affiliation. President Bush poured way too much money into Iraq and ignored the economic conditions of the United States too long. As Americans we spend more than we make and he should have stepped up to the plate and say, 'Grow up' to us and the government. The Bush administration spent recklessly. I think Iraq was a mistake because to this day I cannot rationalize with my party about Iraq. Afghanistan was different: children and the people of the United States died. I've also debated with my Conservative friends on many fronts and I consider myself a 'Liberterian' more than 'Republican' now.
In the end, I am holding politics with a lighter grip. It's not divine, it's not a part of the fabric of my being. When I die it doesn't matter. What matters is we all = one day will be held accountable for our lives, our views and more importantly how we love.
Politics are like sports. Lots of money and emotions, but at the end of the day does it make a personal impact in your life as much as we like to believe?
Myths about a Conservative
A Republican Mind - for my kids and others...
I look at politics today and I see too much internal bickering.
I'll be the first to break the ice: I like President Obama and I still do, but I don't agree with President Obama on everything. The things I like about Obama is he has the potential to be the first president to heal race relationships. He was raised by a white grandmother that was very dear to his heart yet he has an idea of what black Americans go through at the same time. He also knows the sacred role of fatherhood because his own father wasn't there for him.
President Obama has a demeanor that gives a sense of dignity and elegance back to the White House, yet he is still very much seen a regular 'joe'. You can see his humor, his love as a father and husband as well. In many ways, he looks more like a president than Bush. There's thing I disagree with Obama, but that's not what this paragraph is about - it's about what I like about him besides Obama is a big hoops fan.
Myths one I like to break, I hope Obama succeeds. A failed American presidential office is a failure to the country as a whole. I am not a conservative who is wants to 'win' by cheering the failure of a political party that I don't affiliate with. If our president succeeds in turning this economy, health care, or the Afghanistan war I'll be the first to cheer him on.
If you are Republican who is hoping for the failure of a Democrat or vice versa you are simply not an American. It's not American to cheer the failure of people. Americans believe in striving towards success. Also you don't 'hate' people in politics. Hatred is reserved for child molesters, rapists and people who exterminate on a large scale where there is a need for justice. There is no political office holder who warrants the feeling of hatred unless it's someone who pulls a Benedict Arnold. Dislike, displeasure..yes. I am truly sadden when politics brings such emotions whether love or hate to a president in Americans on both fronts.
Honestly Bush didn't bring me as much joy as much as my wife, my friends or family. Obama has never hurt me like a bully in Jr. High or the anger I felt listening to the story of a woman raped at twelve by her father-in-law (these are things that warrants hot-anger for justice). It simply has no place: we love our presidents and hate them too much when we've never personally have been afflicted or blessed by them as much as family. I liken it to sports fans. Unless you worked for them or on the team, when was the last time the any sports team CHANGED YOUR LIFE more than your friends or family? So why get so touchy-feely about it?
Another myth: We don't love war. We are willing to fight wars because we believe evil exists. To this day, I don't believe there's a good reason President Bush should have pulled us into Iraq, Afghanistan yes. 9/11 is seared into my mind that evil exists in a real manner, yet today some Democrats don't talk about Afghanistan that much why? As an American I want to win Afghanistan, we didn't start the war, but we need to finish it.
I also believe this: generations of Americans living in America without the sight of Communism, or the loss of freedom have dulled the American vision of what freedom truly mean.
I say this because my father immigrated from China escaping the literal horrors of watching people die simply for being intelligent (during Communism purging of intellectualism - akin to the Nazis burning books). My father told me, "This United States is a great country. You can come here poor, work hard and live your life, raise your family without fear and in dignity." He also reminded me to defend and bleed for this country that adopted us and to be loyal to her because he KNEW evil and he saw evil's hand ( he didn't mean the people of China because he sent back money during the earthquakes in China a year ago).
I don't blame other Americans for this perspective because it's prone to our nature to forget and take for granted what we have. If it's not our country, it's our spouse, or friends. I'm not better than those who forgot, I simply had a father who spoke about it with deep passion because he lived without freedom - and all the intellectualism and debate of why America should not spend so much on defense will never out-debate my father's tears telling me how precious freedom is because he once LIVED WITHOUT IT. I never heard of a poor immigrant coming from a country ruled by a despot question as much as Americans do about why we need to go to war because they lived in world where the government wasn't able to defend her from evil. President Reagan had a huge defense budget and he was accused of being a war-monger, but he never pulled us into a full-scale war in his term ( I don't consider Granada a 'war').
Another myth, I don't believe in the infallibility of my party affiliation. President Bush poured way too much money into Iraq and ignored the economic conditions of the United States too long. As Americans we spend more than we make and he should have stepped up to the plate and say, 'Grow up' to us and the government. The Bush administration spent recklessly. I think Iraq was a mistake because to this day I cannot rationalize with my party about Iraq. Afghanistan was different: children and the people of the United States died. I've also debated with my Conservative friends on many fronts and I consider myself a 'Liberterian' more than 'Republican' now.
In the end, I am holding politics with a lighter grip. It's not divine, it's not a part of the fabric of my being. When I die it doesn't matter. What matters is all of one day will be held accountable for our lives, our views and more importantly how we love.
I look at politics today and I see too much internal bickering.
I'll be the first to break the ice: I like President Obama and I still do, but I don't agree with President Obama on everything. The things I like about Obama is he has the potential to be the first president to heal race relationships. He was raised by a white grandmother that was very dear to his heart yet he has an idea of what black Americans go through at the same time. He also knows the sacred role of fatherhood because his own father wasn't there for him.
President Obama has a demeanor that gives a sense of dignity and elegance back to the White House, yet he is still very much seen a regular 'joe'. You can see his humor, his love as a father and husband as well. In many ways, he looks more like a president than Bush. There's thing I disagree with Obama, but that's not what this paragraph is about - it's about what I like about him besides Obama is a big hoops fan.
Myths one I like to break, I hope Obama succeeds. A failed American presidential office is a failure to the country as a whole. I am not a conservative who is wants to 'win' by cheering the failure of a political party that I don't affiliate with. If our president succeeds in turning this economy, health care, or the Afghanistan war I'll be the first to cheer him on.
If you are Republican who is hoping for the failure of a Democrat or vice versa you are simply not an American. It's not American to cheer the failure of people. Americans believe in striving towards success. Also you don't 'hate' people in politics. Hatred is reserved for child molesters, rapists and people who exterminate on a large scale where there is a need for justice. There is no political office holder who warrants the feeling of hatred unless it's someone who pulls a Benedict Arnold. Dislike, displeasure..yes. I am truly sadden when politics brings such emotions whether love or hate to a president in Americans on both fronts.
Honestly Bush didn't bring me as much joy as much as my wife, my friends or family. Obama has never hurt me like a bully in Jr. High or the anger I felt listening to the story of a woman raped at twelve by her father-in-law (these are things that warrants hot-anger for justice). It simply has no place: we love our presidents and hate them too much when we've never personally have been afflicted or blessed by them as much as family. I liken it to sports fans. Unless you worked for them or on the team, when was the last time the any sports team CHANGED YOUR LIFE more than your friends or family? So why get so touchy-feely about it?
Another myth: We don't love war. We are willing to fight wars because we believe evil exists. To this day, I don't believe there's a good reason President Bush should have pulled us into Iraq, Afghanistan yes. 9/11 is seared into my mind that evil exists in a real manner, yet today some Democrats don't talk about Afghanistan that much why? As an American I want to win Afghanistan, we didn't start the war, but we need to finish it.
I also believe this: generations of Americans living in America without the sight of Communism, or the loss of freedom have dulled the American vision of what freedom truly mean.
I say this because my father immigrated from China escaping the literal horrors of watching people die simply for being intelligent (during Communism purging of intellectualism - akin to the Nazis burning books). My father told me, "This United States is a great country. You can come here poor, work hard and live your life, raise your family without fear and in dignity." He also reminded me to defend and bleed for this country that adopted us and to be loyal to her because he KNEW evil and he saw evil's hand ( he didn't mean the people of China because he sent back money during the earthquakes in China a year ago).
I don't blame other Americans for this perspective because it's prone to our nature to forget and take for granted what we have. If it's not our country, it's our spouse, or friends. I'm not better than those who forgot, I simply had a father who spoke about it with deep passion because he lived without freedom - and all the intellectualism and debate of why America should not spend so much on defense will never out-debate my father's tears telling me how precious freedom is because he once LIVED WITHOUT IT. I never heard of a poor immigrant coming from a country ruled by a despot question as much as Americans do about why we need to go to war because they lived in world where the government wasn't able to defend her from evil. President Reagan had a huge defense budget and he was accused of being a war-monger, but he never pulled us into a full-scale war in his term ( I don't consider Granada a 'war').
Another myth, I don't believe in the infallibility of my party affiliation. President Bush poured way too much money into Iraq and ignored the economic conditions of the United States too long. As Americans we spend more than we make and he should have stepped up to the plate and say, 'Grow up' to us and the government. The Bush administration spent recklessly. I think Iraq was a mistake because to this day I cannot rationalize with my party about Iraq. Afghanistan was different: children and the people of the United States died. I've also debated with my Conservative friends on many fronts and I consider myself a 'Liberterian' more than 'Republican' now.
In the end, I am holding politics with a lighter grip. It's not divine, it's not a part of the fabric of my being. When I die it doesn't matter. What matters is all of one day will be held accountable for our lives, our views and more importantly how we love.