Bum Rush: Corporatism In Plain English

Something stinks to high heaven.

Remember the highly successful, bi-partisan de-regulations of the trucking, airline and banking industries during the 1970s?  Have you ever wondered what about the fundamentals of economics has changed so profoundly since that time?  Why have both Democrats and Republicans frantically, strenuously, almost comically tap danced around the prospect of deregulating health care—an obvious and proven approach to improving efficiency and lowering prices?

Is it just me, or did you ever notice that the largely exaggerated health care cost crisis was seemingly never defined by politicians in terms of high prices?  Instead, there was this obsessive focus on the number of people who are uninsured.  Being uninsured was presented as some great social justice issue, even after researchers showed that the uninsured were mostly wealthy (able to pay out of pocket) or probably had other, voluntary means to obtain health services.

There is one thing I am completely sure of:  A GOOD INSURANCE SALESMAN NEVER LET’S ON THAT THERE ARE GOOD ALTERNATIVES TO HIS PRODUCT.

So what happens when you elect lying insurance salesmen into federal office?  You get Congress, two presidential Salesman-in-Chief candidates, and millions of instant “customers.”

Get it?