Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Politics - Not List Material

[LarryT (l02turner]

Sorry Lee, my memory failed me (again - but I forgot) - it's actually 
between 80% [and 89% cited below] as in <<the Washington Post/ABC Poll, 81% 
of those sampled were satisfied with their present health care insurance 
policy. >>

and <<CNN poll finds that more than 80% of Americans are satisfied with the 
quality of their health care.>>

and <<the Kaiser Family Foundation, ABC News and USA Today, released in 
October 2006, found that 89 percent of Americans were satisfied with their 
own personal medical care, [and] Those with recent serious health problems, 
possibly the people with the best knowledge of how health care is working, 
were generally the most satisfied. Ninety-three percent of insured Americans 
who had recently suffered a serious illness were satisfied with their health 
care. So were 95 percent of those who suffered from chronic illness.>>

and on and on.

LarryT


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From: "Lee S. Lingo" <leescars [at] comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:55 PM
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Politics - Not List Material

> Larry,
>
> Not even getting into the healthcare reform discussion, but where do you 
> cite your 90% number from & how can you back up your statement as fact 
> that we have the best healthcare system in the world.  While I believe 
> that without a doubt we do, I cannot difinitively prove that as fact.
>
> I was just wondering how you can flame someone else for posting facts they 
> think are true & citing a source to prove it while you can put forth only 
> opinions but post them as truth.  Seems a little arrogant to me.
>
> Oh, and I do not know for sure, but perhaps Mauricio, like me has tired of 
> the elitist rhetoric & hijacking of the list for political topics and only 
> checks his list email every few days.  If that is the case, one might 
> surmise that his email was a response to your last political posting to 
> the list two or three days ago.  I don't know.
>
> I love talking cars with you guys & have found this list an invaluable 
> source of information on many topics over the years, many of which were 
> not car related.  But when it comes to talking politics & religion, most 
> people turn into know-it-all ass holes and we are all no exception to 
> that.
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:28 PM
> To: Lee Lingo <leescars [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Politics - Not List Material
>
> Thanks For that comment Steve!  I love this list because of the depth of
> knowledge - I ask a lot of OT questions about TVs, DVD's Financing and 
> other
> high tech stuff and I always KNOW I'll get a answer - usually it's correct
> to boot! ;-)
>
> BTW, what was Mauricio talking about?  I must have missed something.  His
> comment about Obams spending didn't ring true but Jim fired back before I
> could check facts (thx Jim!).  I know I've heard Obama has spent more in 
> his
> 1st 8 months that all other presidents have before him - combined!  I'll
> find the backup shortly.
>
> As far as the heath car system - we have the best system in the world, it
> costs a lot but that's because we have methods for healing never dreamed 
> of
> before.  Also, IIRC, 90% of the population is happy with their situation.
> If the illegal aliens & young people who don't want or need insurance are
> taken out of the question we have a problem os maybe 10 million - instead 
> of
> turning the medical system over to the USGov, to the tune of $1 tril (most
> likely $3 Tril) we could *buy* them insurance for much less money!  Of
> course,  don't advocate that - the govt doesn't need to be any more 
> involved
> in health insurance and retirement than they already are - it should be 
> less
> but that won't happen - it's like having a car with a flat tire - you fix
> the tire, not buy a whole new car!  Unless you're Mauricio I guess.
>
> Later -
> LarryT