I'm feeling blue...

[hatman]

Sleep's all screwed up again. Had to stay awake an extra 8 hours or so for a family event. Came home, crashed. Woke up a few hours later, having had a (semi-)refreshing nap. Now I'm in limbo. So, for the heck of it...

(Snagged from kaylle and brianamj.)

90% Barack Obama
85% Hillary Clinton
85% Joe Biden
84% John Edwards
83% Chris Dodd
81% Bill Richardson
78% Dennis Kucinich
77% Mike Gravel
51% Rudy Giuliani
43% John McCain
33% Mike Huckabee
32% Mitt Romney
23% Tom Tancredo
23% Fred Thompson
20% Ron Paul

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Apparantly, I like Obama. That's good news. Saves me a lot of research, too. Thanks, meme!

Comments

[batgirl1.livejournal.com]

"If people haven't planned properly for the future, that's their problem, and we as a society have no obligation to help the elderly get by. Or, if they do need help, they can go to a charity. Is that how you'd have it?"

Gee, Paul. When you put it that way, it sounds like I'm some kind of evil-vampire-dictator or something. o_O

Still, it's like the seatbelt laws that my parents are always ranting about. "Sure, it may be for my own good, but I shouldn't be *forced* to do it!"

Maybe if the worker was presented early on with an option: Do you want Social Security? Check Yes or No.
That way, it isn't like we're abandonning people who simply didn't have enough foresight. They chose their own path.

As for HC: ...it doesn't work that way? Darn. There goes my whole, magnificent plan. =/
Perhaps we could replace all doctors with robots....? Although, I guess that wouldn't work either. (Kidding about robots, btw).
Like I said, I guess I'm just naive. But still, aren't the people who *have* socialized medicine coming over *here*? o_O
That has to mean something.

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

Well, no. Not a dictator. But it's something to think about, anyway.

And, really, it comes down to a moral debate. The extent of personal freedom. Should you have the right to harm yourself? Do we, as a society, have a responsibility to shield people from dangerous mistakes, to provide a safety net, etc? I don't know that there are clear, definitive answers. A lot of fuzzy lines, more like.

As for health care... We've yet to find the perfect system. Socialized medicine solves a lot of the problems we have. But you have to do it carefully. Because, yes, it does come with some of its own problems. Or it can, anyway. And the socialized medicine system that we do have (Medicare), needs some fixing, too...

[batgirl1.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Maybe th answer, then, is to do the farming reform and other stuff before touching the health care issue. That way, we suffer less for our mistakes. I.E., Johnny's mom will not have to worry about the price of Ecoli-pills if Johnny does not have Ecoli.
Sure, there will be broken bones and pregnancies--there always are. But if we first ease the burden on public health, then maybe we can sort out the other end later without having to worry so much?

[pgwfolc.livejournal.com]

It would help. I don't know how much it would help. But it'd be a step in the right direction, anyway.

I don't think health care reform is something which can really wait, though. Then again, my dad's a doctor and I'm a patient. It's kind of a priority for me...

[batgirl1.livejournal.com]

Oog. Good point. O_O