On Nov 19, 10:19*am, Ken Fortenberry
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wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
The idea that a society can toss these folks away like spent
machinery is untenable.

So what's the answer? *For once I'd like to hear the whiny liberals
actually propose something.

OK, how about this. Single payer health care, Canadian style.
Take the burden of health care off of industry because it makes
us uncompetitive.

Health care is only a part of the problem. Having the government
in charge of healthcare scares me about as much as having them
in charge of my retirement.


I don't know what retirement plan you're talking about but the
one with which I'm associated, SURS of Illinois, is no scheme.
And it's been working just fine since 1941 and will continue to
work fine unless Illinois adopts a new state constitution because
under the current Illinois constitution the legislature cannot
get their grubby little hands on any SURS monies.

If the GM retirement plan had been as well managed and funded
as SURS there would be no problem at all with it.

We'll see. Covering university employees is slightly different than
a large manufacturing community. If it works so well, I'd like to
see an entire state run its health care system that way. If it's
viable,
companies and skilled people should flock there. It should be a
competitive advantage for a given state....wonder why no one has
tried it.
- Ken