tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post4535944525364809751..comments2009-07-31T01:31:34.696-06:00y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-27473445836313274392009-07-31T01:31:34.696-06:002009-07-31T01:31:34.696-06:00Reach,<br /><br />Progressivism works by creating a defined progression toward their desired end. <br /><br />At each step in the progression, the body politic sees greater centralization as the desired path.<br /><br />Inevitably Conservatives defend the last step of the progression, while the progressives conveniently forget that they were the architects of the status quo.<br /><br />The strategy is great, unfortunately progressives are so caught up in the cleverness of their strategy that they haven&#39;t figured out that the massive concentration of power that their ideology entails is the cause of the inequities that we see in society.y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-39298124774692843132009-07-30T21:02:16.763-06:002009-07-30T21:02:16.763-06:00The incentives didn&#39;t use to be so perverse when most health insurance insured only for catastrophic losses. It wasn&#39;t even too bad when it was only &#39;major medical.&#39; Then the industry figured out that it could amass hoards of new income by extending insurance coverage to even the most mundane medical treatments. That&#39;s when costs started to go through the roof. Perverse incentives, indeed.Reach Upwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-79639497516623179402009-07-30T18:28:43.087-06:002009-07-30T18:28:43.087-06:00Get real. Ideology over cognitive ability is tragic (and laughable) to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com