GREAT IDEA, Larry! Let's just create yet another expensive, bloated,
aloof bureaucracy, funded with.......yep, you guessed it. If the
economies of those other "large, industrialized countries" (and the tax
burdens of their citizens) is any indicator of how successful they are,
I sure don't want to go there. It's called Socialism, the kissin'
cousin of Communism. It's failed/failing everywhere it's been tried, in
spite of what the "lefties" among us will try to say.
Hey. How about this, for starters: It's called TORT REFORM. To
illustrate the concept, picture this: A large farm (representing the
US), with a bunch of very large hogs (representing the "legal
profession") gathered around a feeding trough (representing the
"judicial system"), being filled to overflowing with food (representing
the insurance industry) being extorted from the farmer (representing you
and me). The hogs have trampled most of the vegetation in the field,
preventing any new growth. They are, because they have become
over-populated, fighting each other for the contents of the feed trough.
Anytime the farmer tries to remove any of the feeding troughs (which
would be a product of tort reform), the large, aggressive hogs drive him
away. However, if the farmer can manage to remove enough of the feeding
troughs, he will be able to keep a lot of the feed for himself and
others. The hogs will shrink/die off/retire/go bother something else
and life (for the farmer, anyway) will be much more bearable.
Will it ever happen (tort reform)? Don't hold your breath. Since most
legislators are, also, lawyers, the concept is pretty much a
non-starter. The "legal lobby" seems to have almost as much pull as
"big business", which has almost as much pull as gov't bureaucracy.
So, as long as 70% of the electorate refuses to educate themselves on
such subjects as American history, the U.S. Constitution, world
economics, the history of western civilization and stops relying on a
lazy, elitist, self-serving news media to tell them what to think,
well.....like the Irishman, in the movie "Braveheart" says to William
Wallace: "I've been talking to God, and he says I'm going to be alright,
but he's pretty sure that the rest of you are f-cked".
Bud Osbourne
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