07-03-2012, 08:48 PM
Infant Mortality Rates: A Statistical Miscarriage
http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-doctor-is-in...scarriage/
If we want to follow the world's example of low infant mortality, then all we have to do is draw an arbitrary line where we stop counting dead babies. As for right now, unlike our sophisticated superiors, we are stupidly counting all of the babies that are alive as being live births.
Other "developed" countries also aggressively promote abortion among young women. Since young women have the highest instance of birth defects, this also skews the infant mortality rate in a very technical way by murdering babies before they can be counted.
We're not socialist, at least not yet. But we are fascist becoming socialist in that the economy has an ever-expanding web of strings that all lead back to the government. The push-pull system of subsidies and taxes has effectively put an end to any real economic freedom, and of course it's all for our own good because we are too stupid to manage our lives without the gentle machinegun hand to push-pull us along.
Which brings me back to the point of expensive medicine. The government, again acting for our good, has effectively removed all price-control mechanisms in the market. You already don't have to pay for medical services. If you go to the emergency room they are forced by law to provide you with everything at no charge. Since the emergency room is the most expensive venue for medical service, this has had a huge impact on price -- instead of the consumer paying for their service, either the government does (affecting taxes) or the price for everyone goes up (affecting premiums) or the hospital shuts down (affecting supply).
In response to this government-solution-turned-problem we have a government solution: force everyone to buy a medical plan. And not just any plan, we're talking about really expensive plans with a lot of items that most people would not ask for because of the cost. And when this solution becomes yet another problem don't worry, I'm sure our elected overlords will know what to do.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-doctor-is-in...scarriage/
If we want to follow the world's example of low infant mortality, then all we have to do is draw an arbitrary line where we stop counting dead babies. As for right now, unlike our sophisticated superiors, we are stupidly counting all of the babies that are alive as being live births.
Other "developed" countries also aggressively promote abortion among young women. Since young women have the highest instance of birth defects, this also skews the infant mortality rate in a very technical way by murdering babies before they can be counted.
We're not socialist, at least not yet. But we are fascist becoming socialist in that the economy has an ever-expanding web of strings that all lead back to the government. The push-pull system of subsidies and taxes has effectively put an end to any real economic freedom, and of course it's all for our own good because we are too stupid to manage our lives without the gentle machinegun hand to push-pull us along.
Which brings me back to the point of expensive medicine. The government, again acting for our good, has effectively removed all price-control mechanisms in the market. You already don't have to pay for medical services. If you go to the emergency room they are forced by law to provide you with everything at no charge. Since the emergency room is the most expensive venue for medical service, this has had a huge impact on price -- instead of the consumer paying for their service, either the government does (affecting taxes) or the price for everyone goes up (affecting premiums) or the hospital shuts down (affecting supply).
In response to this government-solution-turned-problem we have a government solution: force everyone to buy a medical plan. And not just any plan, we're talking about really expensive plans with a lot of items that most people would not ask for because of the cost. And when this solution becomes yet another problem don't worry, I'm sure our elected overlords will know what to do.
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