It's hard to live down a bad reputation. Just ask Scrooge. True, he lived a lot of life hating Christmas. He was a miserly old man who could hardly find the heart to give a day off to his employee. He wouldn't give to the poor, claiming his taxes already went to things like the debtor's prison. He even coined a phrase to express disgust with all things Christmas. Bah humbug!
But do you remember the joy Scrooge felt when he awoke and found that he hadn't missed Christmas? The first thing he did was buy the biggest Christmas goose for Cratchit's family. In short, there was a total transformation. He did not go into work that Christmas day. Instead, he got dressed up and attended his nephew's Christmas party. He even made donations to the poor, much to the surprise of the philanthropists. In fact, "Many laughed to see this alteration in him, but he let them laugh and little heeded them. His own heart laughed and that was quite enough for him. And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well if any man alive possessed the knowledge."
So why do we still use "Scrooge" derisively? I say "Scrooge" is compliment, and a very fine one at that. May we all get to spend Christmas like Ebenezer Scrooge, giving gifts, helping the poor, celebrating with family and friends, and laughing in our hearts. It won't get better than that. God bless us all, everyone!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Medicare is My Fave
One of my favorite things that Medicare does is, if you're patient comes to you from a skilled nursing facility, you have to determine...oh, nevermind, it's too
Should we really shoot for living forever? Or even 100? It's damn expensive to live that long. And if you're living that long with Medicare, you're doing it on the tax payers' dime. That doesn't seem American to me (let's not talk about Medicaid right now).
Don't get me wrong, I love it when my tax dollars go toward opening up highway 13 to four lanes all the way to Springfield. I even enjoy paying for state dinners at the white house when the queen comes to visit. But should we subsidize dotage? I say no thanks.
Whoa, I think I just solved the healthcare crisis-stop providing healthcare to anyone that has a disease that could potentially be their last. (Doc, can we call it common cold and not pancreatic cancer?)
Seriously though, it costs a lot of money to stay alive when you're sick, and that money has to come from somewhere. I guess the queen will have to get used to picnics on the mall.
Should we really shoot for living forever? Or even 100? It's damn expensive to live that long. And if you're living that long with Medicare, you're doing it on the tax payers' dime. That doesn't seem American to me (let's not talk about Medicaid right now).
Don't get me wrong, I love it when my tax dollars go toward opening up highway 13 to four lanes all the way to Springfield. I even enjoy paying for state dinners at the white house when the queen comes to visit. But should we subsidize dotage? I say no thanks.
Whoa, I think I just solved the healthcare crisis-stop providing healthcare to anyone that has a disease that could potentially be their last. (Doc, can we call it common cold and not pancreatic cancer?)
Seriously though, it costs a lot of money to stay alive when you're sick, and that money has to come from somewhere. I guess the queen will have to get used to picnics on the mall.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)