wow! lots of people had some really strong reactions to this! It is art and it must be good art to provoke such a outpouring of passion and emotion

How come they blame social security, medicare and veteran's benefits for these problems? What about prior tax cuts while fighting two wars and banking ripoffs? We do have some memory cells left. Please don't continue to play us for fools.

We had the chance for a single payer plan. We could have cut work comp premiums, auto medical premiums and the litigation costs that go with them. We settled for a sweetheart deal for the insurance companies. But by gosh we are not socialist!?! The rest of the world wonders how the richest nation in the world cannot af...more

thank you wrong person, we have to argue with insurance companies enough without trying to get them to change their billing practices. The cost of billing insurance companies is significant, we would love it if the patients would pay us cash and bill the company themselves. The average person might not notice it but th...more

I can't believe all of the whining!, as for the whining "entrepreneurs" out there you of all people should realize that any challenge provides an opportunity for profit. Your business success must have been a fluke since you do not sound like the kind of people who are successful.

How come nobody mentions economy of scale in their articles. The VA contracts out for huge supplies of the drugs they dispense. If the manufacturers make a penny per pill times billions of pills thats a lot of pennies and a good enough profit to make it attractive. Unfortunately, most of the government has apparently n...more

We spend most of our money on offense, more than the rest of the world combined. These toys and adventures cost money. Nobody cares about whether the SyracuseLandlord lives or dies. Thats life in the greatest country in the world.

Wars cause people to pay attention to the media, media sells ad space. People see the ads and purchase the merchandise. The more ad space sold, the more profit for the media. Good news does not sell newspapers,(or any other type of media) war does.

It's OK Donna, you go ahead and blow as much on the lottery as you want. You are all grown up now and can make these decisions by and for yourself. As for the naysaying buzzkills, foo on you.