All in no one out

I recently attended an 85 th birthday party for a gentleman by the name of Quintin Young. I had a fantastic time and I thank my good friend Ray Werntz for inviting me. Dr. Young is a very impressive man and told a story of the health care system I had never heard before. I have to say that it was one of the most interesting events I had ever attended. The message I got from the evening is that there should be a single payer health care system in this country. I personally think that we should provide medical care to all citizens of the US as do almost all civilized counties do. I don't have an answer for foreign nationals, here legally or illegally but I do know that most countries provide health care for their citizens. I had a conversation with a man who was a bg supporter of the event and questioned what all the passion was when in Cook County and almost all large Metro areas in the US they have a public health system? If you live in Cook County (there are approximately 7 million people out 12 million in Illinois) that have access to a public healthcare system based on a no charge or an ability to paybasis. so essentially it is free. My friends response was that the care was terrible. I thought it probably is. Bt it is care. I know of several friends of mine that had surgeries at CC Hospital and were very happy with the way they were treated and especially happy about the cost....FREE. One of them gave his address in South Barrington and didn't pay a dime. So I guess my question is that if the care at CC hospital is so bad, what happens when we have a national system? I know that the Veterns Adminstration has a very well run system and the doctors are paid. Medicare pays for seniors and the providers get 100% paid at a reduced rate, but they get paid. Medicaid, well 2 out of 3 isn't bad I guess. Well what would a national health care system look like?



Tim Elenz

Why do we pay taxes

I have heard from a number of people lately that there seems to be a firearms shortage in America the last several moths. Personally I am not a hunter and have no passion about the 2nd amendment with the exception that the Supreme Court ruled after two hundred years and has said Americans can own firearms. Although, there appears to be a lot of politicians that don't want Americans to possess guns. There is a huge movement to change the law of the land so the government can limit citizens access to guns.
What really got me thinking lately is the financial melt down we are going through. I think the bottom line is that we have been robbed by a number of different sources. Large corporations, mortgage companies, banks, stock brokerage, insurance companies, legal and illegal immigrants, etc As I began to start thinking about it, it occurred to me that we pay taxes to be protected from bad forces. We have laws and our governement is suppose to protect us. If my neighbor steals my property I am to call the police (government) and they are going to take the proper actions to retrieve my property. We pay taxes for services but most importantly for law and order; to be protected.
Well the way I see it, we were not protected. The government let their people get robbed. We pay large amounts of money in taxes and apparently it didn't protect us? A few bad apples, some who paid large amounts of money to a number of politicans in what we can campaign contributions were able to take advantage of the system and rob the American people. What surprises me the most is that Congressmen Pelosi , Franks and Senator Dodd, Reid, Durbin and Obama.... no we promoted him, are still running the show. Well in fairness to President Obama, he was a freshmen Senator and busy running for President. I have met him and I personally like President Obama and believe we should give him all our support and see what he does as our leader. He inherited a lot of stuff and a bunch of people I would not want to be on a sinking boat with. Politics is a game and to a certain degree those who get elected have to play it.

I guess I understand why there is a run on guns in this country. Our current government doesn't seem to possess the ability to protect us. They allow our citizens to be robbed and have done very little to protect us. I guess we will have to see if other people are brought to justice when the dust settles.

So I guess I wonder.....Why do we pay taxes?