Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> Edward Dolan wrote:
>> "Bill Baka" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Edward Dolan wrote:
>>>> Those who can't pay for it, should get it subsidized just like the school
>>>> kids get their K-12 education. The Massachusetts plan seems sensible to
>>>> me.
>>> The tax system needs to be overhauled so that people who load down the
>>> school system with 3 or more kids should lose tax deductions starting with
>>> the third kid. That way the people who cause school crowding will be the
>>> ones paying for it. Single people or those with no children are hot for
>>> other people's excess reproduction. It also seems to me that the
>>> government should pay for, if not mandate, 2 years of college and then
>>> take the top half and pay for a 4 year education. Take the top 25% of that
>>> group and put them through to a masters, then take the top 10% of that
>>> group and let them go to a doctorate. Reward for achievement. Simple
>>> enough, so why aren't we doing it?
>> I would reserve public (free, i.e., socialized) education (K-8 only) for the
>> poor and the trash who do not value education in the first place. It would
>> be a sort of baby sitting service and at least instruct in the 3 R's. After
>> Grade 8 education would be reserved for those who can pay for it out of
>> their own pockets. Frankly, we do not need to have everyone in society
>> educated, only a select few.
>>
>>>> But overall, why should employers have to pay for their employees health
>>>> care?
>>> Hey grate one,
>>> Why should employers have to pay for their employees to come to work?
>> Employer paid health care is unfair to all those workers and nonworkers who
>> cannot get such plans. Try to get health insurance on your own and you
>> quickly discover you can't afford it. Health care for everyone is a
>> responsibility of the society at large, not employers.
>
> Health care and education are the responsibility of the individual, who
> should be allowed to COMPETE in a FREE MARKET to sell his/her labor,
> products or services. He/she can take the compensation he/she has
> gained in the FREE MARKET, and purchase said services that are offered
> on a competitive FREE MARKET basis.
>
That is exactly why I prefer a nice 40-42 hour salaried professional
job. I earn the benefits because my labor and college is worth it for
them to get me to work for them. If I have 3 job offers dangling in
front of me I am going to look at more than just the paycheck. Medical,
Dental, Life insurance (I hope not needed), Stock options, and at least
5 years of company stability ahead. Let the manual laborers worry about
it and then maybe they will go to college and get some skills that the
employers will pay for. I let it be known I was willing to go back to
the Silicon Valley rat race and shazam, I'm even getting offers of a
company paid condo, plus the regular benefits. Now I sit back and juggle
the offers. Oh, and ignore this group all week. One of the benefits I
am looking for is a bike friendly company, but I can always ride to and
from work if the traffic isn't too insane. Once I got to park my car
inside the shipping department and sleep on the president's couch in the
building, then use the jogger's shower, plus the cafeteria as a kitchen.
I almost talked them into paying me extra as a night guard, but not quite.
Bill Baka
