tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5472414859381881221..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Executive Incompetence Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39920860500035824152013-04-04T18:25:59.595-07:002013-04-04T18:25:59.595-07:00His "signature accomplishment" does not ...His "signature accomplishment" does not address progressive inflation, or increasing supply to meet demand.<br /><br />His great achievement was a popular deception. He promised people instant gratification which cannot be reasonably satisfied within the constraints of reality.<br /><br />I am especially fond of his foreign policy through regime change. So far, the world is unimpressed, but anxious. Witness: North Korea.<br /><br />Is he merely a typical politician or something special?<br /><br />Obama is an opportunist, which is not a rare political trait, but he does exhibit a progressive form of this character flaw. He promises everyone a pot of gold and a beachfront property in Hawaii, which he cannot fulfill, and his actions suggest that his lies cause him no discomfort.<br /><br />To be fair, people should comprehend the inviolable constraints which reality imposes. That Obama exploits their dreams of instant gratification, does not excuse them from dwelling in their delusions.<br /><br />Anyway, Obamacare was about three things. First, about purchasing votes. Second, about removing capital from the economy. Third, about undermining competing interests.<br /><br />That said, the problems are systemic, and a product of centralization. While central governance may potentially be more efficient, it is also less robust than distributed governance. Also, as people accrete capital and power, they experience dissociation of risk, which is a principal cause of corruption.<br /><br />The Founders recognized this problem. They provided good guidance to control its progress. We ignore their wisdom at our perile.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67570782140171202052013-04-04T09:42:34.591-07:002013-04-04T09:42:34.591-07:00They do incompetence, because they have no idea wh...They do incompetence, because they have no idea what to do. I favor shrinking government because then we have fewer agencies to track for competence. And then they might be able to demonstrate competence without so much deadwood, parasites, and leeches.<br /><br />So: OCare. 2700 pages of a bill presents just so many opportunities to insert payoffs, screw-ups, earmarks, opportunities for corruption and cross-purposes.<br /><br />Duplication of effort occurs across the government agencies. Shrinkage is necessary.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-52038885801677571782013-04-04T08:30:29.281-07:002013-04-04T08:30:29.281-07:00I have to agree with vanderluen. Obamacare was NO...I have to agree with vanderluen. Obamacare was NOT suppose to succeed. Its complexity was mean to convince people that they needed a single payer program with, of course, the government as the payer.<br />If one analyzes most of Obamacare one sees that very large segments of it could have been made easier. How about giving people vouchers and let them select their healthcare?<br />If one truly wants to control people what better program than to control their healthcare. When somebody else is paying for your healthcare they have a right, through their elected representatives, to have input into what you are allowed and not allowed to do. Healthcare is the new Interstate Commerce Clause. It will be stretched to apply to almost any desire that those in power want. Should Congress insinuate itself into the firing of a Rutger's coach? Are sports too dangerous for those who play them. Doesn't the Second Amendment have possible healthcare ramifications? The list is endless.<br />Is one going to challenge the government when they can take so much of what it takes for one to live? Many of us stated that abortion would inexorably lead to infanticide, but no one could even consider that other human beings would resort to such things. Cut to a representative of Planned Parenthood trying to justify the killing of survivors of botched abortions or commonly called infanticide.<br />Again, Obamacare was NEVER expected to succeed.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32941101604206042542013-04-04T07:36:00.773-07:002013-04-04T07:36:00.773-07:00"that small businesses will be offered one ch..."that small businesses will be offered one choice for the time being — for a year, at least."<br /><br />Looks incompetent unless giving them only one "choice" was and is always the plan.<br /><br />With this group, never think incompetence when you can think "malice."vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com