Differentiation: Not Just For Products

distractedbyshinyobjects:

I’m 28. My parents’ corporate employer covered me until I was 25 even without the mandate to do so. I went from that to my own employer-provided coverage, had a year of nothing when I left that job, and now I’m on my husband’s employer-provided insurance. All of those had no problem covering everything needed or that I can imagine needing. Not that they were perfect, but I’m healthy so I don’t have big complaints.

But I’m still in favor of Obamacare. Because not everyone is as lucky as I am, and I’m not heartless enough to want them to suffer as a result. We live in too wealthy of a country for people to die and go broke because of stupid health stuff.

I love Obamacare.

That’s called differentiation. You could also call it a perk. You don’t, however, call it ‘luck’.

Treating benevolence as ‘luck’ rather than individual agency is precisely the problem I have with the left. It’s as if no good deed could possibly be the product of choice; only the faceless entity of the government, with its numerous regulations can help people, because apparently there’s something evil lurking within the human soul—no bureaucracy—which makes us selfish to the exclusion of all others’ interests (except, apparently, in the context of the government).

barackobama:

One of our favorite POTUS quotes. What’s yours?

No, that’s faith. And faith in this presidency is totally and completely blind.

A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama’s plan for a “Buffett rule” tax on the wealthy would rake in just $31 billion over the next 11 years, according to an estimate by Congress’ official tax analysts obtained by The Associated Press. That figure would be a drop in the bucket of the over $7 trillion in federal budget deficits projected during that period. It is also miniscule compared to the many hundreds of billions it would cost to repeal the alternative minimum tax, which Obama’s budget last month said he would replace with the Buffett rule tax.

Report: Just $31b From Buffett Rule Tax on Rich – ABC News

I eagerly await the administration’s sensible and thoughtful revision to their plan, which is likely to come never.

(via jeffmiller)

This isn’t about reducing the deficit guys. It’s about fairness and equality.

(via evilteabagger)

And exploiting the poor math skills we have been so graciously endowed by the benevolent government!