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Holy fuck yeah that CEO getting whacked was understandable, but mis-aimed.
I'm talking about the insanity in the medical system.
Yeah, a dude blasted a health insurance CEO. Who was a willing co-conspirator and thus I'm glad that cocksucker is dead.
And no, I will not EVER apologize for that or take it back. Fuck him, fuck his family, fuck every single money-grubbing piece of shit they all ought to go sit on Satan's cock for all of eternity. This is America and I'm entitled to my opinion -- and when it comes to the medical, pharmaceutical and health "insurance" profession, having been a CEO who dealt with that crap as the "dude cutting the checks" for employee coverage, having to buy it myself, having Obamacare forced on me and dealing with the crap that was dealt upon family members I don't care who does what to any of those who have and continue to participate in a system that commits thousands of 10-year prison term felonies per day that nobody has or will charge and prosecute.
The only way people ever stop breaking laws -- and I particularly care when the lawbreaking screws people -- is if they fear some sort of retribution for having done so. I'd prefer it be legal retribution brought by prosecutors, judges, juries and prison wardens but if the government refuses then I'm ok with the people deciding they've had enough of that shit and taking out the trash on their own.
But if you think this means I believe that act was well aimed well, it wasn't. And worse, the screaming from the left about "public options" and "Medicare for all" should lead to every single person who does that, rather than go after the cost side of the problem, having to face the same early judgment and eternal punishment.
Fuck you to any local, state or federal lawmaker or law "enforcer" who has failed for the last several decades to enforce 15 USC Chapter 1 and every single Congresscritter, all of whom deserve to sit and spin for permitting this crap to go on and now, reach the point of exponential acceleration.
The deficit last month was $366.7 billion and that was on the back of a $257 billion deficit last month, so this is an acceleration rate monthly of forty three percent.
Monthly.
Employment and general retirement (e.g. Social Security and Medicare) took in just $33.5 billon last month. CMS, that is Medicare and Medicaid, spent $244 billion in one month alone -- last year's two month total was $291 billion and this year that's $434.5 billion -- that's a 49% increase from last year to this. Last month was not a one-off accounted for by not paying people in front of the end of the fiscal year to make the deficit look better.
By the way that tax receipt amount is only about 13% Medicare so there was just $4.3 billion - in other words Medicare and Medicaid were, last month, 1.76% funded with tax receipts. Of course Treasury doesn't split that tax receipt amount out between Social Security and Medicare -- on purpose.
That's right -- we have now gone exponential on the unfunded part of Medicare and Medicaid (which was recently 20% funded) -- last month it was less than 2% funded.
Either Trump stomps on the entire medical system on day 1 of his Administration with indictments by the dozens and enforced level and transparent pricing (as I've put forward now for well over a decade) -- no mealy-mouthed bullshit, no "we'll work on it" and no obstruction by any member of Congress -- or the entire federal budget detonates, the economy detonates and if you let that happen then you DESERVE the complete failure of the American economy and system of government which is exactly what we are going to get.
This is not an "unsustainable thing" that we must address over some future timeframe.
That time has passed -- we must stop it all right here, right now. At present rates of increase (which is now proved was NOT a one-month "anomaly") last year's operating deficit will double and that means 15%+ inflation or worse and unless this is stopped right now with every responsible party ceasing or being imprisoned immediately with every involved firm being literally destroyed every single asset will crash as will both the economy and tax receipts. The last two months of inflation injection cannot be evaded; it has happened, it will hit prices starting around February of next year and it will be a year or more before it is all reflected at the consumer end with the current inflation run-rate being approximately fifteen percent.
It does not matter what must be done to stop it.
This must be stopped and completely reversed right now and virtually all of it is in CMS. The other big one is in the VA -- but not in medical care, rather its in pensions. I do not know if that's a one-time thing or not, but it was quite material and an eyebrow-raiser.