Dear Obama,
I know you feel that there are too many wealthy people in the United States. Maybe you are correct. Try this. Instead of just taxing them into poverty, why not try a free market approach? You have appointed a few centerist economic advisors. Why not?
I called my doctor and needed an appointment with a specialist. The first appointment is in 3 months. Doctors are busy and they are rich. Can you stop limiting the number of US trained medical doctors in this country? I end up seeing someone from India anyway. Please, double the number of US citizens medical students and our citizens won’t have to go to school in Mexico to work here. The price of health care will fall. Less rich people is what you want, more MD’s is what we want. We both win.
Same with other high paying occupations. Sciences, math, and on and on.
While you are at it. Give a few poor people a break. Not with a welfare check (or “tax” break). Just stop importing competition from other countries that lower their wages.Mabe they can obtain a “living wage” and the minimum wage will not even be necessary. Less poor Americans and the taxpayers don’t suffer for it.
Assuming that is really what you want.
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Steve Maley
Do they really limit the doctors?
Alberta (Diary) Tuesday, December 2nd at 8:21PM EST (link)Im a Canadian I really dont know. I know they limit it in Canada, but thats because they figure if there are less doctors they will save on costs. They, of course, is the government, who runs and rations our healthcare for us. We are too dumb to do it ourselves, you see.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln
Illegal immigrants
Kyle-MI (Diary) Tuesday, December 2nd at 8:26PM EST (link)We could keep legal immigrations at current levels (maybe even raise it a little), and if we closed the borders to the illegal ones it would do a lot more than these stupid raises of the minimum wage.
Not sure who they are
Kyle-MI (Diary) Tuesday, December 2nd at 8:32PM EST (link)I don’t know if there is any group deliberately limiting the number of doctors in training. Part of the problem with Medical schools is there isn’t enough slots for more students. We need more medical schools, bigger schools, and more teaching doctors. We have no shortage of potential students. These days you need more than just straight A’s. We could probably triple the number and still not see any drop-off in quality.
stop illegals..
SeriousLaff (Diary) Tuesday, December 2nd at 9:07PM EST (link)and we don’t need a minimum wage.