And another thing...
so i got mad again about something again when something awesome came to my email box from a Lean production list to which i subscribe. I will share it with you here and then i'll add some thoughts below.
The notion that waste is good for the economy is strange indeed, even if
it is supported by such measures of economic activity as the GDP. If you
pollute the environment, what is spent to clean up your mess contributes
to the GDP, which, as a consequence is bigger than if you didn't pollute.
If you eat at a restaurant, what you pay for food preparation goes into the
GDP, but if the same meal is cooked at home, it doesn't.
The truth is that eliminating waste is good for society as a whole. It
directly improves the quality of life and frees up resources to address
genuine unmet needs.
So this is just one part of it, it's followed by a quote from the economist who developed GDP and also some inspiring words from RFK. But the point i wanted to make was this: Supply side (trickle down) economics are complete and utter bullshit and here is why....
i should probably ask if anyone disagrees with me here? and assuming someone gives me a counter argument i will refute it directly. ...but really though.. it just doesn't make any sense that intentionally wasting resources because of the potential source of revenue it provides is a reasonable way to either do business or govern. how is it that a group of grotesquely greedy people have convinced a large portion (anyone at all for that matter) of the population that this makes good sense? did anyone see that delightful and entertaining supply side jesus cartoon from that al franken book? i loved that cartoon. it summed up the thing nicely you can find it if you search. how many years did we go on thinking this would encourage the economy? is this a big part of our digging of our environmental grave? because if it is i might be relieved that it's this easy to fix.
ironically, my job is created by this attitude perhaps.. i clean up waste after all, but i don't just mop up a puddle that will be back tomorrow, i fix the leak that causes the puddle day after day. but i always seem to have more waste to fix... and i wonder if that doesn't arise from the very industry itself. we spend a lot of time talking about the health care transaction, a patient and a provider who for some reason can't exchange currency directly. as one of those providers i know i didn't care for asking people to pay... i still don't. i would pay for someone else to do it.. but it's waste. it delays the exchange, and takes some of the money i need away. if insurance wasn't in the picture how much cheaper would a visit to a doctor be? i don't know.... i would be interested to know if a doctor could work exclusively on medicare patients and still pay for the overhead (especially malpractice)... someone should look that up for me.... maybe i can ask an actuary.
The notion that waste is good for the economy is strange indeed, even if
it is supported by such measures of economic activity as the GDP. If you
pollute the environment, what is spent to clean up your mess contributes
to the GDP, which, as a consequence is bigger than if you didn't pollute.
If you eat at a restaurant, what you pay for food preparation goes into the
GDP, but if the same meal is cooked at home, it doesn't.
The truth is that eliminating waste is good for society as a whole. It
directly improves the quality of life and frees up resources to address
genuine unmet needs.
So this is just one part of it, it's followed by a quote from the economist who developed GDP and also some inspiring words from RFK. But the point i wanted to make was this: Supply side (trickle down) economics are complete and utter bullshit and here is why....
i should probably ask if anyone disagrees with me here? and assuming someone gives me a counter argument i will refute it directly. ...but really though.. it just doesn't make any sense that intentionally wasting resources because of the potential source of revenue it provides is a reasonable way to either do business or govern. how is it that a group of grotesquely greedy people have convinced a large portion (anyone at all for that matter) of the population that this makes good sense? did anyone see that delightful and entertaining supply side jesus cartoon from that al franken book? i loved that cartoon. it summed up the thing nicely you can find it if you search. how many years did we go on thinking this would encourage the economy? is this a big part of our digging of our environmental grave? because if it is i might be relieved that it's this easy to fix.
ironically, my job is created by this attitude perhaps.. i clean up waste after all, but i don't just mop up a puddle that will be back tomorrow, i fix the leak that causes the puddle day after day. but i always seem to have more waste to fix... and i wonder if that doesn't arise from the very industry itself. we spend a lot of time talking about the health care transaction, a patient and a provider who for some reason can't exchange currency directly. as one of those providers i know i didn't care for asking people to pay... i still don't. i would pay for someone else to do it.. but it's waste. it delays the exchange, and takes some of the money i need away. if insurance wasn't in the picture how much cheaper would a visit to a doctor be? i don't know.... i would be interested to know if a doctor could work exclusively on medicare patients and still pay for the overhead (especially malpractice)... someone should look that up for me.... maybe i can ask an actuary.
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Your wife is beautiful. I'm sure you've noticed...but I thought I would remind you on a completely unrelated post on your blog.
I have noticed, but i appreciate the sentiment. the other day i was staring at her when she wasn't paying attention.. sometimes i do that....
that's one of the most romantic things a man can do in the history of the world. let her catch you once in a while...=)
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