F22 Ripoff

http://gizmodo.com/5868405/buyers-remorse-how-much-has-the-f-22-really-cost

By comparison, it costs me $2 million a year to run a company with 73 full time employees. Each single plane cost the USA $678 million!!! I could run Coalition for three and a half centuries for the cost of one plane.

Does this protect us? Of course not. This is why we need no standing army.… read more “F22 Ripoff”

Another example of doctors pricing power

An acquaintance had late stage cancer. Her family had been wealthy (her grandfather actually built and sat on the board of the hospital she was going to) but that was past. The cancer made it very difficult for her to earn money, and she fell way behind on her bills. A lawyer friend came to town to review the bills with the hospital and work out an arrangement.… read more “Another example of doctors pricing power”

Health

I got sick the last couple of days for the first time in many months. It felt a bit like bronchitis as I had a low fever, productive cough, and sore throat.

I think that getting my tooth extracted earlier in the week may have knocked down my usually robust immune system, making me more vulnerable to infection.… read more “Health”