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Wal-Mart and Offering Employees 'Strategic' Healthcare

Once government gets into the act, the situation just becomes a big expensive mess. Unless and until this is reversed and freedom rings in the market place it will just get worse and worse. This will not make anyone feell better, but back in 1949 when I had my first full-time job, after graduating from college, I made $60/wk. Social security tax was just a few cents and my Blue Cross Blue Shield program was about 50 cents. Take home pay/week about $59. My wife and I lived pretty well. House cost $4,000 and payments were $40/month. Had one car, food costs about $10/wk. We were married in 1948, took honeymoon in NYC. Stayed at the Commodore Hotel for one week. Still have the bill, $70 for the week. We have come a long way since then and it 'ain't' all flowers and ice cream. Why? GOVERNMENT invasion into our lives.

2009 Depression Will Be Nothing Like 1929

Agree, this depression (recession) will not be like the one of 1929. The makeup of our citizenry is far different. And, in my opinion, is not as gentle, as kind, as honest, as humble, as American, as God fearing and as trustworthy. That makes for a very uncertain action or reaction on the part of individuals (or groups) as the daily situation becomes more severe.

Just look at what happens today, if some do not get what they want. To me this would be the main difference and the most frightening difference of 2009 vs. 1929.