newyorkguy
Penultimate Amazing
As quoted in the OP on the eve of Trump's inauguration:
In reality the plan will cause upwards of twenty million Americans to lose their healthcare insurance. Here's what I don't get.
Trump poses as a successful businessman yet he commits to something without knowing he can deliver on it. Successful businessmen don't normally do that. Case in point:
In New York a local enterprise zone (funded by the state) made some infrastructure investments to enhance the viability of a industrial park. Local interests wanted one of the companies (a big one) to agree to set a hiring target for local residents when the business started to grow as a result of the publicly funded improvements (new access roads, upgraded utilities etc). The big company said it could not make that kind of commitment. Why?
A state official urged them to make a public commitment, saying the lack of one was becoming a political issue. The company CEO said, "Obviously I understand the pressure you're under. But I can't commit this company to a goal unless I'm reasonably certain we can fulfill it. And I'm not reasonably certain."
The state official said, "Make a commitment now. Later, if you can't fulfill it, just say, 'Sorry the situation has changed.'"
The CEO said, "We don't do that. Our reputation is, in many ways, all we have. We have to protect it."
Why then has Trump continued to insist his healthcare plan will be better, cover everybody and at lower cost? When the reality is, it won't cover everyone, it's not better (unless you consider increased mortality to be better) and for many people it will be more expensive, prohibitively expensive.
I get the idea of electing a successful businessman to be president. I don't really agree with it but I understand the logic. But they elected the wrong guy!
In reality the plan will cause upwards of twenty million Americans to lose their healthcare insurance. Here's what I don't get.
Trump poses as a successful businessman yet he commits to something without knowing he can deliver on it. Successful businessmen don't normally do that. Case in point:
In New York a local enterprise zone (funded by the state) made some infrastructure investments to enhance the viability of a industrial park. Local interests wanted one of the companies (a big one) to agree to set a hiring target for local residents when the business started to grow as a result of the publicly funded improvements (new access roads, upgraded utilities etc). The big company said it could not make that kind of commitment. Why?
A state official urged them to make a public commitment, saying the lack of one was becoming a political issue. The company CEO said, "Obviously I understand the pressure you're under. But I can't commit this company to a goal unless I'm reasonably certain we can fulfill it. And I'm not reasonably certain."
The state official said, "Make a commitment now. Later, if you can't fulfill it, just say, 'Sorry the situation has changed.'"
The CEO said, "We don't do that. Our reputation is, in many ways, all we have. We have to protect it."
Why then has Trump continued to insist his healthcare plan will be better, cover everybody and at lower cost? When the reality is, it won't cover everyone, it's not better (unless you consider increased mortality to be better) and for many people it will be more expensive, prohibitively expensive.
I get the idea of electing a successful businessman to be president. I don't really agree with it but I understand the logic. But they elected the wrong guy!
