The Job or the State

The Job or the State:

I've just tried to compound the numbers from the US Census for a number of different issues that I'm curious about. The numbers that may be errant, though probably not by much.

I've arrived at rough numbers using a math I believe to be consistent with the percentages no more than 2 years ago.

4,560,000 people in America qualify as Rich - averaging roughly $650,000/yr - (Capitalist, Resource Owners/Producers, Corporation heads and executives).

56,000,000 people make an average of $130,000/yr working as Small-business owners, (Lawyers, Doctors, Accountants, etc...) Middle Mgmt for the companies owned by the Rich, and some representatives of the people in their various capacities.

212,000,000 people in America are laborers for the Small-business owners and Middle Mgmt in various capacities and jobs, and they average $55,000/yr or less.

The levels by which an average for these groups were arrived could be argued forever for no reason other than to stop the focus from falling on the other facts listed. The classes are there whether the averages are spot on or off by a few percentage points.

The Rich (as I'll call them for lack of a better term), when they get sick, turn to their family or personal doctor for treatment....

The Upper-Middle class, designs a health care plan for whichever company they work for, and turn to their family doctor for general care, as they may pay for treatment options outside their plan as situations arise....

The working class of people is bound by the plan created by their managers, and turn to a family doctor for general care, but lose out when it comes to experimental or other treatments outside the range of the plan they are provided....

This system begs the question of the blog in that the 212,000,000 are supposed to have representation in the government on many different levels (national, state and local), yet the debate is raging still.

So the question is: Which would you rather turn to in the case that you become ill to the extent that your insurance plan can either not help or it becomes expired, your job or your government? [phrasing borrowed from Matt Miller author of "Tyranny of Dead Ideas." bibliography available @ http://mattmilleronline.com/ ]

Economists agree that our current system will exacerbate the US economy in a relatively short time (not more than 50 and as little as 15 years). To stand in the corner and say "No, I don't wanna do health care right now," is ignorant to the point that our lives and the lives of our children are seriously being threatened.

Again (beating a dead horse), this is serious, and will not go away no matter how much we try to ignore it. We must step up and take part in the debate more readily, and worry less about how we are perceived because we don't understand what our representatives are up to.

Representatives are supposed to represent us to each other. In fact, as we understand more about how we are able to communicate with each other, we may better decide just who it is we wish to represent us (but that's another point).

Ask yourself the question... Who would you rather trust, and how can we make either system function so that it does not implode the US economy?

I invite any discussion as always, though I am new to this site.....