Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A Nation of Nanny's
It has become rather obvious to me that many organizations, of course including government, have decided to look out for us. Nice of them. I am not so sure I need their help.
They profess to know what I should eat. Of course, each Nanny organization has it's own list. The lists change with each study, and the lists conflict. They profess to know what is bad for me, for you. They seem to think they can think better for me than I can think for me, and for you.
They are adamant, eaten up with their divinely righteous attitude. They also expect us to foot the bill for the consequences of their actions. They use phrases like "the people demand." Yet, I have never seen them asking anyone but themselves about what people want.
Here are three typical ones.
ONE > "Big power plants are bad for the environment." So, the utilities build small ones. Based on airplane turbine engines, they are fast to put in operation, fast to fall apart, and burn heaps of natural gas. Result? Nataural gas prices soar, and people revert to heating oil.
TWO> "We need to be independent of big oil"
[ Bush-Cheney - please ignore this one ]
Brilliant idea. Subsidize corn-based ethanol. The government continues to subsidise the corn crop.
The government continues to subsize it's use for ethanol.
First result? Other ethanol options cannot compete.
Second result? Price of corn doubles. Price of everything corn-based doubles.
By the way, how's your gas mileage when burning ethanol? Mine is down 10%, which doing the math, says I am burning just as much gasoline when using 10% ethanol, but the price is higher.
THREE> Nanny drugs. We, a typical pharmaceutical house, develop a new drug. It doesn't do much of a job. Well, we can invent a disease, and use this drug to cure it. Restless leg syndrome.
BONUS> How about Sally and her boneiva friends, who are overtaxed by having to set aside time once each week to take a pill? Some busy schedule.
And do ask your Doctor if all medicines advertized are right for you.
Guess who pays for the advertising?
Pharma's claim their biggest expense is research. People who have audited their finances report otherwise. Their biggest expense is advertising.
Thanks so much, all Nanny's. Go mind your own business, please!
As an adolescent, I learned that I was responsible for my actions. Today, adolscents are taught otherwise. They are indeed lectured to be responsible for other's behavior.
A nation of Nanny's.
They profess to know what I should eat. Of course, each Nanny organization has it's own list. The lists change with each study, and the lists conflict. They profess to know what is bad for me, for you. They seem to think they can think better for me than I can think for me, and for you.
They are adamant, eaten up with their divinely righteous attitude. They also expect us to foot the bill for the consequences of their actions. They use phrases like "the people demand." Yet, I have never seen them asking anyone but themselves about what people want.
Here are three typical ones.
ONE > "Big power plants are bad for the environment." So, the utilities build small ones. Based on airplane turbine engines, they are fast to put in operation, fast to fall apart, and burn heaps of natural gas. Result? Nataural gas prices soar, and people revert to heating oil.
TWO> "We need to be independent of big oil"
[ Bush-Cheney - please ignore this one ]
Brilliant idea. Subsidize corn-based ethanol. The government continues to subsidise the corn crop.
The government continues to subsize it's use for ethanol.
First result? Other ethanol options cannot compete.
Second result? Price of corn doubles. Price of everything corn-based doubles.
By the way, how's your gas mileage when burning ethanol? Mine is down 10%, which doing the math, says I am burning just as much gasoline when using 10% ethanol, but the price is higher.
THREE> Nanny drugs. We, a typical pharmaceutical house, develop a new drug. It doesn't do much of a job. Well, we can invent a disease, and use this drug to cure it. Restless leg syndrome.
BONUS> How about Sally and her boneiva friends, who are overtaxed by having to set aside time once each week to take a pill? Some busy schedule.
And do ask your Doctor if all medicines advertized are right for you.
Guess who pays for the advertising?
Pharma's claim their biggest expense is research. People who have audited their finances report otherwise. Their biggest expense is advertising.
Thanks so much, all Nanny's. Go mind your own business, please!
As an adolescent, I learned that I was responsible for my actions. Today, adolscents are taught otherwise. They are indeed lectured to be responsible for other's behavior.
A nation of Nanny's.
# posted by F X @ 7:10 AM 
