In the News… Overcompensated Iraqi Healthcare Lobbyists.
Posted at 9:26 am on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, in In the News, and tagged iraq.
- Nationalized health care coverage “would save $1.4 trillion in total national health care spending over the next decade.” Healthcare lobbyists, what do you think?
- The mounting cost of the war in Iraq: “The [Bush] administration has spent about $495 billion for Iraq and terrorism-related efforts since 2001. It is planning to request as much as an additional $150 billion to fund the war effort through the rest the budget year.“
- And Goldman Sach’s record profits — $9.4 billion — leads to gross compensation… “Goldman said it was dedicating $16.5 billion for salaries, bonuses and benefit at the end of the year. This translates to an average of $622,000 for each employee.” Gross.
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December 13th, 2006 at 10:10 am
These news items certainly give new depth of meaning to the word “obscene,” used in such expressions as “obscene health care costs,” “obscene war budget,” and “obscene profits.” The only problem I have is trying to decide which is most obscene.