Dental Dreams
Research for Online Investors

by John Dalt

11/12/09

I was out of the office this morning for a dentist appointment, teeth are now clean, and all is well.  Sitting in a recliner, with my mouth open, full of hairy knuckles and stainless steel utensils gives one the opportunity to think, uninterrupted.  Except for the occasional question that I can’t answer because of my position, my mind strays to the future of health care under the plans perpetrated by the progressives.

Dental care is relatively inexpensive, I pay cash and dentists don’t have to give away their services if someone shows up at their door at one in the morning declaring an emergency.   Which leads me to think about our veterinarian, Bill is a great guy that is probably a better doctor than most doctors.  He has to diagnose and treat his patient.  Trixie cannot tell him what is wrong!  Again, pretty cheap service too.  There are not a lot of government mandates and lawyers don’t sue Bill because of the occasional bad outcome.  Bill even volunteers to keep Trixie overnight in his kennel (hospital) for $10 if she needs observation.

Sometimes it is pleasant to spend time thinking about living in a condition where government doesn’t tell you what to do, and lawyers don’t advertise for clients that have had bad outcomes.  I will know the end is near when the TV carries late night commercials for law firms that specialize in suing veterinarians.

The White House and Congress tell us everyday how hard they are working to ‘fix’ the economy or bring down unemployment.  They just are not going to let this happen without doing something!

The trouble with the free market is how do you know it won’t work…if you never try it.  I paid for having my teeth cleaned, and made an appointment for May.  I can hardly wait, another chance to enjoy cheap healthcare and think about what could be.

It is amazing, the world changer's ideas of how to ‘fix things’ when they know so little, except how to cheat on their taxes and not give to charity.  The last one always amazes me, the most liberal progressives; always seem to have the smallest heart, except with other people’s money.  Do you remember Bill Clinton itemizing his charitable deductions for used underwear?  A new low.

I read in the local newspaper this weekend that a local Heart Hospital is offering open-heart surgery at a discounted ‘cash and crash’ price.  They list their prices for inspection and comparison.  Maybe there is hope, as long as there are entrepreneurs willing buck the system.

Back in the office, the initial unemployment claims came out this morning before market open.  The claims were 502,000, surprising the market as this was lower than last week.  This was our first hurdle this week, and should have pointed the market higher.  Futures were down before the report came out, sometimes it is hard to change course in the middle of the stream.

The dollar is up today on reports that the White House is ‘concentrating like a laser beam’ on the deficit, and Geithner gives a rah-rah speech on the importance of a strong dollar.  Oh! Bama wants to pull a magic budget trick.  Why not use some of the TARP funds to pay down the deficit?  Wow, this great, the $700 billion TARP (which was temporary and promised to be paid back) can now lower the deficit.  Of course, this is considered dangerous, as it may tie the administration’s hands dealing with another crisis in the future.

The Treasury Dept. says a bout $210 billion is available.  Those Treasury boys have some very sharp pencils, to get so close to the exact amount!  They should be applauded, given a raise, and fired.  They can hire a high school general math “D” student and get better addition and subtraction than that.  Don't hold your breath, accountability went out the window, unless you work at a bank that took TARP funds.

The Wall Street Journal has the article, “White House Aims to Cut Deficit with TARP Cash.”

Whose money is it?  Ours, or theirs?

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