thx997303
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Government run anything is not the answer.
Little story, was on a detail with the supply guy for our battalion, and we go up to the air force base where they normally get supplies, which is a good 30 miles away from battalion.
We walk in, and I immediately notice the prices are through the roof.
Find the items we need, and go to check out, and it takes literally an hour to do. We were only getting less than a pickup full of supplies.
Well, turns out everyone working in this shop is blind, excluding the manager.
So, after inquiring about this, the supply guy explains to me how the government mandates they procure their supplies.
They give them an "approved vendor" list, which are the only places they can buy supplies.
The only vendors on that list are veteran owned, or charity type like this one.
Problem is, since the local units can only buy from an approved list, they get tons of business. And the business is government mandated.
So, they raise their prices, and the army blindly pays 40 dollars for a simple shovel, the kind I buy at wal maret for 10 or less.
And on the healthcare note, socialist healthcare sucks monkey balls.
We have it in the military.
To get seen for something, I wake up at 0400 and go wait in line a minimum of 4 hours, with probably 200 others who are supposedly sick, or injured. (Bull, most of them go there to get out of pt)
I finally get to a doctor, who will only look at one condition. And they almost never go beyond me telling them what my symptoms are.
Then they give me an otc fix, I leave do what they tell me, and come back and repeat the process in a day or two because it isn't getting better, because they were in a hurry and didn't properly diagnose my problem.
So the second time usually ends up in ,e getting sent to the army hospital nearby, usually 2 weeks later because they are always booked up.
Then I might get proper care.
Everyone goes in if they even have a small cough, and overall it just sucks.
Just my .02
Government run anything is not the answer.
Little story, was on a detail with the supply guy for our battalion, and we go up to the air force base where they normally get supplies, which is a good 30 miles away from battalion.
We walk in, and I immediately notice the prices are through the roof.
Find the items we need, and go to check out, and it takes literally an hour to do. We were only getting less than a pickup full of supplies.
Well, turns out everyone working in this shop is blind, excluding the manager.
So, after inquiring about this, the supply guy explains to me how the government mandates they procure their supplies.
They give them an "approved vendor" list, which are the only places they can buy supplies.
The only vendors on that list are veteran owned, or charity type like this one.
Problem is, since the local units can only buy from an approved list, they get tons of business. And the business is government mandated.
So, they raise their prices, and the army blindly pays 40 dollars for a simple shovel, the kind I buy at wal maret for 10 or less.
And on the healthcare note, socialist healthcare sucks monkey balls.
We have it in the military.
To get seen for something, I wake up at 0400 and go wait in line a minimum of 4 hours, with probably 200 others who are supposedly sick, or injured. (Bull, most of them go there to get out of pt)
I finally get to a doctor, who will only look at one condition. And they almost never go beyond me telling them what my symptoms are.
Then they give me an otc fix, I leave do what they tell me, and come back and repeat the process in a day or two because it isn't getting better, because they were in a hurry and didn't properly diagnose my problem.
So the second time usually ends up in ,e getting sent to the army hospital nearby, usually 2 weeks later because they are always booked up.
Then I might get proper care.
Everyone goes in if they even have a small cough, and overall it just sucks.
Just my .02
