By George, I think I've got it!

I heard on the news that major pharmaceutical companies spend $7 billion a year on advertising directed specifically at physicians. You know...free pens, drug samples, printed sticky notes, etc. The list is endless. I bet if you raid enough panty drawers you'll find some underroos printed with their logos, too. (What are you wearing today?) LOL. In all seriousness though, I don't know what they spend on other advertising directed at consumers....(think lovely young men and women running through meadows with pets...), but let's assume that they spend $7 billion on that, too. (We won't even count the boat loads of cash dumped into campain contributions....Yet.) So, here's my solution to the "healthcare crisis". Crisis, my butt. All the government needs to do is impose 1 - 2 billion dollar advertising limits for both healthcare professional and consumer advertising and not allow campaign contributions. (that'll save 10 - 12 billion anually) If they'd impose those limits at least, we wouldn't have to pay such high healthcare costs. Make no mistake, people...you and I are paying for that crap. Not only that, how many millions of people are uninsured or underinsured? Use the saved funds to pay for medications for the elderly who have to choose to eat or heat their homes or buy their medications. At least Walmart, HyVee and some other retailers are offering affordable generic medications now. Maybe Gramma' can keep the ol' ticker going a few more years.

I have lots more ideas about saving money...First, let's fire all of the government workers we don't need..(That'd balance the budget quick!) and take away the free healthcare that government fat-cats receive. Hey, I'm poor and pissed off that the tax dollars I work like a dog to pay go to a corrupt governer to pay for highpriced hookers he finds on MySpace, some sheik living in a palace in Saudi Arabia because I pay over 3 bucks a gallon for gas and do without any little luxuries because I can barely fill my tank enough to get to work so I can get paid wages that allow me to barely scrape by and put food on my kids' table (and pay my taxes!). And I'm one of the luckier ones. I'm not losing my house or living in a shelter or prostituting myself to feed my kids. I actually have it pretty good.

Thanks everyone for letting me vent. I hope a lot of people see this note, get fired up and get it going to any and all political figures and keep shoving it at them until they actually change something for the good of all of us.

Have an Awesome Day,

MisFriz