As a Floridian, I still wonder who the idiots were who voted for a guy who was either a crook, in having his company involved in massive Medicare fraud, or incompetent, in not knowing his company was involved in massive Medicare fraud.
And for a guy who made his fortune in private hospitals, taking government money away from public hospitals and giving it to private ones seems like a conflict of interest to me.
Oh, but he’s not running that company any more. Right.
^ no, not even close. He was backed by the Tea Parties. Crist stole the teacher’s unions by flipping on the Reps near the end of his term and then running as a liberal independent with a Dem and Rep in the election. It made it easy for Scott despite some of the bad press.
Neb, I understand you point and respect it. But overall he’s making the real, hard, tough decisions that a flake like Crist would never make yet need to be made so we don’t end up like NY, Cali or the like.
In terms of the drug tracking. In FL we have shut down a record number of drug pill mills for those pain meds. Why and how? Because it was a mandate that went out and the cops did their jobs. That tracking program never went up despite being avail for nearly two years.
The issue with the drug tracking program was that the gov’t had full and complete access to a massive amount of personal, confidential information that broke nearly every rule previously set up and enforced by law. Plus, making it extraordinarily easy to access by those ID thieves and hackers and such. None of the precautions were even close to be taken.
In concept, it was a great idea. I like the general premise of the program and it might have been better suited to be tempered and fixed, not dismantled. But you gotta save money and the cops proved they can do their job very effectively without that program… at least for the time being.
Oh, and Grainbelt… not only DO they complain (as do most everyone as the jokes on that are rampant) but most of them become broke within a few years because they don’t know how to manage their money. It’s a sad tale actually.
Hence, why trickle-up is an extraordinarily foolhardy concept and completely lacks the grasp of reality. After all… if those in the bottom become wealthy, then they become those on the top. And since there’s only so much money to go around… only a small portion of those on the larger bottom would be favored causing other major debacles. But, dreams are funny that way… they don’t have to care about reality.
Bear in mind that Walgreens is the subject of a class action suit to stop them from selling prescription information to drug companies, who in turn use it to pressure/bribe doctors into using their drugs.
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 13 years ago
He would have his zipper open for trickle down economics.
cdward over 13 years ago
6 of one…
Nebulous Premium Member over 13 years ago
As a Floridian, I still wonder who the idiots were who voted for a guy who was either a crook, in having his company involved in massive Medicare fraud, or incompetent, in not knowing his company was involved in massive Medicare fraud.
And for a guy who made his fortune in private hospitals, taking government money away from public hospitals and giving it to private ones seems like a conflict of interest to me.
Oh, but he’s not running that company any more. Right.
DjGuardian over 13 years ago
^ no, not even close. He was backed by the Tea Parties. Crist stole the teacher’s unions by flipping on the Reps near the end of his term and then running as a liberal independent with a Dem and Rep in the election. It made it easy for Scott despite some of the bad press.
Neb, I understand you point and respect it. But overall he’s making the real, hard, tough decisions that a flake like Crist would never make yet need to be made so we don’t end up like NY, Cali or the like.
In terms of the drug tracking. In FL we have shut down a record number of drug pill mills for those pain meds. Why and how? Because it was a mandate that went out and the cops did their jobs. That tracking program never went up despite being avail for nearly two years.
The issue with the drug tracking program was that the gov’t had full and complete access to a massive amount of personal, confidential information that broke nearly every rule previously set up and enforced by law. Plus, making it extraordinarily easy to access by those ID thieves and hackers and such. None of the precautions were even close to be taken.
In concept, it was a great idea. I like the general premise of the program and it might have been better suited to be tempered and fixed, not dismantled. But you gotta save money and the cops proved they can do their job very effectively without that program… at least for the time being.
lalas over 13 years ago
If FL redid the election Scott would lose by 20 points. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/30/floridians-rick-scott-grifter_n_842597.html
Magnaut over 13 years ago
Jim Morin……..morphs into Jim Moron
DjGuardian over 13 years ago
1opinion… to be fair, he often does. Howie was just quite rash on this one.
DjGuardian over 13 years ago
Oh, and Grainbelt… not only DO they complain (as do most everyone as the jokes on that are rampant) but most of them become broke within a few years because they don’t know how to manage their money. It’s a sad tale actually.
Hence, why trickle-up is an extraordinarily foolhardy concept and completely lacks the grasp of reality. After all… if those in the bottom become wealthy, then they become those on the top. And since there’s only so much money to go around… only a small portion of those on the larger bottom would be favored causing other major debacles. But, dreams are funny that way… they don’t have to care about reality.
Spyderred over 13 years ago
Bear in mind that Walgreens is the subject of a class action suit to stop them from selling prescription information to drug companies, who in turn use it to pressure/bribe doctors into using their drugs.
WarBush over 13 years ago
We are the Street Pharmacist of the United States.