Reply #30: "only a fool would opt for this alternative" [View All]

[abelenkpe]

I agree.

But do you realize how many fools are out there?

I can't see how expecting workers to spend their hard earned money on purchasing their own health care and retirement funds will help anyone but insurance companies. Every other aspect of our economy will dwindle. Who will be able to buy a home or car or computer when a large chunk of their earnings is going towards providing basic health care for their family? With wages not rising (and in many cases going down, for those who have been laid off and forced to except lower paying jobs) and the cost of housing, gas and food going up I cannot see how having the option of 'owning' ones health care and retirement plan will benefit the economy or population at large.

And isn't the federal government working to outsource many workers in order to do away with the burden of providing those 'new deal' benefits?