Comments by ratherbefishin
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Posted on August 5 at 8:47 a.m.
The government doesn't own the hospital. The PEOPLE own the hospital. The PEOPLE'S money funds the hospital. This is a perfect example of government trying to manage something, like healthcare, while the people foolishly let it. When government manages anything the result is always the same. When are we going to start holding government accountable?
Posted on March 28 at 8:13 a.m.
Who remembers Mrs Strahan clapping her hands..shouting "Get off my Grass!!!"...then watching terrified kids scrambling back into their classrooms? There was a time when this design did work...especially during Spring finals when Cole's Creek had warmed up.
Posted on March 7 at 7:52 a.m.
Name for me just one thing the government runs that works.
Posted on March 4 at 7:39 a.m.
Voter ID would go a long way to solving many of our problems..which is exactly why the Democrat controlled legislature won't allow it to come up. Don't expect to see progress in our education or other areas until we get voter ID in Mississippi. You'd be amazed at the fraud that occurs, and the new touch screens just added to that problem.
On Should city and county leaders be involved in reviewing the superintendent of schools?
Posted on February 28 at 4:02 p.m.
Someone needs to bring Rush back!!!
That should get a thread going...
Posted on February 28 at 8:02 a.m.
The new Sec of State promised to pursue voter ID legislation within the first 90 days in office. So far, he has honored that promise and is supporting Senate Bill 2910, known as the Voter Reform Act. Simply showing an id to prove you're who you say you are when you vote is not unreasonable or intimidating. You sure have to do it when you get food stamps... The democrats have blocked this legislation for years, but the time for it is here. We should all quickly call/write/e-mail or senators and representatives in Jackson and demand they support this legislation. If they don't, call them back and let them know you'll remember it at election time.
Quick action is needed because this bill may see action this week. I wish the Natchez Democrat could do a story on this and other voter id legislation so people would know about it.
Posted on February 26 at 5:20 p.m.
This situation was predicted by many of us a number of years ago. No single factor caused it, and, believe me, the last thing we need is government controlled, socialized healthcare. Somehow, the community should be educated on how hospitals are funded. Hospitals never recover all of their costs from Medicare/Medicaid. This is by government design, and is why you see $100 aspirins to make up the difference. Most insurance companies pay only a portion of medical bills and the provider often must agree to not bill the patient for the ineligible amount. Many people just don't pay their bills. All of these add to the costs hospitals have to write off. Also, outpatient procedures normally bring revenues into a hospital, where the hospital gets a share of the fees and the doctors performing the procedures rightly get a share. In our case, probably hundreds of thousands of dollars are now diverted from Natchez Regional, where many such procedures are no longer performed, to Vidalia, where the owners of that facility get both the hospital's portion and the doctor's portion. Finally, and sadly, Natchez can no longer realistically support two hospitals.
Posted on February 14 at 9:49 a.m.
My opinion..NO NEW TAXES OF ANY KIND!!!
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Posted on August 28 at 8:22 a.m.
Jim Hood has been re-elected and will do nothing. He's been here before and done nothing, so don't fool yourself into thinking that he's not in the pocket of the Democrats. We'll see no progress in this state until we all hound the legislature daily until we get voter ID as a basic start to reforming the voting process.
On Wilkinson voting sorry at best