Another take on money
The author of "The Philosophy of Money," elucidated a rather important point, which is people squander other people's money without thinking twice, and I feel it's destroying America.
The simple fact is when it isn't our money we won't be responsible with it; I can't tell you how many people I know who have flown to Cancun with their leftover financial aid money. Another great example is healthcare. When covered by insurance people will go to the doctor more often and be willing to pay more because they only see the co-pay, this drives up demand which increases prices; because of this doctors and pharmaceutical companies know they can charge more which serves to inflate prices even more. All of this puts enormous upward pressure on healthcare prices and premiums go up, so less people can afford the premiums so more drop out of the insurance network; with less people in the network premiums go up even higher which is where we are today.
Now Obama, who immediately filled the white house with lobbyists, is proposing everyone's tax dollars pay for everyone to be in a system that has nothing but skyward pressure on prices? Our tax dollars get to pay for monopolistically overpriced healthcare and drugs for people willing to pay anything for it because it's not their money? It's a beautiful system for those in the right place because the 3rd party payment system doesn't respond to market forces, if prices are too high and you're sick and "need" antibiotics you don't give a crap if you're being charged too much as long as the co-pay seems reasonable. While the aggregate, everyone in the network gets %*#$-ed over more and more.
Education has its lobbyists too, the ones who support financial aid for millions of 18 year olds who get hammered for 2 semesters on tax payer dollars and then drop out, driving up the demand by giving people money they didn't have before and creating moral hazards that gives universities incentives to charge more and squander their money fatuously because, "Hey, it's just some anonymous tax payers cash."
Well, eventually these subterfuge gougings fall flat on their face. Government is cutting funding (tax dollar influx) to universities that are accustomed to endorsing every specious notion imaginable, and health insurance has fallen flat on its face and must force everyone to join it because it's a flawed system.
Mark Leirmo Senior, Economics
An issue of entitlement
I used to think that it was silly but now, it's a bit sickening. A Latino center, a relaxation room, and maybe next year a whole chunk of the CSU can be utilized for student massages and spa pedicures… if we are lucky! Multiple religious groups, different ethnic/ racial groups, LGBT, etc; everybody wants something. I completely understand, as many other students do on this campus, that people want to be recognized and allowed their equal rights as students on this campus. But, a group wanting to be acknowledged and respected is different than a group simply pushing buttons to see what they can get just because they can; because of entitlement perhaps. Whatever happened to the days when people sucked it up and took care of responsibilities regardless? I respect and appreciate differences of all sorts. However, these needs to be given special rooms and parts of the CSU should not be central to students at a university. For this school, a peaceful environment where people are respectful of each other, non-discriminatory, unselfish, and as self-reliant as possible is sufficient in my opinion.
Erica Lozano Senior, Political Science
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