America down the tubes

“Records from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that the cost of motorized scooters and wheelchairs to the government health service for senior citizens rose 179% between 1999 and 2009, the last year for which full records are available. This data is fascinating as the number of Americans over the age of 65 only increased by 18% over this same time frame. The bill in 1999 was $259 million; in 2009 it was $723 million – and is surely over $1 billion today. This is another billion dollar scam being funded by your tax dollars, but there are no spending cuts possible according to our beloved Congressmen.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-08/guest-post-decline-decay-denial-delusion-and-despair

(I weigh the same as when I was a high school freshman – 230 pounds. That is 20-30 pounds more than I want. At 6-1 ½, I could carry 200 pounds. I see obese people every day. Most people do. Here’s the deal: Neither you nor I can do anything about anybody else’s weight, unless you are chief cook. Everybody else is on his/her own. Unsightly? Sure. Unhealthy? Certainly. Fixable? As sure as fixing national and state government.)