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Re: A Little Bit of Humor ...
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:39 pm
by BlackSpinner
roster wrote:Slinky wrote:
Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The second patient (senior citizen) seeks treatment in a market that is heavily regulated and funded (about 50%) by the Federal government.
The first patient (Retriever) seeks treatment in a market which the Federal government has not interfered in.
Markets unencumbered by governments produce far better results for consumers.
And since we mostly put our animals to sleep when we don't want to pay to have them treated i assume you are suggesting that people who can't afford to pay should also be euthanized?
Re: A Little Bit of Humor ...
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:51 pm
by Breathe Jimbo
Great jokes on both sides.
What about the story that in Canada, while humans were put on long waiting lists for MRIs, the same machines were being used at night for vet animal patients? Is there any truth to that? That would be pretty disturbing.
Re: A Little Bit of Humor ...
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:10 pm
by Sillyme
[/quote]Markets unencumbered by governments produce far better results for consumers.[/quote]
Like the banking system that we just bailed out - after deregulating it?
Re: A Little Bit of Humor ...
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:22 pm
by allen476
BlackSpinner wrote:funny but when my mother had hip replacement she wasn't placed in the third cage up with her litter box in a room full of howling other animals like my cat was after she tried to eat metalic thread and required surgery to remove it.
No, she was probably put in a room with another woman who was moaning from dementia and liked to scream in the middle of the night....
Re: A Little Bit of Humor ...
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:18 pm
by roster
PST wrote:
"$1,700? You've got to be kidding me! $1,700 to tell me my hamster's dead? That's outrageous!"
"Don't blame me," said the doctor. "My fee is only $50. Most of that is for the lab work and the cat scan."
Somebody did not do their homework. The free market has provided some excellent, inexpensive ways to determine if a pet is dead. My all-time favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218