Let's not make it some kind of secret, I identify myself best with the libertarians when it comes to politics. I know, anyone who is a fan of the drug monkey is probably going to leave now, but that's just fine, but if you stay hear me out for a second because he would moderate my comments on his site (which is something I will never do here just because I don't agree with you). I've seen the statistics for how well government run healthcare works in other countries like France, Canada, England etc. but can we really use those statistics to predict how well the system will work in America?
Let's face it folks, we see first hand in our daily working lives (if you are are working retail) that Americans are generally selfish, lazy, stupid slobs who can't/won't tie their own shoes without help. America is a proverbial fat farm, we over-consume everything and save nothing except when we are in a crisis. This very notion is what helped us to become the economic powerhouse that we are, but it is also a major flaw in our foundation which is libel to give way at any second. Our people average around $10,000 is credit card debt, even those who make plenty of money. We have rent to own stores in even the wealthiest of neighborhoods. With all this, can we really be compared to the average Frenchman who is a healthy weight, spends only want he can afford and is not stressed 100% of the time?
It has been quoted many times that around 80% of Americans agree with "universal healthcare" and why wouldn't they, they are hearing free drugs, free doctors, free everything that only the "rich" will pay for because they can afford it. Hey I too would love to have everything I want for free and never have to work for it, so what exactly are those 20% disagreeing with? Perhaps they see that free is not really free, nor can it be in a system of finite resources. Can our culture really handle universal healthcare, and if we fixed our culture, would we even need it?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
"Meaningful" post #1
Alright fellow pharmacists, nurses, doctors and Percocet seeking masses hoping for a score on the net and got to this blog by mistake, lets get started. Pharmacy is at a major cusp right now and I think you all know that it is going the wrong way. Corporate bs is taking over and the incredibly inept professional organizations (I'm pointing at you APhA) have their heads so far up their asses they can't see anything except "expanding patient care". Now let's get real here, we can have all the unions we want but if we are individually weak, cowardly and break more easily than the zipper of a wedding dress on a 300 lb woman, we are going to fail. You can put a million pieces of crap together and when you are done all you have is a huge pile of shit.
So how do we become strong individually? well here's where the money part of the blog comes in. We have been taught from an early age that "money does not bring happiness" and "money is the root of all evil" so barring the fact that there is strong correlation between wealth and happiness and wealthy people commit far less crime than non, we have to face facts that money is power. Everyone has heard of the golden rule, but what they really should have taught you when you were a kid is the original and true golden rule "whomever has the gold, makes the rules". So I know some of you are saying, you don't want to dictate other people's lives and people with money always turn out to be jackasses, but money is just a tool like a wrench, axe or gun, it is what the person does with it that matters. Corporate pharmacy has the power because they have the money and you don't. Most Americans cannot survive a month without a paycheck, and this includes pharmacists. Sure we make more than 95% of the population, but we spend more, have more debt and are just as insecure. This situation lets your company own you. If they cut your tech hours you hang your head and do nothing. If your DM slaps you across the face because you took a bathroom break during a 14 hour shift, you turn the other cheek and say "thank you sir, may I have another?".
So if you really want to stand up to the giants, you have to give yourself the power to flip the bird and walk away from them. Save up enough that you can be off for 2+ months without pay, have your credit cards paid off every month and put your luxury SUV on a diet. This stuff is not rocket science and we are smart people, so how is it we are slaves to the people with money like the rest of the country?
So how do we become strong individually? well here's where the money part of the blog comes in. We have been taught from an early age that "money does not bring happiness" and "money is the root of all evil" so barring the fact that there is strong correlation between wealth and happiness and wealthy people commit far less crime than non, we have to face facts that money is power. Everyone has heard of the golden rule, but what they really should have taught you when you were a kid is the original and true golden rule "whomever has the gold, makes the rules". So I know some of you are saying, you don't want to dictate other people's lives and people with money always turn out to be jackasses, but money is just a tool like a wrench, axe or gun, it is what the person does with it that matters. Corporate pharmacy has the power because they have the money and you don't. Most Americans cannot survive a month without a paycheck, and this includes pharmacists. Sure we make more than 95% of the population, but we spend more, have more debt and are just as insecure. This situation lets your company own you. If they cut your tech hours you hang your head and do nothing. If your DM slaps you across the face because you took a bathroom break during a 14 hour shift, you turn the other cheek and say "thank you sir, may I have another?".
So if you really want to stand up to the giants, you have to give yourself the power to flip the bird and walk away from them. Save up enough that you can be off for 2+ months without pay, have your credit cards paid off every month and put your luxury SUV on a diet. This stuff is not rocket science and we are smart people, so how is it we are slaves to the people with money like the rest of the country?
Intro
So what the hell is this blog about and who is this guy named TPDD? Well this blog is about pharmacy, the good, the bad and the bullshit that goes with it. This blog is also about money, it is about money because quite frankly, the vast majority of people are clinically retarded when it comes to making and keeping it. This blog is also about politics, religion, sex and any other taboo subject I can think of.
So on to the second question, who is TPDD? Well I'm a fairly new pharmacist (graduated sometime in the last 5 years) and I'm ready to push some pills. I've been in pharmacy for around a decade now so it goes without saying that I'm sick of the crap this profession throws in our faces on a daily basis. My writing style will be like the lovechild of TAP and JP, sometimes logical and well composed and sometimes completely off the wall and bitchy (all in love TAP).
Oh yeah, my spelling sucks so get over it.
So on to the second question, who is TPDD? Well I'm a fairly new pharmacist (graduated sometime in the last 5 years) and I'm ready to push some pills. I've been in pharmacy for around a decade now so it goes without saying that I'm sick of the crap this profession throws in our faces on a daily basis. My writing style will be like the lovechild of TAP and JP, sometimes logical and well composed and sometimes completely off the wall and bitchy (all in love TAP).
Oh yeah, my spelling sucks so get over it.
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