Health Care Reform and Cataclysm

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The ongoing health care battle is a political and economic matter now.  In terms of a cataclysmic event, a failure will mean one less safety net to buffer the fall for Americans after a major disaster and not just another Katrina.

We're talking about the coming La Palma Tsunami that is now a matter of when

[Yowbarb]

Hello Admin,
thanks for posting this.
I agree on what you said about the health care battle and the need for
a safety net....

- Yowbarb

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A disaster of this magnitude, would not the economy collapse?
Would troops have to be brought home because of no money to run a war?
Would war in the middle east erupt again, and maybe an attack on Israel because we would not be there to protect them?
Russia? China? Any military aspirations that might bear fruit?
So many "what if's".

[Yowbarb]

A disaster of this magnitude, would not the economy collapse?
Would troops have to be brought home because of no money to run a war?
Would war in the middle east erupt again, and maybe an attack on Israel because we would not be there to protect them?
Russia? China? Any military aspirations that might bear fruit?
So many "what if's".

ICON, I believe it will be all of the above.  (Not saying anything you haven't already thought of) but
here's what I think:
The economy might not completely permanently collapse - but surely a lot of systems will just disappear.

Once the natural disasters kick into a certain high degree, it will probably be impossible to get
one's cash out of ATMs or banks. Not advocating a bank run here that is premature. Anyone counting on that automatic deposit will be out of luck.
People will need put $ into their land, their food water and other supplies
including protection for the place,
Troops would be brought home unless someone waits too long and they can't get home and have to hunker down and go underground near where they are..
Iran is just months away from having a nuke and unless something is done about that and other nukes in the Middle East it will be a mess to say the least. I do not necessarily think the current leader of Iran would necessarily order a nuke to be fired but someone could. Earth movements could set something off too.
I think Russian and China will focus on their own country and not actually be trying to move on other countries. The earth changes will be of a great enough magnitude that everyone will be trying to get underground and survive. After the winds die down, the earth stops shaking and the fires are out - who knows what could happen then.

[Yowbarb]

Well as you all know the Health Care Bill passed. There was so much opposition to it,
that it isn't as strong as it could have been - to deal with future catastrophes in the US.
Also there are legal actions being taken in a lot of states to block the implementation of the law.
The President and the Speaker look like they are exhausted -it was a long fight and not over yet.
We are all one country so maybe this will start to work. Maybe it'll all get sorted so there is that
safety net...I feel this will help many people in the long run...
in the years leading up to PX. As Mr. Masters said the tsunami on the east coast is very likely to happen
so there needs to be some system in place....we're not quite there yet.
Peace Out
- Yowbarb



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[Yowbarb]

A disaster of this magnitude, would not the economy collapse?
Would troops have to be brought home because of no money to run a war?
Would war in the middle east erupt again, and maybe an attack on Israel because we would not be there to protect them?
Russia? China? Any military aspirations that might bear fruit?
So many "what if's".

ICON you are right any number of scenarios could happen depending on how bad the crossover is and the aftermath.
There could be more military agression and plunder and there certainly will be anarchy in most
places. For what it's worth:
As more time goes by, I seem to have more faith that governments will not be destroyed and the seeds of the technology
will be kept intact, and be able to be put back.
All The Best,
Yowbarb