ONE SURVEY WILL GET YOU TWO! PART II

PART II
Continuing Dr. Frists' Survey

11. Do you favor allowing individuals to
voluntarily invest part of their
Social Security payroll tax into personal
investments accounts?

Hmmmmm. Can't they do that once they start
receiving their monthly checks? It seems to
me that this question is being asked to let
people who really won't need Social Security
in the future to have their money now so that
they can invest it. This question isn't for
the man who has worked all of his life just
to stay even. This question is for the rich
man to better his odds at getting richer.
To 'invest' part of their payroll tax, is this
going to call for a new division within the
Social Security department, probably hundreds
of thousands of more government employees just
to handle the funneling of money to...?
Who is going to oversee the accuracy/honesty
of funneling this money? Will it be direct
from their SS account into investments?
Will it be given to the individual to
"invest" however he wants, even investing
it into his own pocket? Who keeps up with
the earned money from the investments?
Will it be taxable?
Are the people who are going to invest this
money really that desparate for more money
to invest?
And what happens to the people that invest
a chunk of their Social Security retirement
money... and lose it due to a bad investment?
Will a new department or additional money
be needed to supply them a livable retirement
wage?
Nah, don't think I favor that.

12. Do you favor legalizing the importation
of prescription drugs from Canada and other
countries?

Only if they are identified with their counter
drug in this country. But, basically, yes.
The Drug Companies tell us that re-coupment of
their research dollars is essential to their
survival. Then why don't they stop spending
billions of dollars on television commercials,
keep that money for their new research and
let the doctors dispense their drugs?
Could it be that many doctors think that their
drugs are more harmful than helpful to be the
reason the Drug Companys have gone direct to
the public?

13. Should teachers be paid bonuses based on
student performance?

Hmmmm. Let's see. A high school English teacher
may also teach Spanish.
A Science teacher may also be the basketball
coach. A Spanish teacher may also teach French
and Literature. Some teachers may only teach
electives and no required courses, i.e., some
students may not take any classes taught by some
teachers. So some teachers may not receive
any bonus while their fellow teachers do. Or,
some teachers may receive a bonus even though
they never taught some of the students in a class
of exceptional performance of some subjects.
Whee! Isn't the question just a little too simple?

14. Do you believe in teacher testing to
ensure we have quality educators?

Students take tests to monitor their progress.
Employees are often tested in some sort of
annual evaluation program to ensure their
continued employment. Why not teachers?

15. Do you favor increasing federal spending on research into
renewable energy resources, such as wind and solar energy and
hydrogen fuel cells?

I believe I answered this in the first
survey. Since the people who funded the research,
namely us, do not benefit directly from the
government that WE paid to do the research,
then, no. The government should not be in the
business of research for its governed. Let
the free market decided what is to be researched
and what is to be developed from that research.

16. Do you support President Bush's second term
agenda?

Why? Are you trying to decide whether to distance
yourself from him or not?

17. Have Republicans been forceful enough in
fighting back against obstructionist Democrats
and their misleading attacks?

Hahahahehehehe. Woah! If I answer "yes," then
I am agreeing that many Democrats are obstructionist
and their attacks are misleading.
This is what I would be agreeing to even if I
happened to agree with just one of 'those' Democrats
or just happened to agree with one of the "attacks."
This would be tantamount to saying that Republicans
are always right and Deomcrats are always wrong.
To whom am I to bow down to, Bush, the Republicans?
If I answer "no" then obviously I am suggesting
that Republicans need to be more forceful in
quashing any objections to their agenda.
This is a Republican win/Republican win question.

18. Do you agree that the Republican Party's
investment at the local grassroots level is
critical to passing President Bush's agenda and
fighting for American's future?

Another win/win question.
END OF SURVEY.

Again, Would Senator Frist allow such questions
if he needed to operate on a patient based answers
to such questions? Would he prescribe medication
based on answers to such questions?
Well, maybe he would. He diagnosed Schiavo from
a short video tape and opposed those doctors who
were with her over a long period of time.

Did Tennessee send Frist to Washington based
on his beliefs, his promises if elected? Or did
Tennessee send him to Washington to send out
surveys and get a consensus of opinions from
residents of the state and then do whatever he
wanted to do in the first place? But at least
now he knows whether he is losing or gaining
supporters.

Couldn't Tennessee have hired a survey company
a lot cheaper?

Are we in trouble?