"Wanna buy a trailer real cheap? Today's FEMA is an example of what happens to well-meant organizations when they are overtaken by an "every man for himself" ideology."

That is a wonderful distortion of the facts. Try to make it look like buying to many trailers is "every man for himself" ideas. The problem with Fema is they are the big brother program trying to use our money to fix problems would be better taken care of a state level by on the ground personal deciding what needs to be done(with our money). Fema thinks they can throw a hundred billion at the problem and that will fix it. Hense renting cruise ships that house 3000 and having 80 on board. Buying to many trailers no one ever used and sat there to rot. Using the dome to house people, ect ,ect ,ect. And in this fine socialized society, we bail them out so they can rebiuld BELOW SEA LEVEL and do it agian in 30 years.

"I pay no more in tax for my health coverage than any average middle-class American. The co-pay is less than $100 annually. So why can't more Americans have that?"

You have a job that offers it and that is great. I pay 100% of all my employees health care. But take another 10% in taxes from your employers and soon there is not money to do that anymore. Health care benefits might only cost you $100 but your employer paid through the nose(unless you work for the government then someone elses employer paid) Keep raising taxes and there will be no jobs or health care coverage because employees and health care are the two biggest expenses and will go first in cutbacks.

"But consider that having the greatest work ethic in the world does no good if there's no work to be had. Or because of the over abundance of unemployed"

I love people who do this as well. Everythings terrible, lifes so hard, no work, no pay, jobs over seas. These are the same people who said how great it was in the nineties when the unemployment rate was 5.2%. Hense party affiliation. Now it is 4.9% which use to be concidered full employment and everyone is out of work. Job maket is flooded, No jobs blah blah blah. Once again, party affiliation. For the 4.9%, there are always jobs to be had if they want them. Might not be the same exact job they had or even need to take a pay cut but they are out there and you take what you can get and keep looking for something better. When it comes along and it will you jump at it. Work you way up or go get trained to do something diferent. The money is there is grants, loans and handouts(one of the variety I dont mind giving if someone is trying to better themselves) to do jsut that. But saying everything was wonderful in the nineties an terrible now is just plain B.S. and shows you will never be happy if your party can take the credit.