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Harris Sherline is a retired Certified Public Accountant and executive. His diverse business background includes experience as a partner in a public accounting firm, as a principal in a number of business ventures and as CEO of a hospital. His conservative commentaries appear weekly in two Santa Barbara newspapers. In addition, his op-ed articles currently appear regularly on three widely read web sites and his own weblog,
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 Solving the Health Care Dilemma...the flip side of unlimited demand is a shortage of supply. And, not having enough doctors, nurses, or expensive equipment, such as CAT Scans and MRIs, eventually leads to rationing. Without enough health care to go around, rationing becomes a necessity. That has been the failing with nationalized health care in England, Canada, Germany, Japan, the former USSR, everywhere it has been tried. Who’s the Boss?Extreme caution must be exercised in almost any employee-related matter lest we run afoul of the law and draw a discrimination lawsuit of one sort or another. And, the amount of time, effort and energy that’s expended (read wasted) for that purpose often diverts management’s attention from conducting the business of the firm, at considerable loss of time and money. ObservationsRandom thoughts about a variety of issues. “neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be.”David M. Walker, Controller General of the United States, has been speaking around the country for over two years, delivering the message that the U.S. is rapidly going bankrupt. Are We Schizo or What?It’s little wonder that there are so many problems in America today when there is such contradictory, schizophrenic behavior in our society. Who Said It?Alexis de Tocqueville's prescient observations are as valid today as they were over 170 years ago and, from the vantage point of having visited here so early in our history, it’s truly remarkable how accurate his conclusions about the contemporary American character and system of government were. Pushing DrugsA survey of family physicians found that 71 percent felt DTC (Direct To Consumer) ads pressure doctors into prescribing drugs that they would not normally prescribe. Money TalksIt’s obvious that the failure to regulate campaign finance certainly is not for lack of trying. The theory generally seems to have been that if we could just get money out of the equation, the political process would somehow eliminate corruption and favoritism. Tax FactsPutting aside the government’s hype and PR initiatives, the reason our income tax system is so successful is FEAR. Fear of being audited, fear of being assessed, fear of tactics employed to collect unpaid taxes, fear of intrusion into our personal affairs, fear of not being able to defend ourselves against the unlimited power of government in general and the IRS in particular. The Food CrisisOne of the major reasons for the rise in food prices is the skyrocketing price of oil, which impacts every stage of food production and distribution, “from fertilizers to tractors to transport. At the same time, demand for grain has never been higher, not only to feed the rising affluence of populous China and India but also to fuel cars and trucks as the world turns to ethanol and biodiesel.”
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