Not being an frequent traveller, i have come to realize a few things:

1) If you are nice to TSA, they are nicer to you: this may seem as unorthodox, but they have a duty to perform and most are surly and angry that passengers have a holier-than-thou attitude. If you show the slightest bit of being upset and hint at the stupidity, they will strip-search you; not because they want to, but because they can.

2) When i landed at NYC in 2002, and had to catch a flight to Boston in dead of night, i carried a huge suitcase (about 50Kgs). Naturally the TSA was very interested. I let them be and we were chatting for 15 mins while their gloved hands searched every nook and corner. At the end of it, they neatly packaged everything back and with a sheepish smile gave it back to me. Yes, i know some may think this is fiction, but being nice to people who have dead-end jobs makes them nicer to you.

3) When checking out of Boston, i was the first passenger to check-in at Lufthansa counter. They had two queues for secure-area entry and i stood for a full minute blanked out not knowing which queue to take. A TSA woman guided me to one of the queue politely and also if i did not wear boots next time, they would not ask me to remove it. When my turn came, i calmly removed my boots before my time and was ready. The TSA guy was surprised i did not grumble, and after a long hard look at me, waved me away. Before and after me almost all the passengers grumbled at "the stupidity" and had theur shoes checked. Come on guys: you grumble at a few minutes delay. Imagine having to smell 1,000 of socks and boots every day.

Money and Wealth are different.

Money is a medium of exchange. Wealth is storage of percieved value.

In simple terms, if the poor get more money, they spend more to buy essentials and luxury goods, thus pumping more money into the economy and forcing the producers to make more goods for the consumers.

If the Rich get more money, they convert it to Wealth (Land/Gold/etc) and thereby prevent its circulation, thus reducing the need for producers to manufacture anything. Why do the rich do this? Because they already have the essentials and the luxuries. Anymore money, and they are going to store it, not spend it.

And this is why tax breaks must target the poor and not the rich.

Trickle-down can't work, because there is no trickle-down.

... the following clauses will be added:

1) Private insurers who drop patients on claims and reject claims will be criminally and financially liable upto 10 times the value of the claim rejected or premium paid, whichever is higher. The onus of proving they are innocent lies with the insurer. Since corporations are not natural people, they have limited right: which means the clause Innocent until proven guilty does not apply to them. So, they WILL be considered guilty until they can prove beyond reproach that they are not. Double Jeopardy does not apply to them. If they are declared free in a lower court, they can be sued in a higher court with same original standards.

2) Students who take up healthcare career courses receive a $100,000 tax credit spread over 20 years. They can apply it in any ratio they want across 20 years, but cannot apply it completely in one year. They also get student loans at concessional rates.

3) Individuals are free to buy medical insurance from anyone, anywhere across state lines and even countries. Like plane tickets.

4) Individuals get a tax benefit on insurance they pay from their own pocket. They also get a tax benefit on money spent each year on out-of-pocket medicines they purchase upto $10,000.

5) Private insurers MUST conduct medical examinations on all individuals they enrol. Those medical examination results are provided to the individual and the insurer. If the insured develops a subsequent disease which had existed before the insurance but was not discovered by the examination, the insurer cannot drop the insured or reject the claim. If pre-existing diseases whether declared or undeclared are found out during examination, the premiums are revised accordingly. Under no condition are insurers allowed to reject patients based on their condition. Doing so would involve criminal and civil liability on part of the insurer

No, am not making these up. These rules exist in India. And have been upheld by Supreme Court many a time.