1edwood79

1edwood79

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  1. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm a libertarian nurse. Ask me

  2. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I

  3. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why.?

  4. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Aggression is coercion, fraud, assault or theft against another individual or their property. You can be as intolerant as you want to be as long as you don't do any of those things. The hallmark of...

  5. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Though I believe there is some truth in the writing of Ayn Rand, her works are not representative of libertarianism,by a long shot.Try some Hayek, Fredric Douglas or Henry Thoreau. Regulation is, like...

  6. Required By Work to Get BSN - Don't Want to Write Endless Papers

    1edwood79 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Is no one else disturbed by the fact that experienced nurses are being forced to get BSNs to keep jobs they have been doing for years? Where are out unions and professional organizations on this? If...

  7. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The US government is, exponentially, the biggest polluter in the nation. Why? Because it far too frequently acts as an unchecked entity. If you want to see an example of the kind of destruction caused...

  8. Libertarian Nurses View on Core Measures

    1edwood79 replied to bluelion's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree. I'm not placing the blame on Obama. The ACA is just the icing on the cake. You can't tell me you haven't noticed an acceleration in the process. Small hospitals and even large clinics are...

  9. Libertarian Nurses View on Core Measures

    1edwood79 replied to bluelion's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The new system is less responsive, less innovative, more intrusive, and more

  10. Libertarian Nurses View on Core Measures

    1edwood79 replied to bluelion's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are describing the system we have now, not a free market system. The situation you describe, including corporate red tape, happens because Government, Big Pharma , Insurance and Big Hospital...

  11. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I like Ron Swanson. The character is a parody, but a gentle

  12. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Even in that "horrible" Gilded Age things were steadily getting better for the common man. Markets respond to the public interest and generally gets it right. Those who aren't right go out of...

  13. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I only hate collectivism, or the notion that individuals should be forced to participate in whatever the powers that be decide is the common good. Affordable Health Care would be great. I'm OK with...

  14. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And you think that giving those same people power through government is a better

  15. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you really think that Big Pharma isn't right in there making the

  16. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ooh! A true raving neocon. I so seldom see those in the

  17. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's tough. It's a compromise I make based on the fact that I live in a relatively liberal democracy. I do fear other nation states and believe we need a well equipped modern armed forces to defend...

  18. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The key part of that simplistic phrase being "...hurt anyone else." The basic ideal for many libertarians is the Non or Zero Aggression Principle. Random violence is aggression, and should not be...

  19. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't believe there is a conspiracy, just

  20. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Problem is that we are going to end up in the same boat with this system. Even in the sixties health care was relatively heavily regulated. Here's a question for you. Why is it that every other...

  21. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Anarchism is a broad class of political thinking. Some libertarians are anarchists. All anarchists are not libertarians. There are left anarchists who don't believe in government, but also don't...

  22. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm here to answer

  23. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Your confusion confuses

  24. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here is the Libertarian Party on healthcare. Not all libertarians are party members and they may have different views. My view is that the system were are instituting now has no way to assess the...

  25. Libertarian Healthcare

    1edwood79 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not a new nurse or libertarian. I am new to allnurses. And yes ask me