Tiger Lilies are growing taller and blooming. It is sign that summer is here. Their health is good and I hope it stays that way.

I got a bitter taste of the making money on people illnesses in the USA as opposed to the rest of the developed world where profits are taken out the health system.

I took my friend from Holland to a walk in clinic here in Milwaukee in early May since he was experiencing some lung problems. After a few hours he got some treatment and medicine that helped. However, his insurance company in Holland is part of the European health care universal health system, where money is not made on illnesses. The local clinic, however, operates under the profit from illness system.

After a lot of hassles we got the clinic and the two Doctors my friend saw to send bills to the insurance company. However the way money is transferred in Holland is by electronic means. No checks, like no profits, are involved.

However, the clinic here will not release the name of bank and ways to have the money to transfer. They want a check which my friend or his insurance company cannot do.

My friend’s wife, like my own wife wants to pay the bill and get it done. My friend says ‘cool it’, not to worry about it as I say with my English slang saying ‘Bob’s Your Uncle’ which means something like, don’t worry, be happy, all will be well. My friend’s wife says they have a similar saying to Bob’s Your Uncle in Holland which is Klaar is Kees. It literally means “Kees (a male name) is all ready”, She asked me what we say in USA. We do not have a similar saying. For awhile the phrase “Be Happy, Don’t Worry” from a popular song was going around. But that faded away.

In the USA where ‘privatization’ is king and making money is more important than good health I think that corporate powers rather keep us uneasy, tense and fighting with each other. Speaking of privatization I recently noticed we are privatizing space exploration by closing NASA and give the job to private companies.

With all this discussion of how to control the growing national debt that threats the future of the USA I have a simple American proposal. We can simply sell the USA for the 14 trillion dollars of debt the amount of our debt. By privatizing the country we can honestly be a government for profit for corporations.

In Europe they are taking a more direct approach cuts and tax increases across the board.

As the Tiger Lilies rises, the need for a few to make more profit in the USA, even from illnesses, rises.

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