HOW TO SPEND 35 TRILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT TRYING

How to spend $35,000,000,000 without trying - 1st of 5 parts. 

 

Rosie's Story - the monetization of caring and compassion 

 

We'll call her Rosie (obviously the names have been changed to protect the guilty). 

 

Rosie is a slender 83 year old woman living in NE Indiana - rarely alone, she enjoys a 62 year marriage (Reform Judaism) to Abraham, a relationship that has been fruitful both financially and in the intangible assets of friends, family and full engagement in community. 

 

Forty-seven years.  Forty-seven years as a 3rd grade teacher on the South Side of Fort Wayne, not far from her Old Mill Road residence, but a world away in material wealth and the diversity of a rapidly changing population on that side of town.   

 

As a teacher, Rosie could best be described as a person of virtue and high personal standards - and she never hesitated extending those expectations to others, especially Abe and her four children.  At 4 feet 10 inches, Rosie Mendelbaum is a formidable woman, indeed - nearly a force of nature.  Not to be trifled with. 

 

So she went to the emergency room recently, because her beloved lifelong partner and husband had made this little dynamo of a woman red-hot angry.  Her face turned red and she fell over in a faint.... 
 
At the emergency room, she said something that must have sounded like "If you're going to treat ME this way, I might as well be DEAD." (temper TEMPER)  LOL 

 

BANG  the door clanged shut behind her. 

BOOM she was placed on an involuntary 12 DAY psychiatric hold "for her own protection" - rubber stamped by a so-called "judge". 

KA-ZAM!  Into a high-security multi million dollar BRAND NEW regional mental health and addiction center, (that is not equipped AT ALL to handle the special needs of elderly or disabled patients).

A facility designed as an electronically monitored container for the HOMELESS and POTENTIALLY CRIMINALLY INSANE. 
 
So - this wealthy old woman, this tiny vulnerable precious great-grandmother, this fragile shell of a once vibrant woman who had wiped COUNTLESS tiny noses and raised children not for just her family, but for her entire community?   She cried herself to sleep and was required to march like a criminal about 1/8 to 1/4 mile round trip to a prison-style CHOW HALL 3x a day, or starve. 
 
Why?  Here is why - and how you spend a substantial chunk of 35 TRILLION dollars (in public debt). 
 
(from Google AI systems with expert analytic assistance from Miami of Ohio economics and business majors) 
 
 

TOPIC:  RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR RICH PEOPLE WHO INVEST IN REGIONAL (THUS MANDATORY) HEALTHCARE CORPORATIONS: 

Here's some information about the return on investment (ROI) for healthcare companies:  

Healthcare stocks 

According to a Journo Research study, the average ROI for healthcare stocks from 2010 to 2022 was 13.4%. This made healthcare the third best performing sector, behind IT and consumer discretionary.  

Healthcare private equity deals 

From 2010 to 2021, the median internal rate of return (IRR) for healthcare private equity deals was 27.5%, which was about 6 percentage points higher than other industries.  

Public health interventions 

The median ROI for public health interventions was 14.3 to 1, while the median ROI for nationwide public health interventions was 27.2.  

Employer-sponsored health insurance 

A study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that employer-sponsored health insurance produces a 47% ROI for American businesses.  

ROI is a ratio that's calculated by dividing the net profit of an investment by its initial cost. An ROI over 1 is positive, and an ROI under 1 is negative.  

In healthcare, ROI is used to factor into decisions for major spending events, such as: equipment purchases, software upgrades, and training and development programs for staff. 

How dare they do this?  How dare they build literal mansions on the graves of the poor, the weak, the homeless, the addicted and the elderly...  for no purpose or outcome other than profit, more profit, more profit. 
 
As the homeless population continues to explode – can we not at least get these human vultures out of our healthcare corporations and off the public teat?   
 
Greed is the worst sin of all – if it harms the poor and the weak.