Public Policy at Work!

[mrplunkey]

I reluctantly participated in a public policy planning session this morning. It's a great racket.

First, they get owners of companies, hospital management, insurance company execs, etc. etc. all together in one room. I was sitting next to the guy who ran the regional blood bank.

Then, they ask these ridiculously rigged questions where the only answer is to either say the public health agencies are doing a great job, or that they need to get more involved in some aspect of the process. Here's an EF example:

"Do you think Plunkey is appreciated enough for all his valuable contributions to EF"?

If you answer "Yes", then of course I should get more karma support.
If you answer "No", then of course I'm under appreciated and need more karma support.

And then the directors of the agencies run around with the press taking pictures. I'm sure they'll brag about how they've engaged community leaders in this valuable effort to insure they have the resources necessary to expand their mission.

 

[miplank]

I came in here for the all natural pot

 

[mrplunkey]

Here's a question right off the sheet:

"Have shortfalls and/or gaps within the local public health system workforce been identified [by the LPHS]?"

So if you answer "yes" -- that means business leaders feel the local public health system plays a role in identifying weaknesses in the health care workforce. Therefore they should continue to get funded.

If you answer "no" -- that means the LPHS isn't identifying the shortfalls/gaps, so of course then need more financial support.

The bloodbank guy next to me said something similar. He didn't feel it was the LPHS's role to identify those gaps anyway. That's what markets are for. If we need more nurses, then the consumers of nursing skills should go recruit more nurses. It's not the LPHS's role to pick which professions get shored-up and which ones don't. But oddly enough, that wasn't one of the answers you could offer to the question.

 

[javaguru]

I would laugh if that wasn't so sad, ask two opposing questions that lead them to the same conclusion when someone writes the final report.

 

[mrplunkey]

I would laugh if that wasn't so sad, ask two opposing questions that lead them to the same conclusion when someone writes the final report.

I can see the report now: "78% of local business leaders feel the public health service isn't adequately addressing the shortfall of health care workers".

The other sad thing was the dozens of MHA's, Ph.D.'s and MD's all running around the room on the government's dime. People worked hard today so those people could administer surveys filled with rigged questions in pursuit of more taxpayer money.

 

[PICK3]

Let me try!

"Do you think it's unfair to place a Mo stigma on PICK3 although you've never met him IRL?"

 

[-SD-]

"Do you think Teh Jacket is worth wearing given the knowledge it supplies 100% protection from all diseases and ailments known to man?"

 

[PICK3]

"Do you think Teh Jacket is worth wearing given the knowledge it supplies 100% protection from all diseases and ailments known to man?"

except phagocytosis

 

[mrplunkey]

Let me try!

"Do you think it's unfair to place a Mo stigma on PICK3 although you've never met him IRL?"

"Do you think Teh Jacket is worth wearing given the knowledge it supplies 100% protection from all diseases and ailments known to man?"

These are valiant attempts, but you've forgotten to ask for some free shit. Here... I'll help:

"Do you feel a 12,000,000 k-hit bonus and lifetime chairman status would adequately compensate pick3 for his valuable contributions to EF?"

 

[PICK3]

These are valiant attempts, but you've forgotten to ask for some free shit. Here... I'll help:

"Do you feel a 12,000,000 k-hit bonus and lifetime chairman status would adequately compensate pick3 for his valuable contributions to EF?"

olololol2

 

[mrplunkey]

olololol2

See? Now you are ready to work for the public health service!

Mo money, mo money, mo money!!! Word.

 

[PICK3]

See? Now you are ready to work for the public health service!

Mo money, mo money, mo money!!! Word.

I'll find some angle to lay on Uncle Sugar's leg


no homo though