Doxology, Health Care and Taxes

Quote of the day:
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow, burst the choir, and the money was carried away in a wicker basket never to be seen again.”
--William Gaddis

Architecture quote of the day:
“We are going to grow to over 30,000 students, and we are going to have to take down some of these interim fixes.”
--University of California Irvine campus architect Rebekah Gladson. She was referring to the school tearing down two buildings to make room for a six-story, 180,000 square-foot engineering building. One of the razed buildings was designed by Frank Gehry, the other by Rebecca Binder.

Follow-up to Health Insurance and Iraq:
“The [Bush] tax proposal would have the effect of driving people to the small-group insurance market--a market that has proved unstable. For many people, even with a tax break, coverage would remain unaffordable.”
--Richard Umbdenstock, president of the American Hospotal Association.

According to a poll by the Public Policy Institute of California, 63% of the state’s population favors a guarantee of health-care coverage, even if it means raising taxes.

Simultaneous with President Bush’s proposal is one by California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger which does provide health coverage for most of the population without it.