Excellent point Derek.

Just a few short months ago, the CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler went hat-in-hand to the halls of Congress, and their MAJOR CONCERN was that they had to supply their workers with said health insurance, while the countries such and Japan, Germany and EVEN CHINA now(for chrissake) have government healthcare supplied by their respective countries. And so, funds that COULD be used for R&D and future models that could COMPETE against their overseas competitors go towards their employees' healthcare INSTEAD.

Remember THIS people?!(it was in ALL the newpapers)

But this being a nation of "rugged individualists", I suppose the healthcare of others will never become a priority.(and besides....we're too busy building nations elsewhere at the moment to worry about THIS "little" problem here at home, it appears)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)