So while working I decided to pick up a MAD magazine and started reading the article an article they had in there called "The 50 worst things about America." Some of them were either funny, random, pointless, or actually good points that needed to be made. I picked up on three points that I thought were very interesting and also very true. Number 4 was, "Our national obsession with cosmetic surgery, which somehow equates "growing old gracefully" with paying to have someone give you a shiny, bloated ham face with humongous lips." This statement is very true especially with all of the stars doing it just to keep them looking young so they can still be paid to be in movies or commercials. When did being the way you are made be such a bad thing that you have to go and change yourself to look like someone else? In many years to come we might not be able to know if the person sitting next to us is real or if they had some sort of cosmetic surgery done to make them look that young. Number 5 was, "Not only does America have the best medical facilities in the world, but we also boast the largest number of citizens who can't afford them." This is very interesting for me to grasp, but I know that this is very true. We have awesome hospitals to go to when we need them, but if not many people can afford them is it such a great idea to keep doing what were doing? The prices for certain treatments are ridiculous and yes most people do have insurance, but what is the point to have health insurance if you can't afford the medical bill after insurance covered the percentage that they cover. I honestly think there needs to be a better way of handling this. Do we really need to charge outrageous prices just so the doctors can make big bucks? Our country is greedy and all they think about is the money part of things and not how they are actually helping people. Now don't get me wrong I do know there are hospitals out there that run off of donations like St. Jude's and that not all doctors are just in it for the money. Our government needs to figure out better ways to lower the costs on medical care. Number 10 was, "Electric companies that encourage you to protect the environment and "go green" by signing up for "paperless billing," while they continue operating old, outdated carbon belching, coal-burning plants." This is a very good point made in the article. A lot of business' are turning to paperless billing because it not only saves the business money, but it also helps the environment, but we are still damaging the environment with places like Exxon who has refinery's emitting this stuff daily.
With all of this said I believe that if wanted our generation can change this for the better. We need to be not only street smarts, but also be aware of things going in on in our country.
The 50 worst things about america. (2012, June). MAD, (515), 46-52.
With cosmetic surgery: I am think postpartum reconstructive may be useful for some women. I see stars as guinea pigs that cover R&D. Cleft pallets is another way of "becoming beautiful" and "not accepting how you were born." Coverage is an ongoing debate, has been for centuries. Energy companies is something we discussed in the d2l forum. I am not a fan of coal but nobody likes nukes.
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