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The Cockroach Theory Applied to Governance
 [American Thinker] A long time ago, one of my friends explained to me the Cockroach Theory: If you see one cockroach, there are one hundred cockroaches behind the wall.Recently I came across three examples of the Cockroach Theory as it applies to local, state, and federal issues. The April 19, 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association conducted a study of workplace wellness and concluded, Findings: In this cluster randomized trial involving 32,974 employees at a large US warehouse retail company, worksites with the wellness program had an 8.3-percentage point higher rate of employees who reported engaging in regular exercise and a 13.6-percentage point higher rate of employees who reported actively managing their weight, but there were no significant differences in other self-reported health and behaviors; clinical markers of health; health care spending or utilization; or absenteeism, tenure, or job performance after 18 months."What does this mean to us as taxpayers? How many local taxing bodies (school districts, etc.) are wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on wellness programs that do not reduce health care spending or absenteeism? How much does Cook County spend on their "My Health Connections" program"? How much does the State of Illinois spend on their "Get HIP" program"? Add all of these "hundreds of thousands" and you quickly get to millions of dollars on a statewide basis. Moving to the state level, the Illinois General Assembly is contemplating HB2691, The Retention of Illinois Students and Equity Act. Quoting directly from the synopsis: Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-10 |
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