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From: RLESLIE (no email)
Date: Tue Oct 04 2005 - 11:50:02 EDT
Judy,
>Doesn't society have some obligation to care for those unable to
>care for themselves? Those who can barely afford basic living cannot afford
>to pay any form of insurance.
>
Aren't you talking about two different things: 1) those that truly can
not help themselves 2) Those who choose not to help themselves and
live in poverty
I own a small manufacturing business and have found that I must usually
go though 5-6 bad employees to find one good one. For the vast majority
(but not all), poverty is a conscious choice.
Roger
Judy Rouse wrote:
>Well, many of my relatives sustained damage in east Texas during Hurricane
>Rita. Three of the elderly widows had their homes completely destroyed.
>Not one of these relatives is looking for an insurance company to bail them
>out of their current homeless situations, nor are they looking for a
>governmental handout. The most any of them hope for is the ability to
>obtain some form of low interest loan to assist in their rebuilding. With
>family roots in this hurricane zone going back to 1810, these folks learned
>generations ago that they need to be self-sufficient. It's their land; it's
>their problem. If it comes to it, they can fell their own trees and make
>their own lumber to rebuild. I have seen some of them do it in years past.
>A low interest loan would make recovery easier and faster.
>
>But not all people are so fortunate to be strong-willed or physically
>capable. Doesn't society have some obligation to care for those unable to
>care for themselves? Those who can barely afford basic living cannot afford
>to pay any form of insurance.
>
>Judy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
>[mailto:] On Behalf Of Tim Holock
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:03 AM
>To: ;
>Subject: RE: lv-ab: your risk, not mine
>
>
> Oh good! We're only a small step from moving the discussion to the concept
>of self-insurance. Bring it on!
>
>Tim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
>[mailto:] On Behalf Of Richard
>Goodwin
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:36 AM
>To: ;
>Subject: Re: lv-ab: your risk, not mine
>
>You get my vote.
>
>We live in a strange society where "personal responsibility" means *someone*
>has to be responsible for me (not me, of course), and if there's a natural
>disaster, well then *somebody* is to blame, and must be made to pay... :-)
>
>Dick
>
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>--- wrote:
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>>i assume this will not sit well with many of you (or others).
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