My last post talked a lot about my situation - this isn't about me!
No matter what your view on the war is, I think that every American would agree, with out question, that the men & women that protect our freedoms should receive the best health care this country has to offer - free. You know, like our men and women in Washington, I hear that can be a very hazardous - you might trip getting on the elevator.
A single person has to make less than $500 a month to get medicare. I don't know where others live, but here in NC you can't rent a small apartment for under $600 or $700 a month. So if you make say $1000 or even $1500/month, can you really afford to pay insurance premiums, especially if you have children . Speaking of NC, our mim. wage just went from $5.15/hour to about $6.15/hour. Hummmmmmm 6.15x40 = $248/week
We have been conditioned through out the generations to take care of our own, to pull up our boot straps, to be strong and proud. That is all well and fine, the problem is that along the way we have also come to believe that those that can't "take care of their own" are weak, lazy, uneducated, unmotivated - they are "THOSE PEOPLE" and they deserve what comes their way. How totally humiliating to need asst., to have to ask for help. I have to fight these feelings constantly. People just don't realize that all of us are "those people", just one serious illness or job loss away.
Totally off topic - but why am paying $3.09 for gas and Exxon made over $40 billion last year,
why are any of us ?
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